Some R & R.

A few days have passed since I last wrote. I treat Wednesday and Thursday as if it were a weekend. (Except, I worked this Thursday) Mostly because we have Maddi and usually do all sorts of fun things. But also because I get a brake from work and all the chaos.

Today I'm home sick. Runny nose, stuffy head, coughing, sneezing...yup, the whole 9 yards. I tried my best to push through it. I even went to work feeling this way yesterday. I'm not a sissy really and I can't really afford to miss work. On top of that I hate letting down my work family (atleast my GH sisters anyways). But I know how far I can push my body and I've gone far enough.

I need to get better before I get worse.

So, I'm plopped on my favorite comfy blue couch sipping water, a berry smoothie and trying to heal.

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Wednesday turned out to be a fun filled great day. (I thought I just had allergies at that point.)
I had planned to do a top to bottom clean of the apartment and was half way through the scrubbing the kitchen when there was a surprising knock on the door. Maddi arrived early and saved me from my morning as Cinderella.

So Ryan, Maddi and I began our afternoon with a dunk in the pool. Had a picnic there with our great friends Kendall, Stephanie and baby Charlotte. It was a little windy but the warm pool water was refreshing.

After a relaxing nap we hopped on our bikes and rode to the Coast Guard carnival! I realized this year we could afford a little extra so Maddi rode as many rides as she could plus played a few games and won a few over priced prizes.

All 3 of us rode the ferris wheel. My VERY first ferris wheel ride ever! I was rather panicked half way up when I realized we would go even higher. I have to admit it is pretty neat to see the tops of buildings, all the way down the peir and people the size of ants!
We even shared an elephant ear, because what's a carnival without one?

I'm rather appreciative of these times together. Maddi and Ryan make me so incredibly happy. They make things like awful work days and being sick bearable. I can say I wouldn't be the same without them.

Keep loving. And appreciating.