Tale of a Shooting Star…

A.K.A. We’re Back!

It was a whirlwind, not a vacation. We babysat drunken people, served as designated drivers, I got to drive in thick fog in a city I don’t know.

Good news: I finally had a menstrual period. Four months after starting Yaz.

Bad news: It happened while we were in Canada.

Good news: I was prepared. 😉

Good news: I stitched a hardanger suncatcher for Grandma Magee in the car on Wednesday. Even cut out the hardanger sections and wove them while in the car. She loved it. 🙂

Good news: I got to meet Christine D. in person! Way cool! I will talk more about that in another post. 😀

Bad news: I had a sudden, severe IBS attack come on a couple of hours after seeing Christine. I mean, we were in the car, had to turn around and go back to the campground, I was beet red, stripped down to my undies and had to grab a bucket to take in the bathroom with me because I wasn’t sure which end it was going to come out of first. I don’t have them like that very often. Thank goodness! And my follow-up visit with the gastroenterologist isn’t until August 21st and can’t be moved to any earlier. I already tried this morning.

Good news: I actually drove my first long distance (4.5 hours) and drove through my first two toll booths on the way back on Monday.

Bad news: The decision to drive the entire 15 hours back in one day was not appreciated by my body; which was expressed to me in no uncertain terms by said body on Tuesday. I’m not sure that we’re going to Guam in October now because neither one of us can take the 22 hour plane ride.

Good news: I’m home!

That’s about it for me today. I’m feeling cranky and really don’t want it to spill over onto my blog, so I’m cutting it short. I have no pictures to share of the suncatcher that I made for Grandma Magee, even though I had my camera with me. Just slipped my mind. Same thing as before, just in purple (her fave color). 😉 I uploaded all of the pictures that I took of Terry’s Dad’s wedding into my photo gallery, if you care to take a look. Terry’s suit jacket didn’t fit him well because his shoulders are way bigger than his waist, so he looks heavier in the photos than he actually is. We’ll have to buy him a more tailored suit soon.

Well, I’m rambling and it’s time to leave to see Dr. Steve. Byeeeee!

Okay, not quite, but, for blogging purposes, I am. I will not have time tonight or tomorrow morning to do anything other than hope I have a sudden burst of energy so that I can complete everything that needs to be done before we leave.

Thank goodness I’m a mega-list-maker. I think that it’s the only thing which keeps me sane during times like this. Thank goodness I finally found a dress for the wedding last night, too! After visiting several stores, I finally broke down and drove out to the JCPenney store last night. I should have started there, but I’ve always had good luck at Boscov’s in the past (until this time). The first dress I picked up at JCPenney fit. And so did the second and the third. The tough decision was which colors to choose once they all fit. Then I bought shoes and a handbag. The dress was on sale and the shoes were on clearance ($16 for off-white dress shoes!). It doesn’t get much better than that. All I have left to buy are the pantyhose and I’ll pick that up during a WalMart run after work tonight.

Phoebe’s life jacket arrived today and fits well (the first one was too small). She looks so cute; I can’t wait to get a picture of her on the boat so that you can see. She’s such a preppy dog, thanks to her mommy. 😉

I’ll only put in 6 hours today at work because we ran some errands this morning, including shipping out return packages (like Phoebe’s too-small life jacket and the first GSP unit we bought for the boat, which turned out to not have all of the features that we wanted) and picking up a fresh print-out of Phoebe’s rabies vaccination certification from the vet to present at the Canadian border on Thursday.

More errands to do after work. Pick up some odds and ends at WalMart, fill prescriptions at the pharmacy and buy some cards. Terry’s dad’s birthday is Thursday, his grandmother’s is Friday and the wedding is Saturday. Whew! We never figured out what to buy his dad and Nancy (his bride), so I think an IOU will go into the card. 😆

Then, once we finally get home, frozen dinners will get tossed into the microwave to eat, all of the dishes piled up in the sink need to be washed, the dishwasher (clean, fortunately) needs to be unloaded, then reloaded, a couple of loads of laundry need to be done and then I can pack.

Well, anyway, enough of that. I need to get back to work. I’m trying to tie up some loose ends before I leave and, so far, I’ve been fairly successful!

I may not blog while I’m away, depending on whether or not I have a reasonable connection available to me, but I will be thinking of all of you!