We took the camper to spend 4 days at Lago della Montagna Spaccata, relaxing in the peace of being at a lake and not doing much. We hiked, played with dogs, skinny-dipped and chilled. I needed it because not only had I just returned from delivering Ashton to Denver to be a grown-up all by herself, but I was about to spend three weeks in Bethesda, Maryland to have a double surgery and recover in a hotel.

Matt stayed home with the dogs and nursed the freshly spayed puppy while I tooted around Washington DC, ate all the per-diem food I wanted, hung out with my mom who came to help me, and watched a lot of TV in my hotel room while recovering from a lot of surgery. Turns out, I don’t mind staying three weeks in a hotel room by myself eating free food and watching TV! Recovery was a big challenge that took a couple of months all together, but everything worked out.