It's been a busy, busy summer for us. We have done a little bit of it all. Had a few small trips, hit a few water parks, had some picnics, worked in my flowerbeds which I SO enjoy. We played softball every week from the first week in June until last week. We had friends over for burgers, spent time with friends hanging out & spent an entire month walking around lost in our own home. This year was tough missing the baby girl while she was visiting her dad during the month of July. Aubree is back now & all is right with the world again!
The summer was a season to remind me that youthfulness is not in my corner so much anymore. It started out with me recovering from gall bladder surgery. It only took a few days to actually recover from the surgery...it took several weeks for my body to adjust to my new diet. All of a sudden I couldn't eat lettuce and that was not good. The doc said to not try gravy...that's not a problem since I'm not a fan anyway. Gravy has got to be the most disgusting concoction known to man.
Then there was this rash...an unexplained crazy, nasty rash that apparently I got in San Antonio. God only knows what it was, because it looked really bizarre. Looked like chicken pox, or shingles but didn't act like either. It didn't itch, but felt like fiberglass & kept spreading up my arm. Strange, for sure. Anyway, after several rounds of shots, multiple creams & steroids it finally went away.
Next little reminder that I'm crazy thinking I'm still 20. Softball game-playing on third-batter up. A mean line drive aims directly at my leg/ankle & the sound of the POP/CRACK was heard 'round the park. I didn't cry (then, anyway. I waited till later). Basically, the ball missed my glove (yeah...I know it was my fault by not getting my glove down) & kapowed my leg. It hurt like a mother for weeks. Over 3 weeks went by & it didn't seem to get any better...oddly enough it was only getting worse. I finally broke down & went to see Doc (after my hubby threatened me) & they did some x-rays to make sure it wasn't broken - the good news is that it wasn't broke, and the bad news is that it wasn't broken. Huh? Yeah, that's what I said, too. It's an injured tendon which is actually worse than a break in terms of healing. I'm still walking on it just fine, but now I'm adding 600 milligrams of ibuprofen a day & icing it 2 times a day. That's helped a whole lot with the swelling and the pain. All of this has taken away from my training for the 3-Day event, but I'm determined to not let all of this get me down.
Which brings me to this: I've taken on an exciting, but huge challenge this summer and have entered the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day. I will be walking 60 miles over 3 days & camping out in tents. Even though I've had a few little road blocks in my training, I will overcome!!!I'm really needing donations badly so if you can, please donate anything...anything at all - it all adds up! My website is www.the3day.org/goto/terri.ivie (Cut & paste if the link doesn't work...sorry, I can't get html to work)
For the most part softball dominated the Summer so far with 1-2 games per week. Last year I played on two teams so I played a lot more. This year's pace was much better and it was more fun because my husband not only played on the team, he coached it. We had a great team even though we lost every single game. We made new lifelong friends & had tons of fun. So many people commented on our sportsmanship & attitude even while we were losing. We didn't go out there to slaughter our opponent & get the trophy, we were going out there for fellowship, fun & playing together as a team. Our team consisted of players that have never played a sport - EVER! Our church had 3 teams...the original "core" team that I played on last year-River 1, the other team that most players were new to the sport-River 2, and a youth team-River 3. We were River 2 and I will venture to say we had the BEST season ever just because we came together as a team and looked forward to playing each week knowing that we really did our best & enjoyed our time together on the field and then off the field as well.
Finally, we have had a few projects around the house...we rewired the landscape lighting, replaced all the lights with the energy efficient bulbs, cleaned the shed & garage, Robert built a rabbit hutch for Elizabeth, the bunny & currently we are working on the backyard's newest flowerbed. Robert bought a huge bag of rocks...not sure of the poundage, but it's huge...on a skid & takes up the entire bed of his truck. Over the next few days we will spread the rock between the flowerbeds which is a lot of work, since I spread two skids worth last summer.
This weekend I'm so excited to be hosting a childhood reunion get-together with my girlfriends. I've known most of these girls since before kindergarten. We don't get much time to catch up these days in person, so when we do it is a huge deal. Our husbands just shake their head at us as we travel back in time and relive the good times. It will be a very fun weekend & I can't wait to have the house full of friends that I love like family.
And thank you in advance to all my wonderful family & friends for helping me reach my goal of $2300.00 for the Breast Cancer 3-Day. Y'all are the absolute best!!!!
2 Comments:
I am thrilled to see you back out here. I enjoy the things you have to say and i am happy you say them. You know it is funny, those rude jack asses will never put a real picture up and comment with their real name.
Just Happy
Glad to have you back!
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