Snow and Puke

The good news last weekend was all the fun snow to play in! It was perfect packing snow, perfect for a couple of spherically-challenged snowmen. Bad new was that the stomach virus made it's way through our house. I woke up Friday night around 10 with my first bout of it, then I slept in Mom and Dad's room for the night. I was better on Saturday, even well enough to make a brief appearance at the chili supper and help Mom run the booth. The kids threw peanuts in a clown's mouth, Mom took the tickets and I picked up all the peanuts, I was a great helper! We left shortly after our shift was done, the smell of chili wasn't very appealing and the bouncy house looked fun, but again not a good idea. Sunday was good, we thought we were in the clear and had a lazy day around the house. But come Monday morning, out of nowhere, Zach had an exorcist, head-spinning, chunk blowing moment at breakfast, so that knocked him out of commission for the day. Fortunately, I had a snow day, so there was no rush and I was able to stay home and entertain him. Somehow, Mom and Dad amazingly didn't get sick.

The rest of the week was ho-hum. Mom and Dad got a new mattress, woop-de-doo! We're really itching for February to be done. Something about March screams spring, even though March is often just February, Part II. Dad is leaving for a work trip this entire week to Arkansas. We promised to be good for Mom, but she's honestly not looking forward to an entire week alone. We had another quiet weekend yet again, just vegging out and spending time with Dad before he leaves. He took us out to lunch and swimming. We also went to look at a used piano Friday night, and even though the price was great, it had some water stains, scratches and wasn't quite nice enough to put upstairs. We thought about putting it in the basement, but it won't fit down the stairs. So the piano thought is on hold for now and I'll have to stick with my keyboard until we figure something out. The original plan was to wait until I had completed a year of lessons, but it's going so well, I really should be playing on a the real deal!

That's our melodramatic week in a nutshell. Hopefully the coming one will be an easy one!

K.