Owen had his first sleepover at "Auntie Wyntie and Uncle Date's" house while Chris and I went up to Reno and Sand Mountain for the night. We met up with friends Randi and Dan and had a blast in the sand. It all came back to me! It had been years since we had played in the sand. It was great weather and had the mountain to ourself. Randi tends to be quite a dare-devil and was worried about hurting herself. Good thing (yet annoying thing for her) her bike was lacking in the power department and decided to die every now and then. This probably saved her an injury or two. I'm not a fan of the town of Reno, but we had great rooms at the Peppermill and enjoyed our company. Plus, we were kid free, which has a crazy sense of freedom to it!
After that Chris got a yucky no feel good just sleepy and crabby cold for a while. Owen and I tried to keep our distance, as the thing kept evolving. Pinkeye to laryngitis to sore throat, you name it, YUCK!
For the 4th Owen and I went up to Tahoe with the Aubins. It was such beautiful weather, smelled so good of Jeffery pines, love that smell! Owen then started acting crabby and clingy... and he slept good the first night so I thought something was up. After a fever came on we actually took him in. Wanted some extra recommendations, fluid, etc due to his heart stuff. I was also hoping that he had an ear infection and wanted the MD to check inside his ears. That sounds bad to hope for an ear infection but hey- they aren't contagious and they are easily treatable. Well he thought Owen has a strain of hand/foot/mouth virus which is pretty icky. It just needs to run it's course and then pass. He has had 5 days of fever, a little rash, and mouth sores which I haven't seen but the MD did. Today the highest it has gone is 99.5 so hopefully we are in the clear. THANK GOODNESS FOR THE GTUBE! It is so nice to give him proper hydration and not worry about dehydration. He just started taking meaningful liquids day 4. yukkkkk.
Welp, off to clean a bit and put away lunch. Had a fun time making lunch today. Used grass fed beef from our beef guy Mark in Woodland, amaranth leaves, fresh harvested potatoes, parsley, and carrots. MMMMMMMM. Love picking from my grocery store. Almost went to a new local farmers market today, just to check it out. I'm addicted! Instead I went to the garden to check out Chris's work down there. Last night he weed-eated again. This is the least labor intensive and most amazing way to tame the between the row isles. It probably spreads seeds like no other, but man is it faster than pulling them up by hand! He can do the whole garden in an hour, wow!
Signing off and looking forward to a HEALTHY rest of the month!
Hand Foot and Mouth Disease hit both boys' schools pretty hard and also a few of our friends' kiddos. It's a yucky virus. I hope you are all feeling better soon!
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