Back Crackers, Mother's and Reality Wedding Shows....

Yesterday was my first trip to a chiropractor in six years. I woke up VERY early yesterday with my neck still hurting from the day before, and a headache the size of a small state. So, I emailed Franz, who had recommended that I see his chiropractor, for the guy's name and phone number. Franz even called and set up the appointment for me!

The office was beautful. I don't know who picked out the art on the walls, but it was fabulous. Franz said that the doctor was the chiropractor for the Sydney Olympics team. And it totally showed in how professional both he and his staff were. First they took me in to the room early. Then they put towels followed by these large hot bags of water (or water bottles?) on my back for ten minutes. It sort of forces you to calm down when you are laying there with three large bags on your back. Then a girl came in to give me a deep tissue massage, which was wonderful... if a litle painful. She hit every sore spot I had and said, "Oh, there's another area on tightness..." It was getting a little redundant by the end of the massage.

Then the doctor came in. He is a tall, very thin man who has a friendly face. Franz describes him as a Mister Rodgers sort of guy. And he is totally right. He is also a great deal stronger than he looks. He was very good about telling me everything he was going to do before he did it. And, man, did he pop my back!! It sounded like the Fourth of July in that room!! He is one of those chiropractors that pops everything hands on, instead of using one of those medieval torture tables. I was really nervous about him popping my neck, because I know how bad that can be if it gets done wrong. (see above reference to torture tables) But he did a fantastic job, and at the end of it I had more range of motion in my neck than I have had in a very long time. All in all, I left there feeling very refreshed and happy.

Franz and I went out to dinner last night to a restaurant called Mother's. We have been there several times before and it was just wonderful... as always. Franz had a dish called the "$15,000.00 Dungeoness Crab Cakes". When we asked the waiter about it, he said that she told everyone her tuition to culinary school was $30,000.00, and that she had gotten two really good recipes out of it. So, if you boil it down, those crab cakes were worth 15 grand. Wow... you would think that you would learn more than that for 30 grand, huh? :)

Then we came home and Franz let me indulge in watching some girly shows on TV. The "Oh!" channel has a reality wedding show that follows brides and grooms from a few weeks before their wedding to the day of. It was pretty interesting. One couple was born and raised in Hawaii. And their family was a mix of people from many other countries. So there were lots of customs and traditions I had never heard of. It was interesting to watch. The other couple was American, but they went to the Bahamas to get married. The groom had been married before and had two young girls from that marriage. The sweet thing was at the end of the ceremony, the bride and groom, now husband and wife, presented both the girls with rings as a symbol of their unity as a new family. I thought that was a nice touch to include the children in the festivities and make them feel like they were really bonding into a new family.

Then we watched stand up comedians until we were both too tired to do anything but go to bed. Well, and walk Buddy one last time. I was joking with Franz last night that my life was as follows... sleep, walk Buddy, eat breakfast, walk Buddy, eat lunch, walk Buddy, go to the bathroom, walk Buddy, take a nap, walk Buddy, eat dinner, walk Buddy, etc. The days and nights have all sort of melded together to take on a blur of dog walks and nothingness.

Good thing I am keeping this blog, otherwise I would look back on this time and remember only the blur. Hope everyone is happy and healthy.

Love to all,

Sherry