So, I have a lot of catching up to do....and it won't be in order so apologies NOW!!!
On Monday I went to the Doctors in the morning and got repeat prescriptions...I have serious concerns about that doctor but for now I will keep going with the meds...he has reduced the dose so we shall see how it goes...I ended up taking an imitrex today though :(
Anyway, in the afternoon we went to Whitemud Park in South Edmonton, for a walk.....I've been there several times before and almost always take the same pathway through the woods....it's a lovely place for a walk....we saw chipmunks and plenty of trees that beavers had chewed away......the children had great fun climbing on fallen trees and picking sticks for walking sticks....
We got into the thick wooded area and decided to take the right hand path instead of continuing straight on as normal....this lead us uphill....halfway up I suggested we turn back (mainly because Sam and Abigail can only walk so far....) but Dan asked if we could go to the top just to see what was up there...so we carried on....
and on...and on......
At the top we came across some large new houses...I remembered walking near similar houses one time a couple of years ago with Nancy and Michelle....I remembered some steps leading from the houses back into Whitemud Park....so I suggested we walk around to those steps and back into the woods......I thought they'd be just around the corner.....
approximately 200 corners later (at least it FELT like 200 corners) we came across some steps...not THE steps but some steps....and we decided to take them....
By this stage (a long while later by this time) Sam was tired and sleepy and wanted to be carried ONLY by me.....and Abigail was tired and my feet had blisters (I had not worn socks and had not worn suitable shoes as I had thought we were just taking a little stroll to see the chipmunks)
I sat on the sidewalk for a while to rest my feet......Daniel and I were laughing hysterically because we were so lost and couldn't find anyone to ask...we didn't have a cell phone with us or anything.....it was either laughing or crying so we chose to laugh....psychotically probably!!!!
We headed back into the woods in the direction we thought we should be going but it seemed like we were walking in circles.....
Finally we saw this weird looking guy in dark glasses wearing weird clothes and Mardi Gras necklaces...carrying a lunch bag and Dan says he was carrying a HUGE stick but I didn't notice that - all I noticed was he had a Union Jack on his tshirt so figured he had to be safe lol.......anyway I asked him where the parking lot was and he just say 'Oh its waaaaaaaaaaaay down there' which kind of upset me as I didn't like they way he emphasized waaaaaayyyyyyyy......because that meant we were still a long way from the car :(
We kept walking and found a lady to ask and she had preschoolers with her...one of whom pushed Sam really hard and Sam went flying and started crying.......but she gave us directions......
So now I had a crying sleepy toddler to carry......we found a sign and it said we had 3.3km to walk.........so now I felt like crying while carrying the sleepy crying toddler...........but no - Daniel and I kept laughing...hysterically laughing like mad people.....
We eventually made it back to the parking lot...that last stretch up the hill to the car was a killer and I didn't think I could make it...what was supposed to be a short stroll turned out to be a 10km hike in unsuitable shoes with blisters from not wearing socks.....carrying a 30lb two year old who was a dead weight from sleeping for the last couple of kilometres......
It was defnitely a 'stroll' to remember!!!!!
