Sick in August

Being sick is no fun for the most part,(unless your not really sick but just feel like you might need a day to rest and watch movies or read and blow your nose a little). Well unfortunately I am sick, the real one where you dont appreciate being home. I started feeling daggers in my throat a few days ago and then the whole stomach isnt just right feeling yesterday and then the hot and cold feelings and today I just have the whole head thing and throat closing up and drainage in my throat that makes me cough. I hate being sick but when it is nearly 100 degrees out it is all the worse. I dont know why but it makes you feel sicker. I would rather be sick when it is 32 out and I can put a blanket around me and not feel foolish. Or lay by the fire. What should I do now, lay by a pool? I dont think so. I hope tomorrow I will feel better.

My mom makes me smile

I spoke with my mom today and just had to smile. She is 85 years old and as sweet as can be. She laughs about things and talks about how her and my dad go on dates. They went to take things to the fair. My dad likes to enter his farm crops to be judged for prizes and money. My mom said that" dad took me out for lunch,I had a hotdog and dad had a hamburger and then we each had a piece of pie. And not a small little sliver of pie, it was a big piece with ice-cream. We sat outside in the shade and there was a little breeze and we just rested and had the best time." She also said that her and my dad play cribbage pretty much every day. My mom proceeded to say that "our grandchildren are just all so special and our great grandchildren too. They are just the best". What a wonderfully beautiful woman my mom is. It made me smile talking to her. She is so positive and loving. Oh that I can be that way at 85.

Fun things

Tom and I went on a really nice date. We are a couple that tries to keep up the dating in our relationship. Now we have been married for 26 years and I sure do love to think back on all the nice dates that we have had. Memories are something that noone can take away. We just made one of those special memories by going to a very classy restaurant, Mortons. Now I am talking very nice. When I came back from the restroom they had refolded my napkin on the table. The menu was basically brought out on a cart. And the service was incredible. They very much catered to our every need. I dont know if I would want to live like that all the time but for a couple hours it was fun. We then went to the Disney play Lion King at the Blumenthal. It was a very interesting play and very well done. The music was incredible and the artsy displays of creativity were amazing. I really had a wonderful night.

Then because Charlotte has had a heat wave going through our area and there are not alot of options to stay cool, we went to the matinee movie NO RESERVATIONS. It was so cute and a very enjoyable couple hours escape. I highly recommend the movie. I highly recommend dating your spouse and doing some spontaneous things. Good memories can get you through some really hard times.

When Emily leaves for college

Today we took Emily back to college for her sophomore year. I am still hardly believing that it can be. We took her and fixed up her room, It is incredibly cute in spite of what she had to start with. She is such an organized woman. She had everything in a place and didnt have too much fluff to carry up. She made some really cute art for her room to match her bedding and it was amazingly incredible how cute it was in a matter of an hour. She does not have air conditioning but with a great window breeze from the mountains and a nice fan it was quite comfortable.

Now it was hard to leave this time because I am leaving my baby for the first time at college alone without one of her sisters. When we left Sheila alone it was hard but she was a first-born and they are just prepared to be on their own. Alisha only was alone after a couple years with an older sister and then had Emily coming to be with her in her senior year. But now after only one year with her sister she has three left with no one in the family to help her or keep tabs on her. I feel so sad!

I love the fact that my kids are incredibly good and independent, but at the same time it hurts my heart that they dont really need me anymore and things just arent ever going to be the same again. Like this summer we couldnt work out a family vacation because of everyones individual schedules. It hurts but is also a part of life. I know it will make the times we are together more memorable and special. So tonight the house seems emptier without Emily's beautiful smiling face. But I know that she is in good hands. Thanks God!

some summer fun

Tom,me, Andrew, Sheila and Olivia went to the beach last week. We had a relaxing time at Garden City.