This is the only restaurant in Stratton village that’s open and lucky for us the food was pretty good!

We got the only picnic table by the lake in the park by luck.  

Chloe’s my bag pack!

Beautiful, clean and refreshing Vermont water! kids spent all day swimming, skipping rocks in the lake while Andrew and I lounged under a cool shade watching them playing. A perfect summer day.

We decided to take a last minute road trip for change of scenery. There weren’t much options to stay in Manchester so we booked a place in Stratton, VT. It was very quiet, with everything closed except for 1 restaurant in the entire village. 

The place we stayed would’ve been a good option during ski season, but we made the best of it and spent a lot of time playing board games and watching movies. It felt nice and cozy to have everyone contained in a small space where I could see and talk to everyone. Whereas at home, we all tent to be spread out.

I woke up this morning feeling much better. I slept through the night without any help from medicine for the first time in 3 weeks. I started getting eased into doing small things like making breakfast and driving. I had to go pick up Shane from his tennis camp and it felt so good to be out driving around town. 🙂

My Growth group families sent us dinner for the whole family today. I have been refusing friend’s food offers but I’m seeing that my mom has been getting too tired from single-handedly managing everyone’s meals for the last three weeks! Even with ordering food from restaurants from time to time, it was getting too much. And with my recent ordeal, I don’t know how much the recovery will take. So I said yes to my friends who wanted to give my mom some break! Wow, they sent so much food, we’ll be eating Italians for the next two night for sure! Thank you Ko’s and Chung’s family for the delicious meals!

I’m hearing a lot of  I TOLD YOU SOs today… So maybe the haircut and the picnic were not such good ideas after all. Or maybe it’s one of those things that happens randomly… Who knows. After much excruciating pain for the last two days, my doctor ordered another CAT scan and blood work to find the culprit of the pain. Turns out there’s been a fluid build up where my appendix was. Fun! 
So I lost all my rights (especially to my mom) to do anything else besides lying down and resting. I’m staying in bed and obeying. 
Thanks to my friends who stopped by and dropped off flowers to brighten my day! Means so much, Michelle and Amy K!!!

So I convinced my family I was fine and that I’m feeling cabin fever from staying in bed for 2 weeks, so they took me out for a drive and nice picnic by the Hudson River. Even though my belly was still swollen and was a bit painful to wear pants, I felt like a normal human again to be out of the house. 

GONE! Feels so good to cut my hair short! I guess it was being in bed for too long that having this long hair was really getting to me. I went out for the first time since the surgery and even though I was walking around the salon like a grandma I didn’t care. I needed this so bad!