Back in Illinois

By the time this post goes up, I will be in Chicago visiting with my daughter, and her family. We made this second trip back because our son, Keola and family would be returning to the U.S. for their once a year trip to visit family and touch bases with their U.S. work people.

July 22nd: We’re in Illinois waiting for our son and family to arrive tonight from Michigan where they were visiting with our daughter-in-law’s family. Their schedule is hectic going from Michigan to Illinois to D.C. to I don’t know where. Whatever the case, one thing our son wanted to do was take our grandsons to a Cubs game. 😄 We’ll try to cram as much as we can in the short time they’ll be here. There really is so much to do in Chicago. 

I just noticed this book by R.J. Palacio called 365 Days of Wonder (Mr. Browne’s Book of Precepts)  that my daughter has displayed in her family room.

In case you can’t read the saying on the side, it says: “Remember there’s no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a ripple with no logical end.” —Scott Adams

I’m sorry I haven't been able to visit you all. I'll need to catch up when I get back. It’s been an insanely crazy, stress-filled 2 months prior to this trip. My glucose levels skyrocketed. I lost 5 pounds and haven’t been able to sleep much.

Amazingly, in the 4 days since we’ve been here in Chicago, my morning fasting glucose levels dropped to acceptable levels. My son-in-law and daughter has been cooking up a delicious storm to make me gain my weight back.

Also: I’d like to just let you know that after all the aggravation of the renovation, it was completed the day before we left for Chicago. The contractor managed to finish our ‘punch list’ of corrections that we wanted  done (before we paid him). 😊