I was working out this morning at my gym, watching HDTV like i almost always do, and realized there are SO MANY pain killer commercials!
What the heck?
Are people so afraid to feel pain that they medicate constantly?
When your body sends out signals, it's so you can listen to it because it's telling you something, not so you can numb it and shut it up.
We really REALLY need to be better at taking a minute to say "hey, i'm feeling something, what should i do about these feelings?" whether physical or emotional, instead of "oh i don't like this feeling, let's get rid of it with a pill so i don't have to worry about it" and go on your merry way like nothing is wrong.
..
Ok so don't think i'm saying pain meds are a bad thing. There is a point to where, yes, you need to use them to get through a day.
I just think we rely on them way too much, and this one reason people are a lot more apt to dismiss OTHER people's pain as well.. because in their own lives, it's muted or snuffed.
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
the motorcycle date weekend.. vroom vroom
so my husband and i decided the last weekend before school started (labor day weekend) that he and i were going to have alone time!! the kids went to grandparents houses for the 3 nights and 3.5 days ;) and we swapped bikes with someone else so we would have a more comfortable ride.
Friday.. we basically just did a joy ride close to home to get used to how the bike felt.. stopped at his aunt's house and our old neighbors new house.. and a new place to eat in Morenci. Rumors, where i tried a blackened mushroom burger.. yum! (didn't care for the "blackened" but the rest of the food was so good) And they have this cute little fairy house built into the front of the restaurant under the bar stool seats. HOW COOL
Saturday we slept in.. ahhh yes.
This day was the longest because we drove close to 200 miles.. yikes!
Went down to Hudson Leather- never been there. Pretty neat place! Out in the middle of nowhere.
Stopped at a fun little pub in the basement of an old church for a late lunch/snack.. i tried fried green tomatoes.. YUM! And Brian got this MASSIVE bavarian pretzel. I paid $5 to take a stuffed church mouse home with me because they are funding the renovation of the pipe organ.. which is huge and beautiful!
From there drove down to Ney, Oh and then headed toward the River and took that all the way up to Waterville. (passed through Florida Oh). THAT HURT MY BUTT. lol.
THAT was a long ride!
We made a side stop at Whitehouse OH and ate at the Whitehouse Inn. Again YUM!
Well, my dish wasn't as good as Brian's.. but i decided at each place to eat something different than I have before. I knew i wanted fish and broccoli but i'd never had fish and chips.. didn't like the fish. Loved the fries and the broccoli though ;)
When we got to Toledo, we went to the mall (i used my birthday coupon from Victorias Secret to get 3 purse sized lotions and a lip gloss) and just did some walking around. I was talking to a lady by the smoothie bar (brian got a mango smoothie.. that tasted like chalk) and this lady had a little yorkie in her backpack!! Omgosh and i got to hold him! SO CUTE!
On our way home we saw fireworks going off on 223 so we found them and stopped to watch for a few minutes. :)
When we were about 15 minutes from home on 223, we came upon an accident.. waited about 20 minutes for them to clear it up. The lady in the car behind us had been driving since 6am coming from GA and was going straight up to Albion.. yikes. Now THAT is a long day. We both fell asleep in the living room and woke up during the night to actually go to bed. lol.
Sunday we also slept in ;) stayed home a bit longer. We weren't going to be out as long or drive as far so we took our time. Went up to a beautiful trail near Ann Arbor (we've been there before.. love it) and stopped at this huge shade tree we like to use as a stop on our rides sometimes.
We went to Blimpy burger in Ann Arbor on our way up.. another place we love to go. I tried a double with an egg this time.. something i've never done. Pretty good! I'm glad i got a smaller burger and a smaller side this time.
Just kind of mosied on our way today.. not in a hurry, just hitting up some of our favorite spots. We ended the night going to a movie in Saline and ordering dinner at the theatre. My chicken bacon jalapeño was so good! And I got a long island iced tea.. very well made.
Monday we basically only went one place (happy labor day!) out to Artisian Wells (not the restaurant, just the bike shop next door). We were going to stop at Basil Boys for lunch, they were closed. So we were going to go to Brownies, they were closed. So we decided to make it a family affair and picked up the kids from my moms house before we went out to Aubree's.
