The sad news: This was the Sunday that Derek and the kids couldn’t come in to see us, so we’re both feeling a little more homesick today than usual.
The good news: Annie slept through the night last night without any potty breaks! Thank you, Jesus. Yesterday, I was pretty much a basket case of exhaustion, and it’s amazing what a full night of sleep does to ones’ sense of equilibrium. Also, my back is feeling so much better that when Annie did wake up at 5:45, I carried her into the bathroom myself. Also, the temperatures broke, so instead of the hot and humid 90s of the past week, it was only the humid 70s for our half hour walk down to church. Now, it was so humid that I was literally dripping sweat by the time we got to HTC, but it felt so much worse for our quick walk yesterday afternoon, when we got out to the park on Navy Pier, sat for a couple minutes, then came back inside to cool off. We saw some friendly faces at church, so it was worth the walk and not just streaming from our room.
Since HTC is only a couple blocks from the Art Institute, we headed in there for an hour before walking home. Annie wasn’t in the mood to stop and look at paintings much, so we quickly ended up in the kids’ activity room of the modern wing, doing some watercolors.
Then we strolled through Millennium Park on our way back to the hospital.
One step at a time…prayerfully, carefully
Love you!