Tuesday, February 27, 2018
I woke up early as usual with the idea of getting the pictures from the National Butterfly Center downloaded so I could get the post from Sunday finished. I wasn't up too long and realized I wasn't feeling quite right. I didn't even bother to turn the coffeepot on, and headed back to bed.
Dean had made plans to play golf this morning with Dave. He asked if I was going to be okay and I told him yes, to go on. He loves playing golf and misses his daily games at home, so I didn't want him to miss out. They left fairly early - 8:15 or so.
The rest of my day was mostly a blur - as I was sick most of the time he was gone. By the time Dean got home I was so sore from dry heaves I could hardly hold my head up, my neck muscles hurt so badly. I slept on and off most of the day - I can only be thankful for that.
That was pretty much my day. Fortunately, Dean had a better day than me. I'm glad he did. It would not have been fun here, and there was nothing he could have done for me. Fortunately, I was no longer feeling sick, just very sore, and was able to get some sleep with the aid of Night Time Tylenol.
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
I slept so much yesterday that when I woke up at 3:30 this morning I could not go back to sleep. I got up, but my neck and back hurt so bad it hurt to set up. After going most of the day, with the pain increasing, Dean finally called the chiropractor to see if I could get in tomorrow. They were not open, so he asked if there was any chance they could see me this afternoon. Fortunately, they said yes. I was so thankful and when we left his office I felt 90% better. It was amazing how much it helped.
The doctor did send me home with a TENS unit in case I had anymore pain before coming back Friday morning. Later in the evening I finally decided we should try out the unit around 8, because I was having a little neck pain, but the battery was dead. Dean offered to go to Dollar General to get one. After eating a bite to eat, I decided I would just take a couple of night time Tylenol and go to bed. I slept great and woke up feeling almost 100%, and best of all without any more neck pain.
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Today was wonderful in comparison to the past two days. I was tired but felt somewhat normal. I just expect to wake up every day feeling good. It's a shock when it doesn't happen and really makes me appreciate how blessed I am that I am in relatively good health.
Later this morning Dean called Pep Boys to see if our tires had arrived and was advised they had been delivered. He made arrangements to have the tires changed out tomorrow.
We made a quick trip to Wal-mart for a few groceries and just rested at home the rest of the afternoon and evening.
Friday, March 2, 2018
I had an appointment with Dr. Whitaker at 8:00 this morning. While Dean was taking the tires off of the RV to take to Pep Boys, I drove myself to the chiropractor. When I returned Dean loaded up the tires and headed out. He returned in time for lunch, put the new tires on, put one slide back out, put one slide in, took off the second set of tires and headed back to Pep Boys. He was back by 3:30 and he was finished with all of the work by 4:30 or so and we were back to normal. It was a good productive day and I am still feeling great! What more can you ask for?
Saturday, March 3, 2018
We have a few things we want to accomplish today. First thing I headed to the park laundry. After I returned and had things put away, we decided having breakfast down the road at Dona's was a good idea. We both had the special (2 eggs, 2 sausage links, hash browns, toast and coffee for $3.99). Dean asked for patties ($1 more) and I asked for bacon (same price). We will probably return here.
Dean wanted to visit Don-Wes flea market today. He's looking for a part that will allow him to raise the handle bars on his bicycle. Someone he talked with told him to check there. Unfortunately, we did not find the part he was looking for, but we did find a new tire and tube for my bicycle. Dean noticed the other day that my front tire was entirely flat. When he looked closer he could see the tire needed to be replaced. I am so glad we did this before we were riding in the State Park and it decided to go flat on me.
It was nice to stay in this afternoon and get some chores done. I walked up to the office to reserve a spot here for next winter and to pay our electric bill for the month of February. We are also going to change lots next year. We will move directly across the street from where we are now. We like our lot except it is entirely open to the wind. The lot across the street from us has park models either side so it provides a little bit of protection. The lots either side of us have been open about half of the time we've been here so there has been nothing to stop the wind from blowing everything on our lot. It's knocked both our bikes and chairs over. We tried putting out our mat, but immediately took it up. Most of our site is concrete so we couldn't secure it. Hopefully we'll like the new spot, although the downside is we will not be right at the fence near our Heartland friends next door.
Dean changed the tire on my bicycle and I spent most of the afternoon and evening updating our budget spreadsheet for February. February did not go as well as January - we went way over on dining out, although we were way under on several others, so it was all good - we purchased new tires and the camera, and we had lots of items under miscellaneous. Once I had everything keyed in for the month, we set down to discuss the miscellaneous items and ended up adding a few new line items to better track some of those expenses.
Sunday, March 4, 2018
At 7:00 I headed back to the park laundry to wash a couple more loads before getting ready for church.
After church, we had a quick lunch, then met our Heartland friends next door. We are making a trip to Old McAllen this afternoon. Dean led the way with Dave following us with Nancy, Jay and Stella. We spent about 2 hours walking up and down the streets, visiting a few shops here and there along the way. I think everyone managed to buy something except Dean. No major purchases but it was fun to spend time together and see the sites. Afterwards, we stopped at China Sea Buffet for dinner, which was very good. Once home, we rested for the remainder of the evening.
Monday, March 5, 2018
I had another appointment with Dr. Whitaker this morning. I was feeling a little sore this morning and since we are headed to meet up with some friends afterwards I was glad to see him first. I felt better when we left and still feel good this evening as I am finishing this up - about 10:00. I think I am returning to normal - as normal as that can be!
After my appointment, we headed to Rio Hondo to the park where our friends Bob and Patty are staying this winter. They too are from Southeast Kansas, and are members of our Escapees Chapter. We had plans to meet last week but because of me, those had to be cancelled. One of the things we wanted to do while there was to visit Ornela's Bakery to try one of their apple fritters. We have heard they are the best around here and they freeze well. Since Dean and I both LOVE apple fritters, we had to try one. We first drove to Bob and Patty's and then Bob drove us all back to the bakery. I could not believe these huge fritters were only $.85 each. I bought a dozen for less than $11. They were really good. I will share some with our Heartland friends when we got home and I'll freeze the rest so we can enjoy them as we travel back to Kansas.
Once we returned to Bob and Patty's rig, Patty made a pot of coffee and each couple shared a fritter. We had such a nice visit and we are so glad we had the chance to make it over to see them before we leave. We had hoped to fit in a few more visits with friends in this area, but losing those days last week really set us back. We have several things to do in preparation for leaving, a few shopping trips scheduled, as well as a final get together with our Escapee group on Tuesday the 13th before we leave early the morning of the 14th.
By the time we were closer to our park, we were both hungry. We were looking for a place to stop when I noticed we were coming up on the corner of Business 83 and Tower Road. Hmmmm, a Tower Burger sounds pretty good. We decided to stop - and we stuck to our guns - and shared one burger between us with a side of onion strings. A very good choice! I'm glad we had the chance to try this place one more time before we head north.
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