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Sep. 22nd, 2017 03:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
turpsI had an excellent time at Camp Sparkle. I got to stay for four days, which was all kinds of great as I got to hang with some very excellent people who I really don't see often enough. It was the 10th Camp Sparkle, which is amazing. All those years of sparkly meet-ups, and nopseud and pensnest deserve multiple gold stars for making them happen, because man, I can't even begin to imagine how difficult they must be to organise.
While at Camp I went on a steam train to Whitby, where it bucketed it down, but thankfully the rain eased off after dinner, so I got to wander Whitby with James andsperrywink, ending up having a drink in a relatively warm and sun lit courtyard.
Went to check out Castle Howard, which had beautiful gardens and a really interesting castle.
Had a quick trip to Filey, before the moderately tidy BBQ on the night, where the food was plentiful and tasty and everyone looked smart as carrots.
Then sadly had to go home before the others, but stopped off at Scarborough on the way back.
The week before I went nanna was admitted to hospital again as she couldn't move her leg. The news was pretty bleak at one point. We were calling Pauline on the night and at one point I was starting to think we'd have to leave early to see her one last time. Then, between one day and the next she perked right up. Since I've been home she's found out she's actually got two breaks in her back, old ones that probably happened when she fell four years ago. I'm not sure what's going to happen, but am hoping she'll be transferred to the rehab centre which is set up for periods between hospital and home. Especially so as the centre is in the same building as my gym.
It was a year for my weight loss op two days ago. This time last year I was just coming home with no idea how my life was going to change so amazingly. I won't give figures as I have my one year post op appointment next month and will take numbers lost from then, but know, I could walk for a long time and at ease while I was at Camp. I even sat in the middle of a three person row in the mini bus and didn't squash the people on both sides. Silly things like that remain amazing to me. But yeah, I did post a face-to-face pic on Insta if you'd like to see, which is here.
nopseud and pensnest deserve multiple gold stars for making them happen, because man, I can't even begin to imagine how difficult they must be to organise.While at Camp I went on a steam train to Whitby, where it bucketed it down, but thankfully the rain eased off after dinner, so I got to wander Whitby with James and
sperrywink, ending up having a drink in a relatively warm and sun lit courtyard.Went to check out Castle Howard, which had beautiful gardens and a really interesting castle.
Had a quick trip to Filey, before the moderately tidy BBQ on the night, where the food was plentiful and tasty and everyone looked smart as carrots.
Then sadly had to go home before the others, but stopped off at Scarborough on the way back.
The week before I went nanna was admitted to hospital again as she couldn't move her leg. The news was pretty bleak at one point. We were calling Pauline on the night and at one point I was starting to think we'd have to leave early to see her one last time. Then, between one day and the next she perked right up. Since I've been home she's found out she's actually got two breaks in her back, old ones that probably happened when she fell four years ago. I'm not sure what's going to happen, but am hoping she'll be transferred to the rehab centre which is set up for periods between hospital and home. Especially so as the centre is in the same building as my gym.
It was a year for my weight loss op two days ago. This time last year I was just coming home with no idea how my life was going to change so amazingly. I won't give figures as I have my one year post op appointment next month and will take numbers lost from then, but know, I could walk for a long time and at ease while I was at Camp. I even sat in the middle of a three person row in the mini bus and didn't squash the people on both sides. Silly things like that remain amazing to me. But yeah, I did post a face-to-face pic on Insta if you'd like to see, which is here.
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Date: 2017-09-23 04:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-09-23 05:48 am (UTC)I had such a great time, and it was so lovely to see everyone again.
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Date: 2017-09-23 02:15 pm (UTC)And that you are doing/feeling so amazing. Yay you!
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Date: 2017-09-27 06:55 pm (UTC)Hope your nanna is doing better.
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Date: 2017-09-27 08:11 pm (UTC)I loved the steam train trip to Whitby so much.
I got to see Castle Howard too! Pen & Beast and I went there on Thursday instead of going to Scarborough with the others. But maybe we'll go to Yorkshire again next year and I will get to see Scarborough too.
I'm so glad to hear your nanna is doing better again. She seems to have a marvelous ability to recuperate. How scary about the old breaks in her back though. How on earth did the hospital not discover them back then?!!
I love the photo of you in the tiara! And the difference in those two pics are just staggering. You can hardly believe it's the same person. You look so much happier now.
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Date: 2017-10-22 03:49 pm (UTC)And that you are doing/feeling so amazing. Yay you!
Thank you!
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Date: 2017-10-22 03:49 pm (UTC)It was an amazing trip. I'm so glad we went.
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Date: 2017-10-22 03:50 pm (UTC)It was such a good time!
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Date: 2017-10-22 03:52 pm (UTC)The steam train trip was amazing, and so chill. It's a great way to travel.
I saw you liked Castle Howard. It was a lovely place and I really liked the fountains and gardens. That main fountain was amazing!
You can hardly believe it's the same person. You look so much happier now.
I feel happier, too :D