Well, It was so amazing. We actually went on VACATION for the first time in….well, FOREVER!

I was so excited. We were not so sure that we were going to get paid on the 15th, but we did, and away we went. We had booked a cabin in between Oliver and Okanagan Falls on Vaseux Lake. It was wonderful. A whole entire week, and no work, stress, computers, Internet, or anything……just Jon, Myself, and the kids – and our friends! It was sunny and hot, gorgeous and amazing. We were right on the lake front, and the kids were so wonderful.

Our trip up there was the trip from hell. We had forgotton our pillows and Jeremy’s pooh bear bikkie, and didn’t realize this until we had almost hit Hope. Rather than make him tough it out and just pick up 5 new pillows from a Zellers somewhere; we opted to turn around and pick them up from home. Trying to save a few bucks – HA HA HA HA HA!!!!!

We got stuck in traffic on the hwy just past Chilliwack, and then diverted to South Parellel Road, where we got stuck in traffic again, and then when we finally hit Whatcom Road to get back on the hwy, there was another slow down on the Hwy between there and Clearbrook. AARRRGGGHHH!

Anyhooooo, 9 hours later we finally made it – it’s a 4 hour drive, tops!!

We loved our vacation, and our friends are awesome to camp with. It sucks when you go away with someone, and discover that you are not compatible vacation buddies. NOT the case this time.

We went wine touring while we were there – hit 7 wineries. Sorry to the last one we hit, by that time, our tastebuds were about wrecked, and to be honest, I hated all of their wines. BUT, I did find my favorite wineries. I’ll post seperately about them.

We got home pretty uneventfully; although, we remembered once we had started our trip that we had not given our children any GRAVOL! And, we have had enough barfing episodes that we should have known better. So, we stopped in the first little town that had anything even remotely resembling a drug store. Maybe Keremeos – not sure. The kids fell asleep – Thank you Makers of Gravol and we had a quiet ride home.

We got home, and Geli stepped on Xandra’s glasses – while we were unloading the van, they were fighting, and for those of you concerned people, NO, the glasses were not on Xandra’s head, when Geli stepped on them. Geli had punched them off her head first. A much better scenario!

So we dropped everything and ran her to the eye glass store – anything to try and salvage the $300 investment that we have purchased into. The good news – they are still in one piece. The bad news – they were so bent, that one more knock or punch or stomp or anything and the arms will probably come irreparably off. SUCKS!!!!!

While Jon and Xan were at the store, the nice homestay parents that had picked up our Japanese student on Wednesday – when she actually arrived from Japan, called and wondered ever so nicely when we’d be able to pick her up, as they were going to a Bar-B-Que. So, I called Jon on his cell, only he had left it at home. Now, I didn’t even know if the eye store was even open, but I called anyway – see, if it was closed, then i had no idea what to do….I couldn’t call every eye store in Abbotsford and ask if there was a concerned, but HOT looking father there with his daughter. No worries, they were open, and he was there. 10 minutes later, they are all home. Jon, Xandra and Kayoko. Welcome to the madhouse!

Kayoko has been awesome, the house is back in some semblace of order. I cannot wait until the kids are back in school, but that is another post for another day.

To wrap up all of our WELCOME HOME CRAP. I started bleeding yesterday. SUCKS!!!!!!! I can’t even believe it. I have been having a few more headaches, and feeling bloated, and my ears were sore from my earrings, and I ate a whole chocolate bar(diet, nonetheless) So, I went to the Drs. today, and he is chalking it up to hormones that are all messed up. I wondered if it is thyroid realted. Might explain the slow weight loss; and fatigue; possible depression; dry, coarse hair, and other symptoms. He said that if this keeps up(the every 2 week bleeding) that he’ll do more testing, but right now we are just “waiting”. I feel like I have been “waiting” forever. I’m tired of waiting. I just want to get on with life. I guess I’m not in the “……whatever state I am in, I have learned to be content” state right now.

It’s very discouraging that when I went to my last appt. on July 15th that I weighed 201.08lbs, and right now his scale says 197.12. 4 pounds! what is up with that. I have been doing Atkins for a month an a half. Sure I cheated a little while I was on vacation, but I have a hard time believeing that I gained 5 or 10 lbs. in a week. ONLY 4 POUNDS – WHAT IS UP WITH THAT CRAP! Now, I want to cheat, beause if I’m not losing and I’ve been trying to be so good, then what is the point. But I haven’t. I’ve still been eating the “Atkins way” today. But just know that I haven’t wanted to. I need to make another appt. to just talk about all my questions. I’ll do that after the kids go to school.

Well, until next time……..