Good: My parents came for a visit this week, and we had a great time together. Trent and Mel and their kids came too. We all went to dinner at Applebees (kids 99cent menu, again.) And Melissa even made cupcakes, yum!
Bad: I threw my back out the night before they came, at midnight. I literally crawled to bed, it was miserable. I wasn't sure how I was going to make it through the next day. And I didn't get that laundry folded but instead had to sleep with it on the bed because I was in too much pain to even push it off the bed!!
Good: Thanks to my parents, and parents-in-law, the kids were well cared for. My mom and Samantha even folded that mountain of laundry and put it away! And, I was able to crawl into a chiropractor and get some relief.
Bad: One of the "reliefs" is a big, strong, heavy-duty elastic brace to wear. It looks and feels like a corset. Only, it doesn't go all the way up in front, like a corset does, so it squeezes all my lovely "extras" up to the top of my stomach and I get this huge bulge right above my belly button. Looks terrible.
Good: Might not look great, but that back brace does the job it was meant to do! When I have it on, the residual back pain (which I'll probably have for a week or so, according to the dr) stays pretty isolated to that one spot in the small of my back. Also, a side perk is that I am eating half as much when I wear it because I just don't feel hungry with my stomach all squeezed up like that. May be the new diet solution I've been looking for. ha!
Bad: When my parents were leaving today, there was a tiny wee bit of "tension" because my dad wanted to hurry home while my mom wanted to linger longer.
Good: Samantha set Grandpa straight in a private conversation where she told him he was "being silly" and "not acting the right way!" (hilarious, I think, to have a three-year-old doing a little experimental marriage counseling.)
Bad: I'm going to miss my kids this weekend, as they'll be staying with Grandma Susan and Grandpa Dale, and Mark and Dalana.
Good: I'm going to be with Brian, in San Francisco all weekend. yay!!
Bad: Wearing that back brace.
Good: On the beach? I hope!
Bad: Still no camera. (I've been looking, I promise!)
Good: We're going to borrow one. So, maybe you'll even see pictures in a future post. Just imagine....
Bye for now.
6 comments:
I'm loving this cleverly written post! Hope your back feels better asap. Have fun this weekend too!
Oh, I had a humungeous brace like that for my back. I loved it, but hated the buldge. I had it for right after the birth of some kids, and that is when you have huge amounts of belly buldge. Awful. Hope it does the trick.
I hope that you enjoy San Francisco. I will be interested to know if it is warm enough to be on the beach. it wasn't last month when we were there. Pictures of that will hopefully be us today if my kids sleep long enough.
I don't mean "swimming" on the beach. Just sitting in a sweatshirt, watching the waves roll in will be fine with me!
It was good to see you this weekend. i'm glad there were some good things mixed in to it all. I just wish it could have been longer.
Sorry to hear about your back pain Kamber. That is never fun. Your corset contraption sounds good and bad. I am bracing myself for back pain now that I am not pregnant anymore. So far none. I have a new theory that my back pain came from no exercise and thus no strengthening of my core muscles. I have started an exercise program now that should do that and hopefully strengthen my back sufficiently. We'll see... good luck with your back pain. i hope it leaves you and that you have a fabulous time in CA.
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