Less seriously…
We are back from the junior high retreat. (See the previous post for the more profound take on the experience.) I say “we” because I suckered Erik into going, and Zora came along, too.
Honestly, it was a really really good time. The kids were great. The speaker was great. I slept better than on some retreats. In spite of terrible weather, we made it there safely.
But for all that, we didn’t come through unscathed. I think we are getting old:
- Â I fell down half a flight of stairs. No good reason. I just fell. I could feel my spine compacting on the way down. My arms and my ankles are seriously sore from the landing.
- Erik took a ball to the eye (hard) during pool time. He wound up sitting on the side with an ice pack for the rest of the swim.
- This morning, I did something wrong with my contacts and had a major allergic reaction in my eyes. Puffy, teary, icky until I got ahold of some anti-allergy eye drops. I am still a mess–puffy eyes and blotchy face.
- Zora, well, she’s young and resilient. She just needs some extra sleep.
- Um, and we need some extra sleep, too.
Erica–I had a big allergic reaction to contacts in high school, turned out I was allergic to saline solutions that contained thimerosal as a preservative, so I had to switch to unpreserved saline. So glad I don’t deal with contacts at all anymore. Be well–Kristen
31 January 2008 at 10:50 pm