Stay-Cation

Last Year when we took the family to Disneyland Larry and I agreed to give up our seats on the Airplane for some free vouchers.  We each received a $500 voucher for waiting a few hours to fly home.  At first we were going to use it to go to Hawaii and even had the condo reserved but we changed our minds and decided to go to California instead. (pretty sure it wasn't a coincident)  We got our flights and were excited about going.  When Larry's Achilles popped  January first we thought...Ummm that is why we changed plans...he wouldn't be in good enough shape to travel that far.  Well the truth is he wasn't in good enough shape to even go to California and so we didn't.  We just didn't show up for our flight.  I was a little bit sad at first but really glad we stayed here.  Larry suggested we have a stay-cation which I really didn't think was necessary but agreed to it anyway.

We had a great time and I learned that Larry is more handicapped than I thought. We stayed at the Ogden Hilton at the Junction.  It was so new you could smell the newness.  As close as it was to the Movie Theater it wore Larry out walking across the street to it.  He just got a walking boot but still needs one crutch because he can't put all his weight on his foot yet.  It was me walking a few steps  ahead of Larry...usually it is him walking faster than me and I always need to grab his arm to remind him to walk with me.  (I tried slowing down....I should have tried limping a little too and I might have been able to hold back better)  We went to a few movies...one on Friday and one on Saturday. We went to LaFerrovia's, we got take out from Tailgaters and went to the Roof Saturday Evening. (the kids gave us a gift card for Christmas)  It was all enjoyable and relaxing.  WAIT....it wasn't all relaxing.  I had to drive and it was really raining on Saturday when we went to the Roof in SLC.  I hate driving at night with good weather and I kind of freaked out driving back to the Hotel.  The glare made it so I couldn't see the lines on the road and I wasn't sure I was in my own lane.  Larry was great about it and reassured me I was doing good.  Boy, I appreciate Larry driving when we go out.  I am really glad I wasn't in CA driving around unfamiliar roads.  The rest of our little vacation was relaxing.....no laundry to do, no beds to make, no dinner to prepare, no cleaning to do, nothing but enjoy my hubby.  That too isn't completely true....I drove us around, picked up the take out, and brought in the suitcase....again a few things that make me appreciate my healthy hubby more.

I hope this is something that our kids will take time to do every now and then.  To get away from their cares and just enjoy the love of their life.  It was very thoughtful of Larry to have a Stay-cation since we weren't able to go on our Vacation.  It wasn't as much about him  as it was about me.  He did it for me so I could have a break....I appreciate his thoughtfulness.  I love Larry!