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So sorry that you're experiencing so much pain Coop! Try and take it easy when you can. We will be here waiting for another update whenever you're up to it so no worries.
Ouch! I've had Costochondritis, which sounds similar. So painful, and you can't even breathe without moving that area. We're not going anywhere. Take care of yourself! I don't think anything will make the pain stop except time and rest.
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heal up quick Coop! We're here when you're ready
Thanks Maci!
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Hope you heal quickly!
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You poor thing!
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Ouch! Hope you're feeling better soon!!
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Sorry you are in such pain! Pixies for a speedy recovery!
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Sorry to hear you are in pain!! Many pixies for a speedy recovery!!
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Oh Coop, I am so sorry! Take care and we'll be here when you've got time and no pain to write.
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So sorry that you're experiencing so much pain Coop! Try and take it easy when you can. We will be here waiting for another update whenever you're up to it so no worries.
I had been up and down all night coughing but I was up for good at 5 am coughing my head off and by 7 am, I knew that I wasn't going to make a 9 am FP for Soarin'. I told Chuck and offered him to go on without me but he said it was ok and we both just went back to sleep. Apparently, I needed it because I slept until 11 am! Chuck had gotten up earlier and went to the Mara and brought back some breakfast. I got up and ate on the balcony with the animals and while he napped until about 1:30pm.
Then we decided to get up and go for a swim and hot tub. We came back, without a drink this time, and got ready to head to the parks. (with a handful of cough drops in my pocket )
We went to Epcot and rode SE and Nemo before heading over to WS for food!
We started eating around France. I got the brioche ice cream sandwich at Glaces and Chuck had a cone. Mine was salted caramel with raspberry sauce - Yummmm. It was warm and cold all at the same time.
Then we went to the France Kiosk and got Beef bourguignon and a creme brûlée. I had a pomegranate kir to wash it down and Chuck got a beer.
Then off to Belgium. We each had a waffle. I had the waffle with the berry compote and Chuck had his waffle savory with the beef stew meat.
At Brazil, we shared the crispy pork belly with the black beans. I had a Moscato with it and Chuck had a dark beer.
We had to wait at the Japan kiosk because they ran out of food so we spent the time in the shops. We didn't buy anything but we love browsing. Then we went back to the kiosk and Chuck got a tuna roll and I got a chicken teriyaki bun. I liked the bun, the inside was kind of like lettuce wraps but Chuck was a bit disappointed by the spicy tuna roll.
Off we went to Hops and Barley. We shared the cheese plate and the lobster alfredo. The cheese plate was good - kind of hard to screw that up. But the alfredo was basically lobster mac and cheese. We each had just a few bites and threw the rest away. It wasn't very good.
We kept walking around the world but we were into countries that we had already tried and nothing we really HAD to repeat. We did see the preparation for Illuminations. We also caught some of Dennis DeYoung doing the Eats to the Beat concert series. We just hung out on the sidewalk at the back of the theater.
And we checked out the miniature F&WF in Germany
We got to Scotland and Chuck wanted to try the scallop. So he went up and ordered that and an 18 year old single malt Glenfiddich for me! YUMMMMM!! That was one of the best things I had!
After, we went next door to Hawaii and had the pork sliders and the tuna poke. I got the pineapple wine but really wanted another Scotch.
We ended our night with a repeat of the Cronut and then headed for the bus and home.
On our way out of the park:
I'm sure once I got back to the room, I took a shot of NyQuil and just went to sleep.
You're killing me with that photo of the brioche ice cream sandwich. I loved that! So sorry you're coughing like crazy. That'll tire you out without getting out of bed. Hope another good night's sleep helps you out.
As I read this post I couldn't help but wonder if you didn't come in contact with some of the EMT's I work with and maybe you caught the COUGAR COOTIES from them. Sorry you had such a Yuckey start to the day but afternoon seems to have worked out fairly well.
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Try and take it easy when you can. We will be here waiting for another update whenever you're up to it so no worries.
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