I went to the zoo with my family yesterday. I hate admitting it, but I was far more scared than I ever let on about going.

Not scared of my family (though mom has her moments!) No, I was scared I wouldn't be able to walk enough. It's a big zoo. In fact huge would describe it. I'd warned M that I would be coming home crippled from pain from all the walking.

Um ...

It didn't happen. Oh no, I went to the zoo. It was a gorgeous day in fact. I walked and walked and walked some more. Probably two and half hours of walking at least, if not 3 hours. All that happened was I got tired.

When I went the last time I was in the wheelchair and walked with a cane. It was fun, but hard.

When I went the time before I weighed my highest. It was fun, but I remember how hard it was walking and how badly my feet hurt. I can remember wanting to die because my legs hurt sooooooo badly.

Today I'm fine. I'm going to do my 1 mile walk at noon like normal.

I'm so happy that everything went well, plus we got to see a two and a half day old gorilla. When we got home, he was on the news. His mother gained fame 10 years ago when a small child fell in the gorilla pit. Binti became world-renown for picking up the child and carrying him to a doorway where zoo staff could reach the boy. We didn't realise it yesterday when we were there that it was Binti who was the mother. It was amazing to watch. The little guy was learning to climb and she sat below him, holding the vine still and letting him know when he'd climbed too far up.

I got to spend time with my niece, my great nephews, and my parents, who I really realised are truly getting older and slowing down. I'm happy I went and happy to have the memories.

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