Yesterday the way the jet stream was flowing, we were socked in with smoke from all the fires out in Arizona, California and Utah. What amazes me is how many people don't know about all the current wildfires going on! So many people would come into the store and say: 'is there a fire in Colorado?' We couldn't even see the mountains yesterday. And for those of you who have been here, you know that the mountains are just RIGHT THERE! So, mostly the only time they disappear is when it's snowing! So, it's very odd for us to not be able to see the mountains.
I don't know if it's the smoke, or allergies or a cold, but I am still so stuffed up and dripping. I have been drinking dimetapp and Dayquil like they are water. I am not sneezing, so I am not sure what is causing this round of congestion. I just know I would rather it went away.
Today was my day off, but it's been a busy one. First I had my first session with a private yoga instructor. I have to retrain my body how to handle stress. I tend to carry stress in my back or in my intestines. I have had 2 doctors now recommend that I try yoga or something similar. Our friend Kori knew a lady who teaches out of her home, so I drove up to Monument this morning to have my first lesson. She worked me pretty hard today. I will go back once a week for 7 more weeks to learn new and different postures and poses.
While I was driving back from that, Hubby called and asked me to lunch. So, I had just enough time to stop at home, let the dog out, strip the sheets of the bed, and move some laundry along before I had to change out of my yoga clothes and head to lunch.
After lunch I swung through the house to pick up Buddy and took him the the store for a bath. He is getting better, but he really doesn't like the drying portion of it. After that, we made a quick stop at the vet to get his nails trimmed and now we are home again and he is happily munching on a treat.
In a few minutes I head out to go and pick up my mom from work and take her for a haircut. Yes, I said my mom is back to work. She is only working part time, so a few hours a day. But she needs to extend her paid time off, so she is extending it, but only working a few hours a day. Since she will need to have surgery again in August, she will need to still be only working part time or take some more time off then. This helps her to stretch it out.
So, back to our trip. We got up EARLY Wednesday morning and took a train to Gatwick airport. From there we flew to Vilnius, Lithuania. (pronounced Vil-knee-us). Scott and Eva met us at the airport. From there we took a taxi to our really nice hotel! We dropped our stuff and changed into shorts as it was a LOT hotter in Lithuania then it was in London. Then we went and ate some lunch. Here is Scott at lunch:
Our next stop was the KGB museum. It was pretty neat, or scary. Scary to think it was in use up until about only 15 years ago! Here is a picture of Scott and I in two of the solitary confinement cells:
From there it was onto the local castle, where you cheat and take an elevator up to the top. Here is the main turret of what is left of the castle, that's Eva, Scott and Hubby walking in front:
Here are some views from the top of the turret:
Here's the happy couple:
And the other happy couple:
Here is a picture of one of the many small staircases we had to go up and down. The stairs were about as wide as half of Hubby's foot:
After that, we headed off for bowling with some of Scott and Eva's friends. It was bowling under black lights. Here are Scott and Hubby being pensive about something:
After way too many beers, that ended our first night in Lithuania, where we were driven home by the local driver for the Embassy in a LAV (light armored vehicle). It just so happened they were leaving when we were leaving so they were kind enough to give us a ride back to the hotel.
More about the next day, later!
(it took me a while to get this one posted, this is from Tuesday)
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