vacation

well here i am halfway through my vacation and thought i'd put up a quick blog. we went to atlanta first and saw a few friends. one friend owns a restaurant and we went there twice. we also met up with some other friends who we met on a cruise a couple years ago. we went to the world of coke with them and then to dinner. glad they were able to make it in to the city and that the flooding down here didn't hit anyone i know! someone said they got 18 inches in one day in one of the areas that flooded. so scary. on monday we drove for almost five hours to get to hilton head island. the idea was that we'd stay on the island and then drive to/from savannah. well we've been here for two days and haven't made it in to savannah yet. oops! our hotel and beach are too nice to leave! it really is beautiful here, definitely want to come back for a longer stay at some point. today we leave for charleston which is our last stop. we're staying in charleston so we'll be able to see much more of the city than we did here.

unfortunately i've been sick for most of the vacation. i feel so bad for jeff for having to deal with all this. i've been nauseous almost all day every day, i think from the last medication that i added back in - methotrexate. one day i didn't eat much because of the nausea and by the time we went out for dinner, my blood sugar was very low. i was shaking and having trouble and couldn't get the level to come back up. we came back to the hotel and i force-fed myself until i was a little better. that was scary...never happened that bad before. last night i was able to have a whole dinner with jeff and not have to go back to the room in the middle of it. small victory! the nausea and eating problems are part of the reason we haven't made it in to savannah though. my knee is a mess and my hands have been bad at times too. one day the right wrist/hand was terrible so we went and got a wrist brace and it's been okay since then. otherwise things are great!

okay off to breakfast and then the beach...then on to charleston!