Day three at the Homewood Hotel

Greetings from Brisbane. We spent day two out of the hospital just hanging out at the Homewood Hotel. Our day consists of sleeping, eating, napping, reading, eating, facebook, eating, more napping and TV. Today we woke up at 8:30 and went downstairs to eat breakfast. It was packed and very picked ovcr. I think it was so crowded because it is the weekend. Steve is convinced people just pull into the hotel for breakfast that aren't staying here. I was appalled at the amount of food on some people's plates (no, not ours!). It was as if they had never seen food before. It wasn't even that bad on our cruise! Anyway, we finished eating and Emily and I went upstairs to the room, and Steve went to a local laundry mat. Truly exciting. They have a laundry room in the hotel, but it is always in use, and there are only two washing machines, and only one dryer is working. So, he just decided to take it to a local laundry mat and get it all done at once.
Our next outing was to the local mall to get lunch and to buy Emily some long, comfy pants. We forgot how cold San Francisco can be, and she didn't have anything very warm. In fact, she only packed her flip flops. Her cousins are coming up here for a vacation and Emily will see them tomorrow (Sunday). They were kind enough to go buy our house before they left to grab Emily's new custom made, multi-color Converse. So she will have those tomorrow. She isn't really walking and uses the wheelchair so she can just wear socks, but she will be stylin now in her shoes.
We also picked up some hair clips and bobby pins so Emily could put the rest of her hair up. It was half hanging down, and was all over the place and was really bothering her. We have since clipped all the peices up so it is out of her face and off her neck. She feels much better!
We came back to the hotel room and we all took a three hour nap. It was so great!
We are going to get ready and go to the local Chilis for some dinner. We gave Emily the choice to bring in food or go out, but she feels like getting out for a bit, which is great! She was a little worried at first about going anywhere since she cannot wash or brush her hair. I told her that no one in San Francisco knows her and that we will never see these people again, so who really cares. She decided I was right. (Aren't moms always right?).
So, that is our day. I fly home in the morning and Emily and Steve will spend some time with Uncle Mike (Steve's brother), Auntie Marie, and her cousins Jake and Izzy. She is really looking forward to seeing them. Next week, if Emily feels okay, Steve will take her to the Pez Museum and there are some other exhibits that she would like to see. I told her Friday will be here before she knows it! It will be exciting to finally have the stimulator turned on!
We will keep updating as things develop. Not too exciting at the moment. :)
Love, Marci