Thursday, July 8, 2010

Day 3 in Paris

Today started out a little rough due to some bad news about my grandmother... We were on our way to Disneyland (which kevin told me he was like a little kid who couldn't sleep all night because he was so excited) when we quickly stopped to check our stuff online and found out that my grandma had had a stroke but that they expect her to be fine so DO NOT try to come home. Of course I felt like if I went home everything would be fixed, but Kevin assured me that there is really nothing I can do except visit her and we will do that the day we get home. So I sent a message to her through my brother, took a minute to cry and then compose myself and my thoughts and realized that we have both worked too hard to get here to let this ruin our trip and that my grandma (who was going to help me pack for the trip because she was worried I wouldn't have a "fresh" pair of underwear every day unless she helped) would not want me to sit around and try to figure out how to get home. Plus, it isn't fair to Kev for me to take away his day in Disneyland :)
We had fun just walking around and looking at all the details in Disney and we actually didn't ride hardly any rides due to ridiculous lines and REALLY hot weather. It was a great day because it felt like we were home again, seeing familiar sights is something we haven't seen much of in a while, and because it was distracting for me and kept me busy. It was maybe just a little too hot for something like that today though. 
After we got home and cooled down a bit we walked to an ice cream shop on the island in the middle of town and shopped at some little stores around the shop. We also went to watch some street performers but after sitting on the curb watching some dude warm up his act for 30 minutes, Kevin decided he was way too weird to stay and watch him. I believe he said "this guy is way too much of a freak for me to give my money to him. He's actually making me very uncomfortable." So we went grocery shopping for liquids, and went home.
It has been a nice day, although I feel a bit distracted at times, and I'm so thankful my husband is so good at making me feel like things will be ok. Thanks to all who read this and if you could say a little prayer for my Grandma Ola it would really mean a lot. She is an amazing, intelligent, funny, strong woman and she will be on my mind everyday until I can tell her in person what she has always meant to me. Thank you.
 

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