The two of us chaperoned a field trip last night to Universal Studios in Orlando. We took 148 8th graders over there for their graduation trip. We left at 1:45 in the afternoon, and we pulled into our driveway at 3:21 am.
Last year, I went by myself. Wayne was supposed to go too, but then he got a music gig at the last minute, so he had to cancel. It's an awesome trip, and Universal really makes it worthwhile to be a chaperone. They have free Chaperone Lounges with snacks and drinks. They give each chaperone a fast pass wristband, so we got to skip to the front of the lines. Last year, I hung out with some teacher friends, and we booked around the park going on every ride at least once and hardly sitting down at all. With Wayne last night, we took it easy. We went on several rides, but we enjoyed taking it slow. We rested often. I was worried that he might have to cancel this year because of not feeling well enough, but I think he did pretty good. He started to feel pretty beat by the end (so did I!), but it was great to be out there doing something out of the usual.
It was also good for us, I think. I know we weren't alone by any stretch of the imagination, but just spending some time together to do something fun was really welcome. I miss him, and I miss doing "stuff." I'm really hoping that with the end of chemo now, he'll start feeling better soon and want to do more things over the weekends. I'm not blaming him, and I don't feel intentionally slighted, but it it was hard to go many places on our days off when he was feeling sick after his Thursday chemo sessions. Here's to more busy weekends on the horizon!
No comments:
Post a Comment