Vacation was awesome, and I'm ready for another one! I'll start by saying that the best thing was that I didn't have a single breathing problem the whole time I was gone. After the first night I didn't wheeze, cough, need a breathing treatment, or anything. I haven't felt so good in a while and it was nice. I don't know if it was the weather, the sea air, or maybe it's something in my house or environment here making me sick but it was really, really nice to breathe semi-normally for a week. Not to mention it gives me hope that this is reversible somehow, to some extent.

The kids were freaking awesome. I honestly can't believe how good they were. I thought I was a bit insane taking four kidlets on a sixteen hour car trip, even if we split the drive into two days. However, they surprised me and reminded me why it is that I adore them so. They were four little angels, mostly. We stopped the first night at a friend's house who happens to live halfway between here and there. She doesn't have kidlets, but mine were right at home at her place. They particularly loved the cats. And the games. And the chalkboard (oh who am I kidding they LOVED the chalkboard). And the badminton... okay, they loved her house and they were really upset that we didn't come home the same way and we didn't get to see her house again. But we left up there late in the evening which would have put us to her house somewhere around 3 or 4 a.m... somehow I didn't think she wanted to wait up for us until then, regardless of how much she might have missed me.

It was really great to see her, if only for a night, and it was a nice little preview of August when I'm going back to visit her alone. Can't wait!!!

I had no idea how beautiful Maine is! SOmeone should have informed me, really. I've never been that far north or east before, and I have to say I was quite impressed with the natural beauty. The sea was really freaking cold, but still refreshing and beautiful. We found a nice beach with some cool tidal pools that were warm and shallow enough that even the baby could play and splash and we all had a great time there. The kidlets got to fly their kites on the beach, it was perfect! We built sand castles, and all that other fun beach stuff, and now the van is forever coated in a fine layer of sand.

On the fourth (or so) day the weather turned and really sucked quite frankly. I had planned that day as a "down day" anyway, as I figured I'd need some down time to recover and breathe. Turns out I didn't need down time (yay!) so we went and rode the Narrow Gauge Railroad which the boys loved, and went searching for lighthouses. We found a few and had a famous "Mommy Adventure" getting lost looking for a few more, then we stopped at a little seaside place for fresh lobster. It was great, even if the dinner did cost me over $100.

All in all, it was an awesome, awesome trip and I'm so glad we took it. It helped me feel a little more confident about myself and the ability to travel with this stupid disease. I have to say I was really worried before we left, but I worried needlessly.

Today we're off for some fourth celebrations, cookout and maybe a boat ride (paddle boats or something) and fireworks tonight.

I would say it's good to be home, but considering my breathing problems have returned already it's really not. I'd rather still be in Maine lol.