Went to lake today
Took my kids and a friend's kid to Jordan Lake today.
And I'll be damned if I didn't hurt myself less than 60 seconds after getting out of my car. Just walking along and all the sudden my right ankle gave out on me and dumped my fat ass right on the asphalt. My left knee and hip took the brunt of everything though, my right ankle don't feel so hot, but not as bad as my left knee and hip. Took the skin right off my knee...without even so much as wrinkling the denim on my jeans. Grief!
Other than that we had a good time. I didn't go in the water, because of all the open spots I have. If it had been salt water, that would have been a different story. But open sores and fresh water (if you can call Jordan Lake "fresh"..lol..I know it is..but I can tell you sometimes I question whether the water is all that safe to swim in.) don't mix too well.
So I spent 4 hours trying to stay in as much shade as I could. Being on Cipro I have to avoid direct exposure to a lot of sunlight or it makes me sick. But I enjoyed being able to sit in the shade and watch the kids have fun, although I did get quite sleepy and wished I could have taken a nap or something. But there were so many people there today there is no way I would have been comfortable with that. I'm already so anal retentive when it comes to my kids, and my constant fears that someone will hurt them or kidnap them (or any myriad number of other things), keeps me from letting them get out of my sight too much.
I mean, in our yard we have a huge cedar tree. Big enough that my kids can stand on the other side and I cannot see them. The rule is, don't go past the cedar tree, and I would prefer you to play in the back yard. I know it is not fun for them all the time like that, but it is the only thing that keeps me sane in that area. Hell the first time I let my daughter walk around in a shopping center without me or another approved adult, my husband thought I was going to pass out. He said every bit of the color drained out of my face and he did ask if I was going to be ok.
But otherwise had a good time. Although I am sore and hurting and dead dog tired. Also having mixed feelings about my friend that I took over work for. Sometimes she does stuff that seems wishy washy (and especially with my hubby in my ear sometimes don't help matters much) and then she goes and does stuff (like getting mad at me and fussing me out for not telling her several days ago that I did not have anything to eat at home) that totally turns any ranting on it's ear.
MIL fell in the tub today. Scared the hell out of my husband, scared the hell out of all of us. She just seems to be getting worse off.
Will post more later...gotta feed the masses...LOL
And I'll be damned if I didn't hurt myself less than 60 seconds after getting out of my car. Just walking along and all the sudden my right ankle gave out on me and dumped my fat ass right on the asphalt. My left knee and hip took the brunt of everything though, my right ankle don't feel so hot, but not as bad as my left knee and hip. Took the skin right off my knee...without even so much as wrinkling the denim on my jeans. Grief!
Other than that we had a good time. I didn't go in the water, because of all the open spots I have. If it had been salt water, that would have been a different story. But open sores and fresh water (if you can call Jordan Lake "fresh"..lol..I know it is..but I can tell you sometimes I question whether the water is all that safe to swim in.) don't mix too well.
So I spent 4 hours trying to stay in as much shade as I could. Being on Cipro I have to avoid direct exposure to a lot of sunlight or it makes me sick. But I enjoyed being able to sit in the shade and watch the kids have fun, although I did get quite sleepy and wished I could have taken a nap or something. But there were so many people there today there is no way I would have been comfortable with that. I'm already so anal retentive when it comes to my kids, and my constant fears that someone will hurt them or kidnap them (or any myriad number of other things), keeps me from letting them get out of my sight too much.
I mean, in our yard we have a huge cedar tree. Big enough that my kids can stand on the other side and I cannot see them. The rule is, don't go past the cedar tree, and I would prefer you to play in the back yard. I know it is not fun for them all the time like that, but it is the only thing that keeps me sane in that area. Hell the first time I let my daughter walk around in a shopping center without me or another approved adult, my husband thought I was going to pass out. He said every bit of the color drained out of my face and he did ask if I was going to be ok.
But otherwise had a good time. Although I am sore and hurting and dead dog tired. Also having mixed feelings about my friend that I took over work for. Sometimes she does stuff that seems wishy washy (and especially with my hubby in my ear sometimes don't help matters much) and then she goes and does stuff (like getting mad at me and fussing me out for not telling her several days ago that I did not have anything to eat at home) that totally turns any ranting on it's ear.
MIL fell in the tub today. Scared the hell out of my husband, scared the hell out of all of us. She just seems to be getting worse off.
Will post more later...gotta feed the masses...LOL
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