good stuff and...

I have spent the last several days celebrating. Celebrating birthdays: Tim's, which was Dec 27th, celebrated by having Aubrey puke all over me just after ordering supper. We got our food to go and cut the party short for a shower. Jason's, which was Jan 1st, with a quiet breakfast during which I got to catch up about his busy life. Kelly's, which was Aug 31st, which she has been too busy to celebrate until now.

Celebrating grandkids: We had a day at Ripley's aquarium, which was mind-numbingly scary, trying to keep track of kids with thousands of people milling about in the semi-darkness. Never go there with kids when school is out! They also enjoyed seeing the CN tower.

Celebrating cousins: they were all here together (except Penelope), bouncing on the beds, reading stories (to each other!), watching movies, having pillow fights, walking dogs, playing at the park, making stuff up, drinking hot chocolate and eating Kraft dinner. It is such a wondrous, magical, special thing to watch and enjoy.

Celebrating sisters: Stella's home, and Mary generously cooked a marvelous meal for all 6 of us to share.

...and that's when the "other" stuff started happening. The abdominal pain that was reminiscent of my gall bladder attacks, the struggle to not vomit or shit myself before I could get home, the chills, head and body aches, dizziness and brown-outs were all part of the excitement. They are mostly past now, thank god! I blame the gang from the Peg for bringing their nasty bugs to Ontario and sharing all the way around. It's a good thing we love and like them!!

Believe it or not, I celebrate this time for how much it makes me appreciate how often and well my body normally works.

Back to recovering...later!

Love, elly