It's been four months since I've written you. It's been all summer long. So, I thought I would catch you up on what has been happening here at home!!!
KayeLynn and I went on your and my annual honeymoon. We went to San Antonio. We went to Sea World there, the Alamo and the River Walk. We had a good time. I wrecked my rental car a bit. Backed into a pole and rubbed some paint onto the bumper.
In June, I took the three girls to Lagoon, one at a time. It was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the trip with Thea. She loves going on the rides so much. I'm sure you met up with Caroline there in heaven. She went to heaven in June. I figure you were one of the first ones to run up and greet her. She died of horrible Covid. I hope you two were able to catch up!!
It's been such a miserable and hot summer. In July, the air conditioner started having problems. We tried to fix things and eventually I had to call in a service company. I called Manwill, since that is who you bought it from. KayeLynn and I had to spend two nights in a hotel. They found that the system had completely frozen. There was ice from the furnace all the way up into the air conditioner unit outside. After two nights in the hotel, the air conditioner was all fine. It took the two days to thaw it out.
August was something. KayeLynn and I drove up to Idaho Falls to get Cash. He spent two nights here with us. This was his Legoland trip, but instead we did Lagoon. I don't think I could have done Legoland alone with him. I was barely able to handle Lagoon alone with him. In fact, I didn't. Chelsea ended up coming and helping out and going on rides with him and hanging out at the pool with him. I felt horrible. I missed you so terribly. We both cried at some point about it. But, in the end, he had a good time. I took him home on a plane. He was nervous about that, but ended up doing really well. The kids all went back to school pretty early in August. Harper and Penny were in a community theatre production of Beauty and the Beast. It was fun to watch.
I got a week of vacation in September. A week of PAID vacation. So, KayeLynn has been my travel companion. She wanted to go to Disneyland. That was her birthday present. I about died, but we still have fun. The first day I pushed her in a wheelchair around Disneyland. I honestly thought I wouldn't make it. So, the next day in California Adventure, I got us both scooters. It was expensive, but so worth it. I know I couldn't have pushed a wheelchair another day. Then after getting home from there, I left on the next Saturday and flew to Tucson to catch up with Randi and Lydia (Iri). Iri was dancing, but then they didn't dance. So, mostly hung around, went and got some food and I went and got gas in the rental car and back to my room so I could get up at 4:00 to get to the airport.
So, the trip to Disneyland ended up messing up my knee even more. In April, I got a cortisone shot. It didn't help. So I went to the ortho I had been seeing. She told me my knee was bone on bone and that I would be needing surgery at some point. Well, as she does every time I visit, she likes to tell me how fat I am. I am fatter than I've ever been. I know how fat I am. She told me if I didn't get any relief from the cortisone, that we would try the "chicken fat" injections. So, for the last month, I have been going there to get the injections. Every week, there is no relief. And now my hip is starting to be in pain from compensating for my knee. So today was the last injection. I am still in a lot of pain. Probably more than when I started. So I cried in the office and she told me again how fat I am and that no surgeon is going to do surgery on me. She told me if I'm not having any relief in two weeks that I need to see a surgeon - who apparently won't fix my problem. I cried all afternoon and I got very sad and mad at you. I am very sad you aren't here to help me through this. This is probably the worst health issue I've ever had to deal with and I have no clue how to do it alone and without you.
Anyway, I was thinking about you a lot. I was scrolling through your Facebook page and decided I needed to catch you up!! So, I'll try to remember to write more often. And I'll let you know what happens with the knee saga.
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