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I believe the last I saw on the clock was 2am. Regardless I had set my alarm for 8 am. I would not allow my self to put off going to the store one more day. Hives, back hurting or whatever my excuse could be, I've worked under worse circumstances so suck it up honey.
I only hit snooze once and rolled out. Had some yogurt and hit the shower. A hot shower feels so good on my back, but a hot shower aggravates the hives. Double edge sword. I took the hot shower. The past 24 hours has been the worst my back has been since surgery. Trying not to worry what's up. My therapist, wouldn't believe me.
I stopped by CC's for some coffee since I was out. Can't tell you the last time I've been by there. A whole wheat bagel was delicious too. Then to $ General to pick up some seeds for my lovely birds in the back yard. The more I feed the more that come. I could just sit back there all evening and watch and listen. Something we all need to make more time for.
Entering Wal Mart started off on a bad foot. You know how some times the carts just won't pull apart? That was the luck I was having. Three different rows of them and I couldn't get one off. Knowing with each tug I was doing a no no. What's a girl to do? I ended up lucking out while trying to find an associate to help I stumbled across an empty buggy so I snatched it up. I quickly discovered why it was a loner. It had a mind of its own. It went the way it wanted to go. After adding two packages of bottled water and a 12 pack of Diet Sunkist and I already felt the lead in my back. Tough, D can't take me to the store forever. I'm not bending over, or twisting or lifting more than 5 pounds, I'm fine! Why does it hurt though?
Moving along I see someone coming towards me that has a familiar face. Where do I know her from? Oh yeah, a patient at the office I worked at. A teacher, God bless her. She made eye contact and pointed her finger at me. Don't tell me, tick tock, tick tock, I know at the Dental office. "Did you now why I left she asked me?" "Did you know I don't work there any longer?" I asked her. We laughed. Our catching up turned into 20 minutes or so but in the back of my mind I thought even though my back is screaming at me, I'm enjoying our conversation so tough it out.
We discovered we lived not to far apart and I asked the teacher if she'd like to have a walking partner. I don't know what possessed me to ask her that but I really needed a push to get going then you can't stop me. Turns out she needed the same. Please say you mean it, she told me. I need some pushing and encouraging. She warned me she'd have to start slow. No problem I told her I have to do the same. We decided on a great meeting spot right in the middle for the two of us. There is a nice walking track at the middle school on the corner of a major intersection between us. Every time I pass there I say I should be one of those people out there walking. Now I will be. We even set a date to start so I'm proud of both of us. Sunday evening. Now that I've told you I really feel committed.
My daughter had mentioned the night before that her and the sister in law were taking the "cousins" to the zoo Friday afternoon. I wanna go, I told her. Meaning it, but not meaning it. More like a wish than thinking I could actually make it. When she told me I was welcome to come along they had room I felt excited about getting out. I've had this fear hanging over my head of not being able to do certain things. I did tell her I'd confirm in the morning after seeing how much sleep I get and what the hives look like in the am. I honestly didn't think I'd be able to do it by the time I was home from Wal Mart I was so discouraged by how much my back was hurting. B told me, "a lot of walking mom, you sure your up for it?" No I wasn't the least bit sure but I wanted to go bad enough to suffer through it. I've taken very little pain medicine recently so after having a sandwich I took one and within an hour I felt so much relief. I turned my stimulator up a notch and it really did the trick.
We had a great time. It was a little hot, ok very hot. Hot enough to feel the sweat rolling down our backs. The cousins had fun. P ran straight to the tiger lying down in his cage and made the roaring sound a tiger makes. Then we made it to the monkeys and when the came swinging our way it startled him. He took off for mommy screaming. It was sort of funny. In a cute way, not mean. His mom did a great job explaining how the monkeys could not get out of their home and they were just saying "hello" to us. He was ok with that and ready to move on and see some more.
I'm so glad I decided to go. I changed my mind multiple times. I've missed out on so much because my back was deciding for me what I would do. I'm glad I had an option to take control and go. Quite a bit of walking for me but it was good kind of pain. Didn't feel good but I know it was. It was cute when P wanted me to push him and hold his hand. It felt good not to miss out on something and to be a part of it. It was worth it for sure. I'd love to take the two of mine together. We had to cut it short because they were rounding people up at 5 to get out of the zoo. We thought we had until 6. They don't fool around. He rolled right up to us on his little golf cart and said, "you have to go, we're closing" Ok sir, we'll head that way. It was really ok, I think we were all ready to go anyway.
So in conclusion, it was a great day. Spent some quality time with my daughter and grandson. Got to see P's cousin and Aunt C who I haven't seen since October. I made a plan to take action on getting back to exercising, even it its a slow start. We'll motivate each other along the way. I learned something from her today. She inspired me with some things she said. Maybe we were meant to connect.
Have a great week end everyone. Take it easy and enjoy your family. I'm definitely going to take it easy tomorrow.
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