He returned on Saturday night, so he missed out on the track meet. There was no way Ashlyn and Christian would have been able to handle hanging out on bleachers in Moorpark (or me them) in the heat all day, so I am tremendously grateful for my Dad to step in and watch them for me. He came out bright and early Saturday morning and took them on fun adventures. He even got them to walk all the way down to 7-11 and back . . . it's a very steep hill coming home and over 1/2 mile. He braved ice cream (and the mess that it comes with), the park, neighbor kids popping over to play (and destroying the house), and feeding my kids all while keeping them happy and relatively clean (even the house was tidy) when I came home. However, I did notice how quick his exit was when he had the chance! :-)
Christian has been very clingy to John since his return. The little guy really missed his daddy. He told his primary teacher yesterday that he didn't want to sit on her lap, he only wanted to be with his daddy. John took the "day off" today as most people on his team were still partying in Portugal. His day off really translates to "working from home". Though I did use this to my benefit and scheduled my doctor appointments for today. My good friend Wendi also invited Christian and Ashlyn over to play so John and I could go out to lunch. However, after like many of our dates, most of it was spent at Home Depot, then we went to the Road Runner store to check out some new shoes for me because my feet were hurting after my run this morning. It's really pretty cool there . . . they did a treadmill test on me and other computerized pressure tests to see how my step is and what shoe would best suit me. We never did eat, but had a great time anyway.
Good news: I had my 4-month post-op eye appointment and everything is perfect! My vision is 20/15 and my eyes are healthy. I am so relieved and glad about this. It was been such a wonderful thing to not have to worry about contacts or glasses!
Bad news: I had to go back to the dermatologist today because they founds some a-typical cells in my last biopsy. Now I have a lovely compression patch on my back hiding even lovelier stitches. Doctors orders: no exercise for an entire week! What? No boxing class tomorrow? No spin? No running? No pilates? I just got new running shoes today! So what do I do this afternoon? Vacuum the entire house and mop all the wood floors. I was half way done before I realized that my stitches were becoming uncomfortable and this movement is exactly what he said I can't do in order to minimize scarring. GREAT. Too late. Ashlyn tried her best to help me finish up.
Yesterday (Sunday) was a very interesting day. We were invited to attend the First Communion of one of Madison's friends. Maddy, Brooke and I went to 9:30 a.m. Mass and it lent (no pun intended) itself to wonderful gospel discussions and was definitely a learning experience. Some our favorite parts were the priest walking through the congregation splashing water on people. It was kind of him to try and cool down the patrons on such a hot day. However, some people got hit in the eyeballs and I don't think they appreciated it too much as there was much wincing. I noticed some people who wore just the right type of shirt revealed nice water marks all over them. Another memorable moment was a little old lady, presumably the matriarch, carrying a huge cross that nearly toppled her over. I also liked the full-scale videographer in the front capturing the entire event. I asked the lady next to me why this was being filmed. Is it for a TV show? Is the news here? You never know if Britney Spears has decided to get religious or something. No, it was the deacon's son filming the mass so the families of the kids receiving their first communion could purchase the DVD. How convenient. Towards the end, Brooke said to me, "I'm getting really tired of sitting, standing, sitting, standing." Another cute and innocent comment she made was, "How come most people are wearing regular clothes?" In her innocent 6 yr old world, she didn't understand why people did not dress in their "church clothes" to go to church.
Afterwards, we went over to our friend's house for a little reception. I helped do the chocolate fountain since my friend had never done it before. I spent a while melting the pounds of chocolate and after the lunch was served, went to pour it into the machine that was already set up (by her father) and ready to go. She helped me scrape out the bowl and many awaited the "ahh" factor as she turned the switch on to "flow". It immediately began oozing and pumping and in an instant I said, "it's going to blow!" and then the fountain mechanism spun wildly out of control spewing dark brown chocolate everywhere. The wall behind it looked like Spin Art Heaven! That definitely caused the "ahh" factor and we had a good laugh about it, not to mention a lot of chocolate to clean up. Amazingly enough, none got on my white skirt, which I am so grateful for because we had to hurry up to get to our own ward and didn't have time to go home to change.
Now ready for another week and the heat wave is over. Back to chilly nights and nice sunny days.
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