On Friday we drove down to Pueblo to visit with my two sisters and to have a pseudo-family get together.  It was the big state basketball tournament in Pueblo so a lot of my aunts and uncles were in Pueblo at the same time to root for their hometown teams.
   During the drive southwards I began to feeling really carsick, which I'd kind of expected since our wonderful (ha!) Suburban always makes me dreadfully carsick every time we take a long trip in it.  This time, however, was especially bad.  Not only did I feel like I might loose my breakfast of yogurt Cheerios I was chilling really severely (and the Suburban is REALLY drafty - and it was a cold day), and my back was killing me.  By the time we reached Colorado Springs I was truly thinking about running into a gas station restroom.  Grandma, so sweetly, made me sit up front to help with the carsickness.  Onwards we drove to Pueblo, every curve and bump turning me greener until I looked like a lime.
   Once we arrived at my great-aunt and uncle's (where my sister Carla is living at the moment) I darted inside, said a quick hello to my great aunt, explained that I wasn't feeling well and rushed downstairs.
   Rebekah was dealing with this "carsickness" as well.
   My first 2 hours of visiting was awful, I was very non-social and spent most of the time laying on the bed.  Finally after an aspirin and a hot shower took effect I was able to go along with my family for a shopping trip to Sams and Wal-Mart (oh joy.).
   The rest of the visit didn't seem to improve at all, my stomach persisted in its queasiness and even the smell of food made me want to run.  Of course I was completely confused by this, my head was fine, and this wasn't a cold or flu like I'd ever had.  And this couldn't be carsickness!!!
   So I spent the whole weekend in various cars, driving from place to place, joining family at their restaurant tables and only staring at my lovely food.  At my sister Laura's new home we were having a sort of Housewarming for them, everyone wanting to see their new house.  It was wonderful to see everything set up and organized at last!  They have a lovely home - I wish I would have remembered to take pictures.
   So yesterday morning we headed home, not before stopping at Wal-Mart once again to pick up groceries.  I do a lot of our grocery shopping since I do most of the cooking.  So through Wal-Mart I trudged (feeling rather well except for some lingering nausea and an overwhelming hunger) and at the checkout I found quite a few items in my cart that were not on the list... Hmmm... Wonder how that could've happened.
   I seem to be on the road of recovery finally.  I'm trying to get my stomach back to working condition (it wishes to refuse!) and trying to catch up on chores.
   I really appreciate all your prayers and well-wishes for my health.  Please pray for Rebekah as well (she is recovering a lot faster than me - she claims it is her pickle remedy), and oh I please ask you all to pray for my sister Carla who called this morning to tell me that I'd given her my bug.  She is going through midterms this week and cannot afford to miss any school days, so please pray for her!  Thank you so much!