Across the Bridge

Yesterday we were feeling very fine and had cooperative weather. Jeff, Lily and I decided to walk across the Biloxi Bay Bridge. This bridge was destroyed by Katrina and was finally fully functioning again last week, or the week before who knows for sure I was sick and haven't crossed the bridge in awhile. Now that it is complete, it is approx. 2 miles across acording to the odemeter on my car. There is a lovely biking or walking lane. This lane is on the side that allows bicyclists and pedestraians to see out to the open sea. It is a lovely walk. There were a lot of people out yesterday morning and we had a lot of fun.

Jeff was concerned that Lily would not be able to walk that far and had me bring the stroller. The two of them then ran off without me, while I plowed along pushing the only stroller we still have which happens to be enormous. I could see the two of them running off in the distance, I guess I am a pretty slow walker. Lily and her dad run the exact same way, it cracked me up.

So I had a peaceful walk across the bridge and back. The two of them stopped every now and then, a couple of time Lily would run all the way back to me so she could ride in her stroller for awhile. I haven't been walking much, as my shins are sore today.

After the excurtion we came home and Lily at two lunches and fell asleep. I am so excited to see her feeling better. To see her run and eat is amazing. She lost some weight and I am hoping to see it all come back soon. We have only one more day without milk and then our lives go back to normal. My not listening to the doctor and giving her milk anyways did not work out so well. Jeff and I were only sick for a day and Lily's illness went on and on. Jeff ratted me out to the doctor about the milk and sure enough she got better immediately when I stopped giving it to her. But, she cried for hours and then she would sleep and wake up and cry some more. She told me if she can't have milk she wouldn't drink water. She kept telling me that the doctor did not say she couldn't have milk, the doctor said she couldn't have water. Finally she got over it and we are counting the hours until we can have: milk, cheese, chocolate milk, ice cream, pudding...

It does feel like she has regressed several months in her behavior issues. Today was hell. I am hoping she will snap out of it soon. Lately we have been doing so well with her behavior and then after her illness she seems to have saved up all the bad and is just letting it out. Or she is still mad about the milk and finding ways to get even with me. Today she screamed and cried for a half an hour because I said that she had peanut butter on her mouth. Lily wanted me to say she had peanut butter on her face. Lily believes that the mouth is only the part inside of her mouth and anything on the outside is either lips or face and to say she had peanut butter on her mouth was WRONG. I am trying to teach her to STOP telling me I am wrong all the time already. She was furious that I would not appologize and tell her that she had peanut butter on her face. Her bad behavior escalated and escalated and it was more than thirty minutes before she was able to get a grip. I thought we were past this stage. We worked so hard to get past this stage, yet somehow here we are again.