It was an interesting trip and a long one. Hollywild is about an hour from Asheville, so we were planning to be there by 8pm. Well, we got there at 8:04pm.. not bad right? We didn't get to Hollywild at 8:04pm, we got 4/10th of a mile from Hollywild. There was a line to get in, BOTH WAYS! Incredible. So we sat in line for an hour, I kid you not. We finally got in to sit in another line to pay. So, about 9:10pm we were on our way to look at lights.
If you have never been to Hollywild, it is a zoo that houses Hoolywood animals that no longer work. The Carolina panther for the football team also lives there. It is a really cool place to go. They have a safari area where there are zebras, llamas, and thousands of deer (Phillip's dream, but without his bow,,,lol)....There are these HUGE cows, bulls and yaks that just wander around. So, you get to drive through this, park and feed these anmals from your car. There was a zebra standing in front of one car, refusing to move ( I think he was holding out for more food). We had one zebra that almost hit the van, walking right up on us!
They also have Santa's land where they have a petting zoo full of baby animals, goats, llamas, etc. They also have a place where all of santas reindeer are. Very cool.
We saw the Von Dohlen's (the girls' kindergarten teacher, Kyle's basketball coach and a good friend of mine) as well. That was great. We love them :) We headed out as it was 10:30pm at this point. The trip wasn't near as long, so that was good.
We had alot of fun and I think Sammy enjoyed it. There was alot to look at.
Today Candace and I are going to take Sammy to the Biltmore Square Mall to see Santa. THAT should be interesting. He is all about some stranger danger...lol..I think he will probably not appreciate us doing this, but it is more a photo op for me and Candace than anything...lol... i will post more pictures later !
Well, I haven't been having too many problems with my knee until about a week ago. I have been doing alot of pool therapy which has been nice. However, I started having tremendous pain about a week ago. On Monday when I had therapy I was hurting but was able to get through therapy. On Wednesday I had pool therapy but could not get past my 5 laps. The therapist put me in the deep end with weights on my ankles to "pull" my leg and straighten my knee. It helped a little, but after doing some stretches I was still hurting. She put me in the hot tub for 20 minutes, but I was having shooting pains. She put a Renalto patch on me to wear home. This fun little number shocks medication into my muscle and helps with inflamation and pain. So, the out come is good, since I usually have no pain for about a day, but having my knee shocked for three hours is no fun. I usually have it done "in Clinic" which is done after I am numb with an ice wrap and is a much higher voltage and it takes 20 minutes. (See the picture of my lovely knee patch above with the electrode.. how cool is that ?) I have more pool therapy on Monday, so we will see how that goes. I haven't heard too bad today, but give it some time....lol
I cannot even tell you how relieved I am to have this project completed! Everything went as planned and went well. He was surprised and even happy with the outcome, especially getting to see his son Jason and his friend Jimmy. Thank you to all those who were so willing to help ad take time to be there and for having such wonderful things to say. I appreciate you all!
The slide show was great and all credit goes to my brother Joel who did a fantastic job putting it together and running it! While Phillip was just a little embarassed at having to relive his life (and his love of cut of jean shorts!) I know he will enjoy having it to watch and remember all the things he's had and done in his life.
Phillip will get to spend the day with Jason on Tuesday and I know he is really looking forward to that. He hasn't seen Jason in 4 years since he lives in Alaska. Next year he will be moving to Germany (to one of the bases we were at when I lived there... how cool is that...I'm so visiting him!) He should be there for 3 years, so Phillip is enjoying every minute he gets with him.
And, for you that don't know, Kyle, Jonelle and Aly knew about the party for the last 2 months. They never said a word. THey even knew Jason was coming. They did a great job keep secrets!
Well, this week is the last week at work until the Dec 29th, so I am going to enjoy 10 days off. We close the daycare every year for a week at Christmas to give the employees some time with their families. It is definately a nice break away. This week however is really busy. We take the preschool kids to the nursing home up the street to hand out Christmas cards and sing carols. My Transition to Kindergarten class is visiting their Kindergarten Pen Pal class to decorate gingerbread houses. Friday is Polar Express Day and our Christmas party. Of course during all this I have physical therapy as well. So busy, busy.
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