Our Thanksgiving vacation started a little early this year. Instead of leaving with the other Thanksgiving travelers this past Wednesday we left on Monday because my wife’s nana was not doing so well health wise. We came to Vermont to my parent’s house and then Tuesday we traveled three hours to the hospital where her nana was. We were not able to talk with her at all and if we went in her room we would have to put on a gown, mask, and a hair net. It was an emotional time, but she is stable (last we heard) and improving. During my son’s first Christmas we thought it would be the last Christmas he was able to share with her, but now he is almost four and she is still around. We have been thankful for that.
My back is still hurting me. I managed getting through Thanksgiving — it is a good thing that all I have had to do the last three days is to sit down and rest and relax.
Friday I got a therapeutic massage and I went to see the chiropractor. I honestly can say that I felt worse after each appointment. But today I am feeling a little better. I just want this to be over with and I know that it will be, eventually. But for not I just have to do my best to live my life with this pain. The end of the semester is coming fast. I still need to fill out my paperwork for the first call process. I hope that I will not be too stressed and that I can find time to relax in the midst of everything.
I have been thankful for many things this year. I know that there are “problems” in my life (my back and illness in family) but we have been blessed by many people and we are thankful for those relationships. I have been thankful for my new blog and the friends that I have made through here as well.
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