Over Due Post

The days have flown by and I have hardly noticed! I didn't realize it had been 5 days since I had blogged anything. As the old saying goes "No news is good news". I have continued to do very well (Despite the HOT temperatures). Last week Dad heard on the local radio station that the zoo would be open Friday at 5am. If one arrived between 5-9am zoo entrance was free. I thought Faith would love to go. We decided to take the 'kids' and enjoy a free day at the zoo. Mom knew someone that had a wheel chair we could borrow so I would not have to walk the entire way. We arrived at the zoo and decided that we would leave the wheel chair in the car & Dad would go back to get it when I got tired. Well, surprise of all surprises...we went around the zoo once and saw the exibits that were open. At 10am when the zoo opened officially we went around again. Towards the end of our 2nd round I was getting very tired. I decided though that since we were almost done I could manage the remainder of our loop. I didn't even use the wheel chair! I sat down alot & rested, but I made it! I was very tired when I got done, but it was a good tired (Like when you have just exercised). I sure slept good that night!
Saturday, I spent the day with my mother-in-law while Bob went fishing with his brother & Dad. We did make a trip up to the post office in Des Moines though. I had ordered some chickes for Peter, my brother. They arrived and we had to go get them. That was pretty neat to see the inside of a HUGE post office! Not to mention the number of boxes that contained chicks!
Sunday we went to church with Mom & Dad. Despite the message being directed towards men, the pastor had a very good sermon! We had a some what lazy afternoon after a delicious lunch of grilled T-bone. mmm... Then Peter started off a string of mishaps by dropping a jar of apple cider on the floor & breaking it over his feet. Thankfully he was not hurt, but we have been seeming to have a string of accidents since....
Today Faith dumped some plant dust all over the entry way. It was a huge mess and she had to take a shower. We had no sooner got that cleaned up when our next mess came along - There was a fan sitting on the table & Peter turned it on. It fell over backwards and shattered a bowl. The peices went flying! Mom made the comment - I'm not superstitous, but things seem to happen in 3's. We hadn't gotten the bowl mess cleaned up when Tim & Krisdyn arrived (my brother & sister-in-law). I told them "You might want to leave & come back later. We've had 2 messes and we might have a 3rd. The boys went out to the garage to weld some metal Tim brought. Not long after, here they come. Tim had one arm around Peter & was holding a wrist with the other. Peter had managed to cut his wrist on a peice of metal. Thankfully, it was not that bad. Mom, being a nurse, fixed him up. The thing that bothered Peter the most was Mom's news that he could not go swimming in the pond on his birthday (Friday). This afternoon, Dad, Peter & I went to town to get some bike parts. On the way back home we discovered the effects of todays heat. Two sections of the highway (the large 8ft sections) had buckled and were sticking up. I hollered for Dad to slow down, but he had already seen them. Neither Dad nor I had ever seen anything quite like it. It wasn't the average little buckle in the road. It was the entire 2 sections of the road! They were atleast 3ft off the ground.
With it being so hot today I decided (having not learned my lesson the first time I tried this) to cool off my dear family with water balloons. Oh, yes...a slow learner! lol Of course I had it made! No one could throw water balloons at my front. However, attempts were made to break them over my head by squeezing them. I managed to get several people wet and stayed dry myself. Although with todays high temps wet would have not been all that bad! By and by pay back will come! This evening I was sitting on the porch when my mother, as innocent as me, lol snuck up behind me and dumped my ice water down my back!!! BRRR
Thanks for your continued prayers for my recovery! Today I honestly felt like the only thing holding me back was the 5lb limit of lifting. Otherwise I believe I'm really doing great. I say that and I add this "BUT"....this heat has been alittle hard on me. It was 98 today & very humid. The last 2 days I have had more discomfort in my chest when I breath. It feels like there is a weight on my chest surpressing my breathing. I'm pretty sure it is the heat/humidity. Other than sitting under a tree and throwing water balloons at unsuspecting passers by, I didn't do much today...So pray that I would manage the humidity/heat the next few days as it's not suppose to cool down. (Bob loves this weather!!) Mom & Dad have a window A/C unit, but it's in Dad's room so he can sleep during the day. Although I can go in there if needed.
We are starting to talk about going home!! I have a dr. appt Friday so I'm eager to see what they have to say. It will probably be another week or two before we do actually go home, but I'm getting closer!
I just realized, I am the only one still awake and it is getting late. I had better run. Until next time.......