School begins this week, Tuesday will be both Ellie and Nick's first day back. Seems like years since they were last in school, the summer has been so long. Ellie is very excited, Nick is pretty nervous.
Thursday we spent the day with Mom and Dad. They picked us up early and we went out to Crate and Barrel Outlet and Goodwill. We had lunch at Tom and Eddie's. Mom and I had both seen reviews of their edamame burger and it was delicious. We had Oberweis ice cream for a treat on the way home. The kids played outside and I did a bit of gardening and then laundry. I washed Kitty's couch cover because it was all hairy.
We woke up early on Friday morning. When I walked downstairs I noticed Kitty's cover had fresh blood stains on it. I started to inspect and saw one of her eyes seemed to have some crusty gunk in it. I was petting her and noticed my hand was wet with blood. It was obvious that we needed to take her to the vet. I waited until 8:30 to wake Nick up, he ate breakfast, got dressed and was quite quick so we could get to the vet when they opened at 9:00. I put a couple towels in a laundry basket and put Kitty inside - we covered her with a towel and were on our way. The vet got us right in and said Kitty had some sort of infection. Luckily, they have a long acting antibiotic because we were headed to Michigan for the weekend. We made a follow up appointment for Tuesday and were able to bring Kitty home. Ellie helped me cover the couches with blankets for some extra padding.
We stopped at a rummage sale on our way to Michigan. The kids were able to each find a game and we picked up a couple beach chairs for Michigan. We did our grocery shopping on the way up. We finished unpacking just as our friends, Julie, Karlton, and Amelia arrived from Kentucky. Rob came up after work in the evening. We walked down to the beach and played for a bit before dinner. It was great to see Julie, it has been way too long. It was our first time meeting Amelia and the kids really loved playing with her. Rob arrived in time for dinner. We walked down to see the sunset.
Saturday morning, Julie, Ellie, Nick, and I went into town to look around. I stocked up on paper goods for the school parties this year. We came home, had lunch, and went to the beach. It was a great afternoon to spend at the beach...not too hot and not too windy. The water was super cold but that didn't stop the kids from getting wet. We stayed a bit longer than Julie, Karlton, and Amelia, so that she could take her nap and we wouldn't be too loud. We saw a beaver in our driveway - very exciting for Nick. He immediately got his flashlight to go track it down. We had a great dinner together and an after dinner walk. We painted some rocks in the evening before bed.
This morning Julie and co went back to Kentucky. We got some nice morning visiting in and Amelia almost let me hold her. We had a nose beeping thing down at the end. We had a lazy morning after they left. Rob and Nick did recycling and some work around the house, I did laundry. Ellie and Nick played outside for a bit. We went down to beach for a few hours after lunch. Rob left to go back home when we came back. After dinner this evening, Nana, Ellie, Nick, and I went into town to see Planes. It was a cute movie but not as many laughs as Cars. We got ice cream at Nemo's but we missed the sunset. We called Rob to say goodnight and he said Kitty seems much better...more herself, meowing, and not oozing. I am sitting here typing this surrounded by crickets and cicadas buzzing...and the occasional acorn dropping on the roof. Very quiet up here tonight.
Visualizing my healthy and continually healing body and the new normal, Tree
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