Anyway, this trip had been planned way before my herniated disc troubles - my parents were going to fly out a few days before we would arrive, and then we were going to drive there and overlap the visit with everyone at Sam's house (except for Emma) for a few days before they flew home, with us leaving a few days later. Whew, did you follow that? We went back on forth regarding going because I was in so much pain, but I was getting tired of staying at home and I figured I could be in pain there as well as here, so we made the trip. Jeff had to do all the driving because I can't sit up enough to drive - my seat was reclined almost all the way for the trip. Also there's that whole taking drugs that might impair my driving ability thing, too. But he managed, and so did Paco, who rode in his crate in the back of the car.
A couple of long drives ago we realized that Paco wouldn't eat his kibble while we were traveling, so we resorted to getting him a McDonald's cheeseburger, which of course he happily ate. From then on we get Happy Meals for all three of us because you get just enough junk food along with some apple slices and a bottle of water. It didn't hurt that the toy in the Happy Meals happened to be Avengers figures:
Black Widow, Ant Man, War Machine, Black Panther, Hulk, and THOR (who looks about 20 years older than the actual Thor...)
Wate ware my toy? All I got was dis cup of water.
We got to Sam's house on Sunday afternoon and immediately joined my parents in working on all of the projects Sam had planned for everyone. I mostly supervised, but my mom, Sam, and I did go out one day to shop for his birthday present from us - new silverware to replace his rusting old Ikea silverware. We went to Crate and Barrel which was so fun - not having one nearby, it's a huge treat to get to shop there in person instead of looking at everything online. We also did some furniture shopping but Sam had the most luck before we arrived, when he and my parents went to Nadeau in Raleigh. They came home with a carload of items - I'll do another post showing everything that changed in his house thanks to all of the decorators who visited and advised.
My mom and I.
My mom and I and chocolate chip ice cream push pops from Escazu Chocolates in Raleigh - these were so good! My dad, Sam, and Jeff were there but escaped any pictures, apparently.
I came home with a very nice Mother's Day/early birthday present from Sam:
His iMac! Plus a bluetooth keyboard and trackpad, which I'm getting used to - I like it. The new computer's sleek look inspired me to clear my desk and now it feels very serene and calm here.
He bought the computer a while back to use it for photo editing but ended up not using it, so he gave it to me. I am really impressed - I've been using a Mac Mini for a few years but this is lightning fast and has a lot more memory. The only thing I need to figure out is how to change the desktop folder colors from blue to pink. So far my attempts haven't worked, but there has to be a way to do that, right?
OK, enough sitting for me. Have a great weekend!
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