We started by finding Home Depot open, which was nice because we needed some bolts for a patio table we bought and then we decided a few plants would be nice, too.

When waiting at the cashier counter during our somewhat lengthy checkout process (thanks to finding a planter with no price tag.. you know how that goes!), I started to feel really ill. I had a major headache that I blamed on sinuses and felt nauseous.

I thought it would pass, so we drove to the cemetary to change the flowers out at my niece’s grave. We changed out the flowers and Ian went back to the car to get stuff to clean the top of the stone with. Half-through his cleaning efforts, I felt really sick, like I was going to pass out, but not until I vomited (sorry), so I drug my body and the old flowers to the trash bin, we got in the car and left.

Half-home, it was really apparent that I was having problems, I think, because Ian pulled out the satnav to find our way home.

“Can we go straight in when we get home?”, I urged. I knew we had stuff to carry in, but I thought I’d be lucky to get in the house before I got sick.

Ugh… I won’t give you the details, but it was awful and my head was about to split in two.

My husband got me a cold towel for my head and I fell asleep (thank God) for an hour and a half.

I think I woke up for about 10 minutes after that and then back asleep again for another hour and a half.

TLK was home by 6 and we’d already decided to delay our Easter dinner till I could hold down food (a good idea, I think). Ian went to Dairy Queen and got us some dinner, which I was amazingly able to hold down. There was something about the abundance of salt… I have no idea why.

I felt better afterward and made it to work today, although it took me ages to really feel present in my day.

It was an odd holiday. I kept remembering the one holiday when Easter didn’t seem to be going to well for either of us, when I thought, “How cool will it be to be together for Easter?”

It was still cool. You can’t get much better than being sick and having the comfort of your caring husband nearby.

So Easter dinner tonight.. ham, mashed potatoes, asparagus, crescent rolls and a berry pie. Yum! So while you might be lamenting about what to do with yesterday’s leftovers, we’ll just be creating ours.

thank you for saying such nice things about steve and me……………steve is by far the best thing that has ever happened to me.  we just make sense together.  he cares so much about me and our daughter that he would do anything to keep us happy.  he is my best friend and i can’t imagine him not being there every night when i get home from work to talk to him about my day.  he is nice to me, and he’s nice to everyone around him.  he’s one of the GOOD ONES……….

i reflect back on my life three years ago, and i can’t believe how much things have changed, FOR THE BETTER.  we all have to go through the hard stuff to get the good stuff sometimes…and if we’re lucky, we learn from it all instead of letting it drag us down.

I knew Lori back when she wasn’t so happy.    I’m glad that she found the right person for her.    This is how relationships can be when you know you’ve found the right one.

When I first held my goddaughter, she cried and cried. But then I started talking to her in her language (mostly “a-gooo” and other babyspeak) and sticking out my tongue at her, which she thought was very funny… and we hit it off quite well.

I feel a special bond with all of my nieces and newphews.   I’ve been lucky enough to see all of them within the last two weekends, between my trip to Kansas City and my trip to Dallas.

Our plane trip yesterday was interesting.  We got to the airport at 8pm.   We had to check the baggage in with the carrier, then hand it over to TSA.   I wanted to tell them, “You DO NOT want to open this bag”, only because it was smashed shut in order to zip it shut.   I thought they might take it the wrong way. 

My daughter and I were already exhausted.   It had been a long day.    Then the flight was delayed for an hour.  I informed my daughter.    She said, “shit”.    I had to laugh, then tell her to not say that word anymore.   She apologized, saying, “Sorry.. that just came out.”    (could have been worse, right?)

Then, the gate was changed, requiring us to go upstairs and take the tramway over to another terminal. 

We finally took off at 10:15pm.   My daughter feel to sleep immediately.  I fell asleep somewhere inbetween the flight attendant leaving me with coffee and picking up my coffee.      

We landed in Omaha just before midnight.   TLK said, “Mom… that flight felt like it was just 2 seconds.”