been a long time

So I've been slacken. That's allowed right. I did tell you I'd write every day, week or month. So It's been a few weeks. Well I have a lot of excuses to share.
First, I haven't been feeling well at all. My erythema nodoseum has flared. Meaning my crohns and fibromyalgia have flared too. Lots of fatigue and pain.
On top of that, I had to prepare for my family reunion at the end of last month. Tanner was originally going with his dad to his side of the family's reunion. On their way to see his dad's girlfriend in the hospital, she'd been in a car accident, they themselves were in an accident. Their's was minor compared to hers. Tanner's side of the car was were they were side swiped and Tanner's neck was hurting. So they too went to the hospital. Anyhow, long story short he ended up being able to go with me to my family reunion. He had wanted to all along anyways.
We finally started out on our supposedly 4-5 hour trip and ended up getting there around 2 am. Making our trip 6 1/2 - 7 hours long. Not so fun with tired kids, car sick dad and grumpy lost me. We were driving at night and didn't see the sign correctly to guide us to the correct highway. So we went through the windy woods hitting almost every 40+ deer on the road. Alright so we saw most of them and only 2 were in the road. The bird just happened to run into us, dying of course. The rabbit aka cat ran towards us and apparently didn't clear us before sticking his head up. He died of course. The porcipine just happened to live because we scared him up the hill before the other car could hit him. Aren't we so nice to let one live? And we didn't die either. Thank goodness. When we figured out that we made the wrong turn aka highway we got back on track and were there well in slow time. That road was an hour and half out of the way.
The moral of the story, leave when you planned to and help out mom. :)
The reunion went way to quick. I feel as though I never see my family and to be tired and not well doesn't make it easier being with them.
I didn't even hug most of my family good bye. You could say cry me a river but really it's more like a dam. I swear my tears never end.
Sleepy dad wasn't a happy camper either and we didn't get along well on the way back.
Speaking of camping. After one fast vacation, I was told that we would be getting ready for another one. Which I wasn't prepared for and definitely wasn't looking forward to. So after 2 days of chaos and one big fight. I stayed home while the girls and dad went camping for the 4th of July. Good thing because my owwies got worse. Tanner was with his dad for the holiday. Making me alone for 3 days.
CAN YOU BELIEVE IT!!!? Once again alone. I was actually pretty bored and lonely. I cleaned the house up and took care of the garden and our 2 cats. That was it. Sat in bed, watched tv and slept. The cats were finally getting along and relaxed. Our dog, Chloe, went camping too. Which she enjoyed and apparently all sleepy dad's family have come to love her and much as we do. Even the dog, Comet, that hates all other dogs.
They enjoyed camping so much and didn't want to go but new mom probably wanted them home.
Well as of this week, still aching and fatigued. Kids are just having fun not going to school and NOT doing their chores. (They know Mom's too tired to force them) Our only fish died. Finally. Now I can get rid of that ugly tank. The beet harvest went well and I rather enjoyed eating sweet beets for once. The brocolli started to flower because of the heat and went bitter. So that stunk. The radishes weren't large but I expected most to not grow to far since I used them to open up the dirt for my cabbage. Now I look forward to reseeding my carrots and lettuce for the fall.
I also have had 6 sweet peas develop this late in the season. I've been more than happy with that. My corn is thriving and was knee high by the 4th of July.
Talking about the 4th, I neglected to mention what I was doing. Vaccuuming and shampooing the carpets and watching the fireworks from the kids windows. I called Tanner to feel like someone was with me but he was still watching the fireworks. He did however tell me he didn't like them because I wasn't there with him. He says the sweetest things to make his mommy happy. I love that boy.
Well that's all for now. Hope your vacations are as memorable as mine.