Jonesing for a Coke.

Well, I guess it is update time since it has been almost a month since I have blogged. It has been a crazy time.

After our Anniversary Celebration I prepared for a road trip to visit my grandparents 1,000 miles away. I had the house cleaned, the laundry done, the car serviced, new tires, and suitcases packed. I was emotionally, physically and mentally ready for this trip. We were scheduled to leave early Thursday morning. Wednesday afternoon our oldest son said that he was cold. Less than 30 minutes later he was lethargic and shivering with a temp of 102.8. My first thought was "What?" So we postponed the trip a day to see how he felt the next morning. Lets just say that he was not better the next day so I called the doctor to have him checked out. 30 minutes before we head that way and my other son starts in with a fever. They check them both out at the docs office only to find that they had Strep Throat. My little guy puked all over me in the office and then I had to still go to the pharmacy to pick up antibiotics. What a fun day. So we postponed the trip another day. By 4:00 pm Friday afternoon my sweet little boys were back to normal and running around. (sidenote- thank the Lord for prayer and anitbiotics!!!!) So we set off early Saturday morning and drove all day and made it to my grandparents 18 hours later. The boys did phenomenal. They have always been such great travelers. I have ridden with grown adults who are much more trouble.

We enjoyed a wonderful time with all of my family and friends. We were scheduled to stay about 10 days but my grandfather ended up having surgery and since my grandmother requires 24 hour care my mom and I stayed an extra week to help out. As it turned out my mom is still needed to help out and stayed behind indefinitley. But my sweet and awesome mother in law flew out on Tuesday so I had someone to ride back with the boys and I on Wednesday. We had a great trip back. I pulled up in my driveway about 12:30am and have spent the last 2 days recuperating. That word sounds funny since I haven't really done anything for the last 3 weeks but eat too much, talk too much, eat too much, and ingest waaaayyy tooooo much caffeine. I guess I have driven a total of 2240 miles. And yes, I drove all the way there and all the way back. Call it a sickeness if you like. I would rather drive than ride. Control freak? Yes, possibly.

So back to the caffeine thing......I was completely off caffeine before I left for vacation. I had lost some weight and was feeling pretty good about myself. But I had a problem once I got away. My favorite thing to do while vacationing is eat. I like to eat at all the places that we don't have around here. I ate at P.F. Changs twice. Taco Mayo more times than I can count. Cheezies 3 times. And I ate donuts from the bakery around the corner every other day. And you have to have a Coke to wash it all down, right? Well, at least I did.

So today I sit on my butt trying to NOT drink a Coke and wondering just how much weight I have gained. That is a question that will have to go unanswered because I don't plan to visit my old pal, the scale, until I am no longer bloated and hormonal. I just might not recover. Haha. So glad to be home with my hubby. 3 weeks is just toooooo long away from him and home.

Hmm, think I can take a vacation to recover from my other vacation?

So much to do this next month. I better just put on my big girl panties and deal.