Saturday, July 22, 2017

Fun Summer Days!




It was a fun week with my Li'l Guy! We splashed for hours in the Lakeview Water Park, ate delicious theater popcorn during Dollar Day double feature at Overland Park Cinema, walked the dirt paths to learn about various fish and wildlife at the MK Nature Center, drank ice cold Coca~Cola from a glass bottle to complement our peach tacos at Tin Roof, painted rocks, and giggled...a whole bunch!

But all our fun came with a hefty price of heat exhaustion, nightly body twitches, fatigue and nausea. Ahhh, yes. One must inevitably pay the MS piper.

So. Worth. It.



No Exit Point

My brain activity races at lightening speed, yet the signals are not exactly making it to their designated destinations. They zip, zap, and ricochet around the membrane walls, which makes for highly congested pathways, sending jammed ideas into rapid circular motion. The signals quickly become trapped, with no exit point.

I often picture my brain activity like Clark Griswold in the movie National Lampoon's European Vacation, repeatedly circling the roundabout, "Hey, kids. Look! There's Big Ben! Parliament!" And by sundown, his once calm, chipper demeanor reaches frantic, looney bin status...