Went home, rested, put away everything from the weekend..
put Jazmine's hair color in and re-shaved the side of her head for school.
SCHOOL TIME!
all in all, we drove
and i definitely enjoyed it. :)
it was nice to hang out with my man, just the two of us, for a while.
....
also reminded me how much of our surroundings we take for granted.
i love where i live!
i love the fields
the corn
the smell of bonfires, manure, fresh cut grass, fresh air..
i love seeing the hawks glide through the air
passing tractors on the road
watching the wildlife scamper around when vehicles go by
Friday.. we basically just did a joy ride close to home to get used to how the bike felt.. stopped at his aunt's house and our old neighbors new house.. and a new place to eat in Morenci. Rumors, where i tried a blackened mushroom burger.. yum! (didn't care for the "blackened" but the rest of the food was so good) And they have this cute little fairy house built into the front of the restaurant under the bar stool seats. HOW COOL
Saturday we slept in.. ahhh yes.
This day was the longest because we drove close to 200 miles.. yikes!
Went down to Hudson Leather- never been there. Pretty neat place! Out in the middle of nowhere.
Stopped at a fun little pub in the basement of an old church for a late lunch/snack.. i tried fried green tomatoes.. YUM! And Brian got this MASSIVE bavarian pretzel. I paid $5 to take a stuffed church mouse home with me because they are funding the renovation of the pipe organ.. which is huge and beautiful!
From there drove down to Ney, Oh and then headed toward the River and took that all the way up to Waterville. (passed through Florida Oh). THAT HURT MY BUTT. lol.
THAT was a long ride!
We made a side stop at Whitehouse OH and ate at the Whitehouse Inn. Again YUM!
Well, my dish wasn't as good as Brian's.. but i decided at each place to eat something different than I have before. I knew i wanted fish and broccoli but i'd never had fish and chips.. didn't like the fish. Loved the fries and the broccoli though ;)
When we got to Toledo, we went to the mall (i used my birthday coupon from Victorias Secret to get 3 purse sized lotions and a lip gloss) and just did some walking around. I was talking to a lady by the smoothie bar (brian got a mango smoothie.. that tasted like chalk) and this lady had a little yorkie in her backpack!! Omgosh and i got to hold him! SO CUTE!
On our way home we saw fireworks going off on 223 so we found them and stopped to watch for a few minutes. :)
When we were about 15 minutes from home on 223, we came upon an accident.. waited about 20 minutes for them to clear it up. The lady in the car behind us had been driving since 6am coming from GA and was going straight up to Albion.. yikes. Now THAT is a long day. We both fell asleep in the living room and woke up during the night to actually go to bed. lol.
Sunday we also slept in ;) stayed home a bit longer. We weren't going to be out as long or drive as far so we took our time. Went up to a beautiful trail near Ann Arbor (we've been there before.. love it) and stopped at this huge shade tree we like to use as a stop on our rides sometimes.
We went to Blimpy burger in Ann Arbor on our way up.. another place we love to go. I tried a double with an egg this time.. something i've never done. Pretty good! I'm glad i got a smaller burger and a smaller side this time.
Just kind of mosied on our way today.. not in a hurry, just hitting up some of our favorite spots. We ended the night going to a movie in Saline and ordering dinner at the theatre. My chicken bacon jalapeño was so good! And I got a long island iced tea.. very well made.
Monday we basically only went one place (happy labor day!) out to Artisian Wells (not the restaurant, just the bike shop next door). We were going to stop at Basil Boys for lunch, they were closed. So we were going to go to Brownies, they were closed. So we decided to make it a family affair and picked up the kids from my moms house before we went out to Aubree's.
Went home, rested, put away everything from the weekend..
put Jazmine's hair color in and re-shaved the side of her head for school.
SCHOOL TIME!
all in all, we drove
and i definitely enjoyed it. :)
it was nice to hang out with my man, just the two of us, for a while.
....
also reminded me how much of our surroundings we take for granted.
i love where i live!
i love the fields
the corn
the smell of bonfires, manure, fresh cut grass, fresh air..
i love seeing the hawks glide through the air
passing tractors on the road
watching the wildlife scamper around when vehicles go by
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