Sorry about the radio silence for the past few weeks, but life got hectic. Mom retired at the end of February and those last two weeks were KNUTZ. With a K. Her birthday was on the 19th and I had planned to go out to eat but the weekend before that I started having terrible pains in the hamstring of my left leg. It felt like the muscle was cramping, like a charlie horse, whenever I tried to stand up or sit down. Once I was in a position it would relax but moving from one to another was excruciating. At it's worst it would spasm once I sat down sending me into tears and I could never get into a fully straight standing position making life completely frustrating. I was working that weekend and went down to the ER on Saturday, spending Sunday and Monday working while taking muscle relaxers (I didn't drive of course) and then tried to rest on Tuesday. On Wednesday when I went in I was in tears again because of the pain and my supervisor sent me back to the ER. This time the doctor could see that my hips were out of alignment, gave me a different muscle relaxer and pain pills and 3 days off. Mom called my chiropractor and I saw him that day and have gone back 4 more times to get it back into alignment. That whole week off I spent on the couch in a semi-conscious coma of pills and sleep and it didn't get better until right before I went back to work. The muscle was still a bit tight but has loosened up since then. It still feels weak somehow. Like when I get up to walk I think I can walk at a certain speed and then that muscle tells me "Nope". I still sort of gimp around and I'm going to do some physical therapy to try and get that muscle back into shape. This derailed everything. Mom's birthday dinner was moved to the next week (though I did have donuts delivered to work with a message telling her Happy Birthday and they put a candle in one) and the blog was neglected because it's actually really hard to type while laying on your back. I was still convalescing the week after her birthday and we tried to catch up on what we could before our schedule became really intense.
Last week was so busy Mom and I had to keep a daily running list of things to do and reminding each other where we were going and what we were doing (and through it all Mom went to daily radiation appointments). Monday I went to work and then we went to Costco and scouted out the food we were going to get for her retirement party which was on Friday and picked up the non-perishables. Tuesday we went over to Seattle in the afternoon, stayed the night and then went to an ultrasound appointment at UW for me since I am starting my last embryo transfer. We drove back on Wednesday and I went to work late. Thursday we got up, dropped the dogs off at the groomer's since it was Doggy Spa Day, went to Safeway and Costco and bought the perishables for the party and then I went to work and Mom went home and balled melons, stuffed cream cheese in strawberries and made pasta salad. Friday I went to work early and Mom baked the hot food (the venue only has a warming oven) and made crockpot meatballs and then we met at Costco again to pick up the sandwiches and cakes and headed for Cascade Gardens. We rented the lodge there which is SO beautiful and hired two of their workers to help us with the food and wine. After setting up the centerpieces and figuring out the food, we got ready and had an amazing party! Lots of people came, great stories were told and good friends were seen, lots of food was eaten and wine poured and it all went off without a hitch. So after it was all over we hauled the leftover food up to the lab and threw our very tired selves into our beds. And for those who couldn't be there here is a little photo journey...
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