Posted by Jennifer on August 26, 2000, at 16:59:05
In reply to Re: Back from vacation! Good but not 100% » Jennifer, posted by Greg on August 25, 2000, at 7:33:55
Greg....Thanks for the note and thinking of me. I was in a real rambling mode on my previous note, but all in all, the vacation was worth it, at least to get away for awhile. At the moment, I'm taking a break before tackling the garage. My husband was nice enough to move everything out onto the driveway and clean the garage before going to work...but now it all needs to be sorted and put back!!!
My health is just so-so. I wish they could just stop these darn migraines and bone/joint pain. At least then I could feel like I could physically gets things done. I took 800mg of Ibuprofen this morning and can't even tell I did. No headache today, so that's great! The biggie has just been that they rx'd a strong anti-inflammatory (Vioxx) and with the aspirin/tylenol/caffiene combo and Inderal for the migraines, I think my stomach lining just fell off. Lesser of two evils at this point. So, I thought I'd try the Ibuprofen today...
At any rate, life goes on down here. I need the world to stop turning for about a week so that I can catch up, and I think I'd be better. We were going to Disneyland tomorrow, but I think we better just stay here and keep going. We can always go in a couple weeks. Oh! Just remembered we have Labor Day Weekend coming up, so what better to do than continue to labor on the house! That gives me some extra time to review my girls school work and set up a teaching plan after we get through the first week of classes. Whew! Done for now...back to work. Hugs, Jennifer> Jen,
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> I know you're busy so I'll keep this short. I'm sorry your vacation wasn't as fun as it should've been. But I'm glad that you're back. I really missed you! When you get some time (yeah,right huh?) drop me a line and let me know how you're doing, K?
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> You're in my thoughts always!
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> Hugs,
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> P.S. I started a new website, the URL is in a post a few threads above this one. Check it out and join us if you are so inclined.
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> > Hi everyone, I'm back from our vacation to Zion National Park and then a week on Lake Powell in Utah houseboating. I was really concerned about going since I hadn't been feeling well for a few weeks prior, but I decided the worst case scenario would be to come home (which wouldn't be easy). I ended up needing Xanax as we left, since I was feeling the point of no return! The remainder of the drive to Zion was good. It was a bit tense there since there were several little ones in our group, and my kids are wash and wear...vacation to me is not having to keep and eye on little ones...but the mom in me couldn't turn off my radar. My husband was real smart and took our family down to the river and we goofed off floating downstream. That was tons of fun. I also avoided the long tram ride with the group to travel through the park...best to just hang out at camp and relax.
> > Once we got to Lake Powell, my migraines started back in. I probably just started to relax, and there they were. The MD had started me on Inderal just before we left to make sure they didn't flare up. So much for that. The boat was in a real "choppy" spot and kept swaying back and forth, my niece and nephew kept crying, so finally I started crying. Quite embarrassing since we had extended family on board for the trip. My parents haven't quite figured out that you need to leave me alone when I feel like crap, so they kept trying to offer advice, and were getting mad that I didn't want to talk with them. My dad asked what the heck he wanted me to have him do, and I told him I wanted the boat moved (no easy task, but he asked) because with the nausea from the migraine, I was getting sea sick (yes I felt stupid). If looks could kill, they would have. Next thing I know, he's moving this 70ft houseboat to another spot on the lake. I put in earplugs, take excedrin, jump in the lake (it was 105F) to cool down, put ice on my head, take xanax that night to hopefully sleep it off. I promised myself that if I wasn't better the next day, I would go home so I wouldn't ruin their trip. Good news, the next day was very tolerable, and the nausea was gone. I thanked my dad, and we he saw I was myself again, he knew he had done the right thing.
> > The rest of the trip was fun. The lake was so beautiful. There were some periods of high winds, so we had the allergy stuff to deal with with the kids...and I used my inhaler more than I do in an entire year on average! On the last day I started to get a migraine again, but got it under control fairly quick. So...doesn't sound like much fun? Well, it was!
> > Despite 2-3 days of feeling awful, I had 9 days of feeling pretty darn good. Usually it takes me nearly the entire trip to get "unafraid" of the lake - fish and junk under you in murky water just gives me the willy's! However, the day we arrived, the houseboat wasn't put into the water until 5pm, leaving no time to load the sea-doos/jetski's, and boat on the top deck. Since a few guys were needed on the boat to anchor it, I ended up riding the seadoo to our first camp site..nearly 20 miles away. The only problem was, there was a huge storm with thunder and lightening, and huge white caps and waves. You couldn't see hardly anything and knew I would take a dump over a wave at any minute! At one point, a HUGE wave came at me, and there was no place to go, so I went through it. I felt like James Bond...I was completely submerged for over 5 seconds, on the stupid seadoo, with my glasses on, wondering if I would rise to the surface, or if the seadoo was sinking. Talk about needing a xanax!!! Well, I came out only to be hit by another wave...then noticed a friend on another one had dumped over. His engine was flooded with water, and we were about a mile from shore, no houseboat in site. I told him he had 60 sec's to get it started, or we ditch the things and swim to shore. He did get it started after 2 minutes...did you think I'd actually swim to shore alone?! Then we made it to the boat. We must have been out in the storm nearly an hour. Every muscle in my body was dead. I literally fell onto the swim step of the houseboat, and my daughter brings me a bottle of "Lake Powell Bottled Water". How sweet I tell her, but I think I've already drank half of the lake. Looking back, I think that was so stressful, that when I started to relax the next day, it probably triggered the migraine.
> > Needless to say, I had little fear of the water the rest of the trip...if the first day didn't kill me, nothing would! We did tons of seadooing, and boating, and some hiking. It rained 3 of the nights, but we were so hot, it didn't matter...we just laid on the top deck on our sleeping bags and got wet...it felt great!
> > So, I'm back alive...now it's time to unpack half the house and do a zillion loads of laundry. I swear you need a vacation after your vacation just to get everything done! I picked up my girls books for homeschooling the day after we got back, and I have yet to look at one of them. So...love to you all! I'll try and check in, but expect to be overwhelmed for at least another week! Jennifer
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