I am exhausted but home and glad to be. On Friday I went out and sat on the small deck that gave a very small glimpse of the ocean but showed the beautiful sunny sky, heard the surf. I sat there and cried. There was so many negative emotions going on, sad, mad, frustrated, dissapointed, hurt. My body had failed me. When I was able to be out on the beach it was good but getting out to the beach was terrible. Since we had a picnic on the beach on Wednesday I was able to stay out there all day. But Thursday we went up to the beach house to eat so that meant climbing that sand dune 4 times, 2 times each time out. Thursday evening I felt really bad. My hips hurt almost like they did when I got there Sunday night. My son in law wanted to get a picture of all of us on the beach. He wanted us all in white shirts or blouses. He procrastinates like I do so he did it Friday. I couldn't get out there. It really was kind of good that the picture of just his wife and kids only. My husband decided to be a horses butt on Thursday and stay in his housecoat and play Wii all day Thursday. I couldn't hardly do anything to help my daughter in the kitchen the wole time we were there. So eventually all those bad feelings will go sway and I will remember just the good times. I have some good pictures and that will help.

OK, I'm done venting. Thanks, I'm glad this group has a big shoulder.

Welcome home, Doydie. Time to take a vacation from your vacation..

Rest and heal and enjoy the good memories.

We now return to our regular programming....Welcome back Doydie!

I always needed a vacation from my vacation, too.......

Sometimes I think we idealize in our minds how perfect it's going to be while on vacation......almost setting ourselves up for big disappointment if things don't always go as planned. I'm guilty of this - even now that I don't go anywhere overnight I still tend to glamorize things in my mind and when they turn out just "ordinary" I feel a sense of let down. Not for long, though.

Welcome home!