This week has been a little tough.
With very little energy and some frustrations early in the week, I thought I was in for an even worse weekend.
With abscesses, a flat bicycle tire, a few episodes, restless sleeps, major hot flashes, a near accident, AND Dex flipping out on a puppy over the fence - sending me toppling over onto my hip and giving me some MAJOR leash burns, I really thought that I would stay close to home and sleep away today.
Of course, that's not what I did, and thank goodness!!
I was able to head down to the Stampede grounds today with my man, before he started working. Although I had to use my cane for half of the time, it was actually a really great day!
We went over to the stables to check out all of the horses:
Then we walked around the main strip to take a look at the rides as well as figure out what we wanted to eat for lunch.
We both decided not to go on any rides this year - especially after the incident yesterday with Decker.
As we were slowly walking the grounds, these two people start walking over to us. At first I was panicking in my mind - the girl looked friendly and all I could think about was whether or not I knew her, why I didn't recognize her, and where I could possibly know her from. With a sigh of relief, she introduced herself: Becky - a fashion blogger. Her job today was to go around the Stampede grounds and pick out random people whose outfits she really liked. As part of this specific task, with the sponsorship of Market Mall, she was taking pictures of "stylish" Calgarians and handing out a gift from Market Mall! I tell ya - I was beaming!! After such a hard week and feeling so worn out, I felt pretty lucky! I have mentioned before how much more confident and comfortable I am when I am feeling pretty and put together. It's also a nice reminder that I can really hide how much pain I am in - just with an outfit and a smile.
Check out Becky's fashion blog here: http://velvetandvino.com
After that random pick-me-up, we decided to play the Whack-A-Mole game!! We left the games area (with a brand new big stuffed panda bear) and went into the pavilion. This is always where I grab my fudge and caramel apple.
And that's when my energy vanished. One minute I was walking pretty normally, and then - almost in the time of a blink - I felt like I was going to collapse, my entire face had a sheen from sweat, I had to sit down, put my hair up, and I had noticeable tremors. If you can picture it from the explanation of the spoon theory, it's almost like at that exact moment, I had no more spoons left.
Safe to say, my cane came out of my purse, I fixed my face in the bathroom, then we found a picnic bench and R went to grab us some lunch - a fresh lemonade and a corn dog for me!
I kinda wanted to stay and try to meet up with more friends, but there was NO way. R walked me to my car, he went to work, and I went home.
I always like to spend ONE afternoon on the grounds. Stables, corn dog, lemonade, fudge, and a caramel apple.
Add on being able to spend the day with my significant other, who also helped me walk, and then a random gift and flattering moment - now THAT is a great day. And it is worth the recuperation time that I'll need.