Clinic stay, Aquarium and other news

So, this is what happens when I "do yoga" at home. (pic right)

I think you all know why the words -do yoga- are in quotes.

But I get ahead of myself.  This Friday I have the honor of going to the hospital for a night.  This is a planned stay.  Long story short: I have to swallow a pill so they can do a body scan and see - like really see - that the radioactive iodine therapy worked.  100%.  Then I can do the old, standard, tumor marker test.  It's kinda a big deal.



That is, of course, the best case scenario.  It could go differently, depending on what exactly they see.  But I'm just going to leave that at that and expect the best.  With a folded up piece of paper in my bag that has all the questions on it for other scenarios, that I will never actually need cuz the best case scenario is the one that will happen.



And here's my box of pills/vitamins/supplements/essential oils/probiotics blah blah blah.  (above pic)  fun huh?

So, we went to the Aquarium.  The kids LOVED it, of course.  And besides the guilt that follows seeing captured creatures put on display for our amusement and feeling like a cattle lead to slaughter (lay out of the building is only one way through from beginning to end)... we enjoyed it too. 

They're just so gosh darn cute.  I'm slowly getting better at realizing just how precious this age is... I hope not too slow.  Otherwise I'll miss it.  They start to really surprise me with what they know/figure out/ask. 

I feel like maybe I should be a little bit more freaked out about this whole thing I'm going to do Friday... and I feel more emotions and stuff coming up as I get closer... AND having, basically, NO thyroid hormones doesn't help.  But, at least the weather has been nice.  Man, when I get outside, kick off my shoes and can just sit in the sun I'm like a whole new person. 

I even got to grill!  Everyone laughed... haha, yes, the American has to grill on the first sunny day.  Yeah.  And!?  I remember Sebastian telling me the weather would be beautiful on Friday (the day we ended up grilling) and I told him... "you know what I'm going to do if the weather is really that nice, right?"  He, laughed, rolled his eyes, and then in all seriousness said something like "I know honey, we'll grill."  I love him so much.

I'll update briefly when I'm home on what the outcome of my Clinic stay was.

Much love
Stacy