I've got a wonderful feeling....everything's going my way. Well almost everything. I went to church yesterday, and then off to the Marathon to see Bill and Kim cross the finish line. Annie and Nicole had gone ahead of me and were there to see the first runner cross the line, and I just missed that by minutes. Then we proceeded to watch thousand of runners pass and across the finish line....also heard hundreds of names, but never saw Bill or Kim....did see a few others we knew....like Nicole's confirmation moderator, and Dorothy's daughter (Dorothy is a friend and fellow teacher of Annie that also had joined us in the watch) and even a boy from the cross country team at Coon Rapids....but still no Bill or Kim. Finally Tommy found us and told us his mom and dad had passed us an hour before and we missed them. At first we couldn't believe that all four of us could have missed them. But we did get to see LeAnn, Katie's best friend's mom. Then we proceeded to the area where you meet the runners and congratulate them. We had to confess to Bill and Kim that we missed them, but figured out that Bill had passed a Mascot dressed in a pig constume that was running the marathon, and the announcers had told everyone to watch the pig and cheer her across the finish line, so we were watching the pig, and because of the pig Bills name didn't get called either. But Bill said at least we came.
I forgot about the meds that make me sensitive to the sun....and didn't have sunscreen or a hat and paid the price. My scimpy amount of hair left my head unprotected as well....luckily after about 3 hours of direct sun on it, Dorothy loaned me her baseball cap. But by then my forehead and the backs of my hands that I had been shading my eyes from the glaring sun had really gotten burnt. I came home and slathered the coconut oil all over my face and lips as well as my hands, and this morning my face and lips are much better, but my hands are still burning, and are sensitive to heat and cold....like when I had those chemo drugs last year. They don't look red...but the skin is very sensitive to the touch. Unfortunately it was a beautiful day and hit 80, and fortunately it is going to be just like that again today. I'm going to the lake as soon as I get ready this morning.
Sadly I have to come home again tomorrow, but I'm missing it a lot....withdrawal symptums.
Kathleen called yesterday afternoon, and we managed to make reservations at all the hotels for our trip in a couple of weeks. So that is exciting. Judy and I are both so looking forward to traveling with Kathleen and Gary....but seeing cousins we haven't seen in years will be great too!
Must get packing! Love and prayers, m
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