Almost There!

Wow, what a day! Started with Abby(our 19 yr.old daughter) telling me that she only slept a few hours because of terrible back pain. I knew she had been suffering since the weekend and I had been massaging her with icy hot since, but now it had escalated to unbearable pain. To make this story short we went to three doctors today till she could get some medication. One was a chiropractor who tried to help. She finally groaned through packing tonight and we sent Daniel off with the van, much later then he wanted. Abby seems to have a contusion and possibly a pinched nerve the doc said. She recalls helping to lift a mop bucket full of water for a housekeeper at work and feeling the pain in her back then. She is really concerned about the plane ride. Martha you will have company. The doctor said to grab as many of those little pillows as you can when you get on the plane and use them for support.
Well, I can breath a little sigh of relief. Besides our clothes (Conference-casual and dressy, wedding, beach and traveling) being packed, so is the ingredients for 7 pies, two very large tropical ambrosia salads, jewelry to sell at the women's bazaar, sand toys, boogie board and lots of food for breakfast and snack times. Mark and Robin can relate as they are helping with both a running/walking program at conference and the youth program and must pack clothes for so many different things!
Is this a problem we should be glad to have, after all there are a lot worse things we could be dealing with? Traveling is supposed to be fun!?! Hopefully we can all heave a sigh and relax a little and enjoy entire time away.
Well...traveling games and books are bought and packed, atlas reviewed and airlines called several times to be clear about several issues and now I can relax! Maybe I will simply sleep through to Sabbath. ( :