The wild ride continues...

Two & a half weeks ago, we were started to celebrate Christmas. Unfortunately our wild ride has continued into the new year.

The beginning of last week, we attended my grandmother's heartbreaking wake & funeral where I somehow found the strength I needed to get through it to support my family. Afterwards we had a luncheon with my relatives where my brothers, youngest sister & our significant others found some laughter & happiness being together again. I was staying strong but grief over losing my grandmother kept creeping up & overwhelming me. I was tempted to just stay home & reorganize the house but decided our family plans for the Adventure Guide weekend to a water park resort would be good.

So last weekend, Son had a great time playing with the other kids & I really enjoyed meeting the other parents. While he didn't enjoy the water slides so much because they were dark & cold, he loved the kids' indoor play area, indoor water park & riding the tubes in the wave pool. Saturday night, Son kept waking up ALL NIGHT crying & kicking probably from a reoccurring nightmare (we think). Unfortunately we were both woken up repeatedly & Hubby kept getting kicked each time Son woke up. Sunday morning we were both exhausted physically & emotionally so we spent the afternoon at the indoor play area where Son played & made the most of the tickets he'd won.

After a long drive home, we unpacked & then Hubby started feeling off. So I let him do his thing while Son 'took care of Daddy' & then I put the kids to bed. Now normally Hubby's fine after about 20 minutes but 2.5 hours later he wasn't improving. A neighbor came over to watch the kids until my in-laws arrived while I took Hubby to the hospital where they admitted him. Luckily it was something fixable but it still scared me until Hubby started getting his color back & feeling himself yesterday afternoon.

When the kids to visit us at the hospital (so Son wouldn't worry) they did pretty good & were entertained by the cheerful staff & a 'doctor outfit'. I insisted Hubby stay (while the nurses & doctor agreed) that he stay for another day just to safe, especially since my mom & Hubby's parents were staying with the kids while I watched over my man. Yesterday he checked out & we both came home. Thankfully he's back to normal without any problems so far.

Did I mention how I'm ready to get off this 'ride' yet? I really hope the new year doesn't continue this way.