Good timing, a good trip, and some things never change

Well, I went for years and years with regular postings through just about everything.  Then I miss over a week due to our big, family reunion blowout. And here I have gone almost a full week without a new post, and guess why?

Another family reunion!

This time it was my dad’s turn to host the annual Downey Dinner. And since he is gone, my sissies and I took his place.  It wasn’t a week long bash with big events and houseguests like the Nathan party, it was more on the traditional, pitch in style meal type thing and we rented a venue for it.  So not the same, and I could’ve squeezed in a blog post at some point but I was having too much fun being back in Indiana.

I figured that I’d write something, get caught up on work I’d missed while away, and go into Good Juju to spiff up my booth when I returned after my short trip.  I was ready to hit the ground running since I had gone on this mini vacation during a very busy period.  During my drive I was even dictating notes into my phone and making lists about what I needed to get accomplished once I returned.

Nope.

I started to feel a bit ucky about mid Illinois and by the time evening hit in Kansas, I was pretty much under the weather and have been in bed since then.

I’m improving, had some IV antibiotics and am taking some others in pill form that make me wonder if it might be better to stay sick than have the taste of those awful tablets in my mouth all day.  Ugh.

Luckily, I am a planner.  The “what if” sort.  Before leaving, I made sure my booth at Juju looked picture ready just in case I was tied up in some way and couldn’t get back in time to have it set up before the photo day they do prior to the sales event. (There are some things I still need to add, but it looks cute as is)

If you are wondering, why yes, I am patting myself on the back now for being one of those people who looks out for bad things and bumps in the road ahead of time.  Why I have been known to be called a worrier or a downer.

Honestly, I don’t see it as being negative, I see it as being prepared.  Bad things, big or small do happen and I like being prepared.  I give myself extra time to get somewhere, I have a cushion for most events, a padded time schedule that protects me if obstacles arise.  

Usually, part of my planning includes a week or more of blog posts ready to pop up on schedule, so I guess I shouldn’t be too pleased with myself, I only posted enough to get me through the weekend, not the week.

I’m sort of out of bed now, but not out of the house.  I think I’ll take my own advice and prep a few posts ahead because it looks like I’ll have a full week ahead of me once I finally do emerge from this. 

Our Downey Dinner was wonderful, I loved the old photos to sift through,  and hanging with my sisters and nieces was the best.  Getting ill really sucked, but I am blessed that I made the 8-1/2 hour drive before I was hit full force with the worst of it.  And doubly blessed that I stopped at every antique mall on I70 on the way to Indiana instead of on the way home.  My arrival back in Kansas was good timing.  

This is me as a kid.  And yes, my eyes are closed as they are in about 75% of the photos of me.  

 

 

Comments

[Ellen D. Bailey]

Karla - I hope you are feeling better soon. It's great that you were able to have your family reunion!

[Janet]

Wonderful family photos! And yes those pills do leave a terrible taste in your mouth! Hope you will be feeling better soon.