What a pain in the neck, my surprisingly good day

Sunday was a very active and exhausting day. After traveling over an hour away to see family, the kids were grumpy. Bedtime did not go well. I let them all sleep in our “big bed” out of sheer desire for sleep to happen for us all. I slept so hard – and so cramped – that the next morning I woke up with the worst neck pain imaginable!

A friend tried to massage the knot. It didn’t work. I could barely move my head to the right. I speed-dialed my chiropractor and tried to get on with our day.

After Lizzie’s swimming lessons, I took the kids home for 20 minutes and then we were off to Arby’s! He graciously took an hour off work to watch the kids so I could get my neck popped. It was amazing. No, my chiropractor didn’t magically make the pain disappear, but he did adjust me and tell me to get better sleep.

When I went to pick up the kids, he said I better get new tires on my new (to me) car. Relaxed from my chiropractor, I took my children to the mechanic’s.

Once there, they said it would take “a couple” hours to put the new tires on. So I put Lucy in the stroller and instructed Lizzie and David to walk close to me as we crossed the (super duper busy) street to Wal-Mart. I was right – walking to Wal-mart and to the toy aisle burned a lot of time. And burned a lot of their energy! I bought them each one toy and we walked back to the tire shop! We spent another hour there  – wait for it – playing peacefully and happily! I was floored.

After leaving home at 10am, we finally returned home at 3:30pm.  Lucy and David napped. Lizzie played on my XYBoard, and I could barely keep my eyes open, so I relaxed on the couch and slept. Hard. I woke up 15 minutes later to Lizzie showing me how she beat a game.

Again – I was shocked! I never get quiet time like this!

By 6pm they were still sleeping! Lizzie got hungry and asked me to make her “leaky eggs.” So I made bacon and eggs for dinner. David walked into the kitchen smiling at the smell of bacon frying. I went and woke Lucy up so she could join us.

Then after dinner we all went outside to play! David pushed Lucy on the swing for the longest time, then he hopped up there with her! As they laughed and giggled, I was amazed. Amazed that a kink in my neck didn’t ruin my day. Shocked that moods were all positive and I had nothing to complain about.

Here is to hoping the rest of the week follows suit!