Not Much Luck Here

Okay here goes from beginning of vacation to present:

1. You all know Henlee was sick when we left and the PA prescribed a Sulfa based drug (which most likely Henlee is allergic to and she wasn't supposed to be exposed to the sun). I rebelled and did not give it to her. She was better by Sunday. Her poor thumb though began to look horrible. It had huge blisters and looked nasty. UPDATE: We saw Dr . Robbye yesterday for our 18 month well check and she gave us pencillin. Thank you Dr. Robbye. Henlee is in the 75% on everything.

2. I get sick on vacation. Started with a sore throat and one canker sore in my mouth on Wednesday. It all grew into huge canker sores and blisters in mouth by Friday. Running fever, couldn't eat or drink very well. Felt the worst every yesterday. UPDATE: Saw Dr. Robbye at the same time as Henlee. She have me some mouthwash that numbs my mouth so that I can at least drink a little and swallow a little yogurt or ice cream so I can take my meds(I wanted I diet plan that was fool proof, I guess I got it) and some anti-viral medicine. I think Henlee had Hand-foot-mouth and kindly gave it to her mother. Anyhoo, I am at least up to 75% today.

3. We got ready to pull out on Saturday from the coast and we had a flat on our 5th wheel. Thank goodness DW is always prepared and the other guys helped out and it was changed in no time. It was hotter than HADES that morning. We were all soaked and changed clothes before we left.

4. We got home Saturday afternoon around 4:30. I felt like junk. We carried in all the dirty clothes and sheets and towels. Need I remind you we were gon 8 days, 3 adults sometiems 4 and at least 2 sometimes 3 children were living in our trailer. Do the math girls. Lots and lots and lots of laundry. I knew that it would take me all day Sunday just to get a grip on things so I started on Saturday. I went to move the third load to the dryer and my utility room floor was wet. My washer went out. Not just a hose but leaking from the tub. So Sunday morning we load all the clothes up in my Mother's car and she does it for me. Now my Mom likes to do laundry but when my Mom says "that was a lot of laundry" you know it was bad. Oh and did I mention that I still felt like crap.

5. Did you notice there are still no pictures? Well, I called when I got back and they really don't know when it will be fixed. The pole is up but now they are waiting on the Electric Company. My kids will be graduating from high school but I will still be posting pictures of when they were 8 and 1.

Have a great week. I know I am looking up because I don't think I can go down any further.

Just my Luck

You know I told you we were going on vacation, leaving tomorrow. Well, yesterday Henlee starts running a fever (only symptom other than a little hoarse) and she has this cut/sticker red place on her thumb. So I quickly call the doctor this morning. Take her in, get antibiotics, sticker, if there is one, may come out in a few days, and her throat is a little red. I go pick up the medicine and it is a sulfa drug. I don't know that Henlee is allergic to sulfa drugs but I am and Reagan is. How much money you wanna bet that Henlee is too? Oh, more good news, this particular drug makes her more susceptible to the sun. GREAT!!! WE ARE ONLY GOING TO THE BEACH FOR 8 DAYS.

Editing

Goodness gracious. I think someone should have edited my blog before I posted it. I am totally embarrassed that I wrote hear instead of here. Bloggy friends out there, call and tell me when it is that bad.

I'm Leavin In A......

4-door Chevrolet pickup pulling a 5th wheel heading to Port Aransas for a week. Yea for me. Not as noble as spending a week doing missionary work in Honduras like my blogger friend Shelley (read about it here http://haleshousehold.blogspot.com)/ or as romantic as going to the Bahamas with my husband for our anniversary like Betsy (read about it here http://killianfamilynews.blogspot.com/), but I am headed with dear friends and family to do nothing that I really don't want to do and a lot of the things I do want to do - like read, visit, watch the kids be kids, drink fruity drinks, and worship the sun. I don't know about you but trying to make sure everyone has enough underwear for 8 days is quite a chore.

As you can tell, there are still no pictures and that equates to still now internet service at home. They are now blaming the electric company. Maybe by the time I get back, they will have all the kinks worked out.

Reagan is at softball camp this week in Midlothian. My cousin (who played softball for the Texas Aggies and also played on the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Softball teams) coaches in Midlothian and is having her camp this week. Ms. Reagan insisted on going even though her Mom was a little unsure. For one, she is staying up there with people she knows but it is not like she "knows" them if you get my drift. Secondly, she doesn't know anyone else at the camp besides Jennifer. I am astounded that she was this confident. I am very proud of her.

Another Reagan moment I have to brag about happened this past weekend at the local triathlon. Reagan did it and was very proud of herself. She did great in the swim (came out 2nd) but the transition (or as her Daddy calls it the pitstop) did not go so well for her. She fell way behind. Anyway, she finished and was proud of herself. The official accidentally named her as the 3rd place finisher in the girls her age division. Reagan was very excited to have the medal, yada, yada, yada. But I knew she didn't finish 3rd and told them. I also told Reagan and told her to think about how she would feel if she had really finished 3rd and they had given it to someone else. I left it up to her to make the right decision. She sat there a little while and then she walked over to the other girl and told her, "This medal is really yours. You finished 3rd." I was so proud of her.

Okay so now you want to know about little miss Henlee. Well, she is quite independent. Absolutely insists on feeding herself. If you don't let her, she won't eat. She loves to be outside and go up and down the porch steps - by herself none the less. It is hilarious to watch her back up to sit down on the steps. I wish I could show you a picture. Please say a prayer for Henlee on Friday that she is patient and takes a long nap on the trip to Port Aransas. This would help everyones' nerves a lot. Thank you.

Okay, now on to the book club thingy I was trying to get started. Are none of you reading out there or what? I am reading Brad Thor's Scot Harvath series right now. They are about a Secret Service Agent turned covert operative Scot Harvath who is constantly fighting the war on terror. I love CIA type books and I especially like series where the characters are recurring. I think I have 2 more books in his series before I am caught up.

Newsflash for all you Janet Evanovich's Plum series fanatics. Her new book, Finger Lickin' Fifteen hits the shelves on Tuesday. If you haven't read any of these books, you must. They are laugh-out-loud funny.

Have a great week and hold the fort down while I do nothing.

Friday's Footnote

Okay, in last week's blog, I said that I wanted to start blogging about the books we are reading. I finished John Grisham's The Associate last weekend. I kind of gave you the synopsis last week and it was an okay book, I hated the ending. I don't like books that leave doors open and don't tell you exactly what happened and you basically have to finish it. Too many possiblities. You know I am a pretty black and white girl, I don't like much gray,

No I am reading Love the One You're With by Emily Giffin and almost done with it. It is an easy read. The main character, Ellen, is married to her best friend's brother, Andy. Andy is from a wealthy Southern family, a lawyer, an all around great guy. Ellen grew up in Pittsburg and lost her Mom to breast cancer while she was still in school. Needless to say, Ellen runs in to her first "true" love, Leo, which stirs up emotions she thought were long gone and replaced by her love for her husband. Will she stay in the secure, safe life she has with Andy or will she trade it for something that is a little darker and more mysterious? ( Just 30 more pages and I will find out.)

I really have enjoyed this book. It makes you do a little introspection of yourself. If you were Ellen what would you do? For me, I like safety and security, and the sensible and practical side of me chooses Andy.

By the way, Hometown is promising my country-fried internet (Betsy's term) will be up and running next week. I am holding them too it.