Thursday, July 22, 2010
Pool time!
The summer has long begun and one thing I've learned about New Englanders and summer is that they love their pools! I noticed it last year when we moved here in August. There was a story on the news that the weather was "hot", but the local pool was closed. It was a big deal to these people! Since going through a winter here I now appreciate or understand where they are coming from. But that doesn't change me as a person that really doesn't care to go to a pool very much. I lived in Houston for about 5 years in several apartments and went to the pool probably a handful of times. It seems alien to people here when I mention that to them. I still have only been in a pool once here this whole summer... and I had to buy a new swimsuit because the other ones were over five years old and didn't fit me! I know I might go at least one more time for the sake of my daughter, which is what motivated me to get in the first time. Anything (well, almost) for my little girl. :)
Sunday, July 4, 2010
Back from Houston--Sorry I took so long!
It's now July. No, we didn't stay in Houston for several months. I don't know what it was--I guess the interruption of what was beginning to be everyday normal life, but I just lost interest to blog for a while. Sorry! Anyway, it's been so long that I sort of have forgotten the Houston trip. I do remember some, which I will call the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
The Good, of course, was getting to see family, friends AND eating Mexican and all other food that isn't in Massachusetts!! We stayed with family so they got to spend time with little G. I was able to see old friends from college and catch up with them, too. And one of the main purposes of us going that particular month was that two friends of ours were getting married on the same day so we traveled from one side of the city and back to make it to both.
What I call the Bad really sucked for me. Background: I've had back issues before so I am familiar with having to see a chiropractor. Well, for some particular reason, in the beginning of the trip my back started hurting. I blame the car I rode in (which used to be my old car before moving to Boston), how I sat it in it (pretty twisted since I sat in the back of a tiny car with a tall man driving so I had no leg room) and how big the city of Houston is, which could have us driving sometimes an hour just to get somewhere. Combine all that and you get an unhappy back. It was so bad that I had to see a chiropractor. I had seen the doc about a couple of times when I hurt my back again by trying to pick up my little girl. So, I was in Houston for about a week and a half and I ended up seeing the chiropractor at least five times! Does that give you an idea of how bad it was? I was in pain!
As painful as my bad back situation was, I wouldn't even call it the Ugly. That was the hubby getting food poisoning. One night, he was putting our girl to bed when all I heard was him in the hallway and the sound of a HUGE splatter. That hallway is at least ten feet long and his vomit was all across it. That was just the beginning. I'll spare you the gory details, but it got so bad that he went to the emergency room.
Man, our trip to Houston was kinda tough on us. That is probably another reason why I haven't posted on here. Anyway, we are back home and I think back to normalcy. I should be blogging more consistently now.
The Good, of course, was getting to see family, friends AND eating Mexican and all other food that isn't in Massachusetts!! We stayed with family so they got to spend time with little G. I was able to see old friends from college and catch up with them, too. And one of the main purposes of us going that particular month was that two friends of ours were getting married on the same day so we traveled from one side of the city and back to make it to both.
What I call the Bad really sucked for me. Background: I've had back issues before so I am familiar with having to see a chiropractor. Well, for some particular reason, in the beginning of the trip my back started hurting. I blame the car I rode in (which used to be my old car before moving to Boston), how I sat it in it (pretty twisted since I sat in the back of a tiny car with a tall man driving so I had no leg room) and how big the city of Houston is, which could have us driving sometimes an hour just to get somewhere. Combine all that and you get an unhappy back. It was so bad that I had to see a chiropractor. I had seen the doc about a couple of times when I hurt my back again by trying to pick up my little girl. So, I was in Houston for about a week and a half and I ended up seeing the chiropractor at least five times! Does that give you an idea of how bad it was? I was in pain!
As painful as my bad back situation was, I wouldn't even call it the Ugly. That was the hubby getting food poisoning. One night, he was putting our girl to bed when all I heard was him in the hallway and the sound of a HUGE splatter. That hallway is at least ten feet long and his vomit was all across it. That was just the beginning. I'll spare you the gory details, but it got so bad that he went to the emergency room.
Man, our trip to Houston was kinda tough on us. That is probably another reason why I haven't posted on here. Anyway, we are back home and I think back to normalcy. I should be blogging more consistently now.
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