Hi everyone,
Its funny, as my legs have progressed "downward" in my ability to walk, the kids' pained expressions of "Oh Mom, REALLY?" have decreased, and are now to helpfulness. I started with a cane, and they would walk 10 feet in front of me in public... Now that I'm using a walker in most out of the house situations, and my scooter – which has to be taken apart to be put in the back of my van, and then put back together each time – they've been much more helpful. Guess they're over the rolled eyes and pained looks. When we get to a store with scooters, one son runs ahead and gets a cart ready for me by the door. I feel very spoiled by them at times!
I took my boys and one of their friends to an antique car show last night. They know I used to have a 64 Mustang, and of course I instantly migrate to all things Mustang. I took my scooter, and they helped put it together for me. Lucky I had it, as there were only 3 Handicapped spots, which were already taken. The scooter was great, until I tried a spot from the driveway to the grass that my little scooter got totally stuck on! Back wheels were in a gully of sorts. My 11 year old tried to help pull it out, but even with me off of it, we were still tugging at it when some big burly guy came over and pulled it out for me! Kind of embarrassing, and I didn't attempt that particular spot again! I need a bigger scooter with 4-wheel drive I guess! I was even able to drive it into the old Hebert Candy Mansion (thank you ramps) and got us all ice cream sundaes with a candy buffet of toppings...
Oh, I almost forgot! Along with all the muscle cars of years past, there was a car from 1911, with a steam engine! Talk about looking like a "horseless carriage", it was so cool to see! My son took some pictures of it with his ipod. It ran very quiet, had a real lantern looking taillight, etc.
Of course when I got home and checked my voice mail, I realized that my bank had called that morning to let me know I had overdrawn my account! Sigh... Got that fixed this morning, and hopefully they'll be able to take off a couple of the charges. Sucks, 'cause the check that caused it to go into the red is for their Alaska trip, and more than half of that is getting rebated back to me on Sunday... and the remaining amount wouldn't have bounced.
So I guess I'm broke for the long weekend, which is ok because all the kids are going to be away, and I can have some time to sleep on the comfy couch on my lovely screened front porch with a good book and some chocolate!