Monday, August 25, 2008
Camping
Me and camping havent been getting along this summer. Since I had the weekend off due to my bosses going to New York for training, I thought, why not take the opportunity to go on a mini camping trip with Adriel? Surely it'll be easier than last year. He has more sense and stuff. The original plan was to go to a camp ground in coombs. Aimee and Scott (some family friends on Kyle's side) were camping there with their kids and it sounded nice- heated pool, hot tub, free showers, playground, yada yada. So I phoned. There was one spot left. We took it. Later that afternoon we got a phone call back and she said she made a mistake and they were fully booked.
So, we ended up just going to the Stussi's instead because the next day was the annual Stake Sport's day. I decided I don't really like camping there. I don't like how all the tent areas are so close to the gravel road where cars drive by ALL through the night. Plus, it sort of doesn't feel like camping to me to have a tent set up right by a road. It feels more like I'm camping in someone else's backyard. And to just go for one night (mind you, one night was enough) is a lot of work. Adriel didn't sleep well, neither did Kyle and I, although at least this time we were warm enough. Adriel woke up early. The park isn't all that well suited for his age. I mean, the one latter thingy he could climb only had one rung on it, and it was the first one. That morning we were all so tired and I started to get a headache. I had felt one coming the night before and took some tylenol before we left thinking it'd just go away. Well it came back. Luckily Katie and Brent were coming for the sports day so Katie brought me some more tylenol. It was Natalie and Michealah to the rescue because I had no energy and whenever I excerted any, my headache got worse. It was the kind of headache where bending over, or straining in anyway would cause throbbing. When Michealah and Natalie came, Adriel forgot I even existed and happily played with them for about two hours. Two hours of relaxation and visiting with Katie. Not bad.
After the picnic we packed up and stopped at the coombs market on the way home. Kyle just likes to go in and look at food. It was hot and crowded and my headache got worse. I was in a hurry to get out. But let me just say, ONE loaf of their yummy bread cost us 5.99!! So we got home, Kyle had a nap while I layed on the couch and watched cars with Adriel. I couldn't do much else. It was sister movie night and Katie and I had plans to see the sisterhood of the traveling pants. I didnt want to cancel because I thought it might go out of theatre soon, and since i wasnt feeling very well, I wanted a break from Adriel and putting him to bed. Watching a girly movie is a break.
At the movie my headache got worse. I have to say though, that I really enjoyed the movie inspite of it. There was a part where I literally choked on my crying. I had braced myself because Bethany said she was disappointed in it. I didn't go in with high expectations. I forgot that she's a lot pickier about movies than I am. I liked it. I mean they clearly changed a lot from the books but that was expected.
When I got home I was shivering and the head was bad. I went straight to bed with tons of blankets. It had gotten to the point where I couldnt turn my head, or even my eyes to look at things without large amounts of pain. Every movement was pain. Katie had given me some of Brent's special tylenol for his bad headaches before I left, and that seemed to do nothing for the pain and the fever. And so it turned out that I was sick. What I thought was just a bad headache seemed to be more of a flu or something. Although my only symptoms were headache and the random fever. I'm not one of those people who gets headaches on a regular basis.
And so Sunday was spent lying on the couch or in my bed sleeping, while it poured rain outside. And that was my weekend. I feel better today although, it seems touches of the headache are still lingering when I move too quickly and stuff.
It just seemed to be that put together with camping-ugggh. I mean all our gear is still sitting in our car waiting for me to get to it. And it has left me questioning- Is camping really for me??
ps- doesn being pregnant mean that it has to hurt to walk??
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Sarahstottle posted @ 8:40 AM