When John Deploys, Things Happen

This time it's shingles for Susan. Whoopee.
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As I'm finding out, shingles can be painful, and it can be isolating. We've had to cancel travel plans for this weekend, miss karate class since I can't take Luci to the child watch area, and skip worship. Can't wait for the spots to dry up!
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Neuralgia is a part of shingles, the part everyone's heard about--and it's changed the dates for our trip to Disney World. The kids haven't minded the changes in worship (we have a worship time at home) or the karate classes. For the Disney trip now we are going to Vero Beach instead of Wilderness Lodge (the only time and place we could get in exchange for our vacation club points), and spending Luci's birthday there. She is totally excited about going to the beach on her birthday. We will manage to get to Magic Kingdom for one day, to visit Cinderella and ride Winnie the Pooh's Honey Pots. It will be so fun to do something totally different. We've never been to the resort at Vero Beach.
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This also means changes in schoolwork and chores, which is not going over well right now with the boys. They try to put off things, thinking mama doesn't know what is really going on. Mama knows, but sometimes just does not care much. So things pile up for them.
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We were going to go to Huntsville this weekend, to the Bridge Street Town Centre, but that's out now. This morning I took the money budgeted for food and fun and got lots of food for the freezer (i.e., boys can cook for themselves) and a blue ray disc player (Wal-Mart has one for $98!); I told the boys when they were all done with schoolwork and chores they can get it out of the van and watch movies in the Man Cave. They are off and running with their list of things to do!