Catching Up With Friends

from Ben's mom

Our friends, Kevin, Amy & Meredith came through our town yesterday and we enjoyed catching up. We had a group dinner (with friends the Bechtles and Ryan B. and Megan) at The Olive Garden, where they could accomodate the ten of us in a somewhat quiet atmosphere and then we went down to the park on the pier for a bit until it was getting too cold and dark.

Then Kevin, Amy, and Meredith came back to our place and we dealt with our tired children and stayed up way past our bedtimes. It was great to see our lives had changed and how blessed we are with our little ones. The hardest part was not knowing when we'll see each other next.

I managed to have my best night yet and didn't feel more than a twinge of nausea until nearly 11pm. It may have helped that I stuck to salad and Ben's child-plate portion of broccoli and spaghetti (he filled up on breadsticks). I also did everything in the book to try to feel better.... But still, I was grateful and hopeful that this might be ending soon.