Dad Is Under The Weather

Good morning.  We (My man and I) woke up a bit after 4:00a.m. The mister has not been feeling great…chest pain, foggy head, dizziness and he is pale. He went to the doc yesterday and started a round of antibiotics. After dinner last night he headed off to bed. That was about 6:0p.m. so, he got about 11 hours of sleep, hopefully the much needed rest accompanied by medication will kick whatever it is he has. It could of course be that nasty bug named STRESS… with all of the reorganizing he has been working on I wouldn’t be surprised. We (The boys and I) will try to maintain a CALM atmosphere on the home front.  Wish us luck and say more than one prayer.

The boys did their homework and headed out the door to ride their bikes, play legos and then a game of tag with the neighbor kids across the street.  There were six kids total playing tag.  The munchkins laughter was infectious; accompanied by squeals of delight attributed to getting away from their predator or catching their prey. This was dependent on whether or not they were “It”.

After I called the boys in for bed the three of us decided to watch a fairy tale called Enchanted. I let them stay up past their normal bedtime until 8:30p.m. when I tucked them in with a minimal power struggle. I played the “Dad is not feeling well” card and that pretty much sealed the bedtime deal.

Today is another “Early  release” day. The kiddos get out of school at 12:15. I don’t remember having any early release days when I went to school.  I’ll have to ask.  Do any of you remember having days when you went home early and it wasn’t because you were sick?

Thee Mister has a business guest coming in for a few days of work tonight. He arrives at 10:00p.m. and I should probably be the one to pick him up at the airport. I have to clean out the guest room this morning. You see…when I re-vamped the youngest’s room…I moved all of his dad’s clothes onto the guest beds . UGG…I could really use another closet….or a giant dumpster.

The youngest is looking over his Valentines from last year and seems to remember the type of candy he got with each card. Amazing. He is holding his Snoopy card from Grandma and reading it aloud. His bag of goodies also contains his Golden Snitch, magic bag, book mark and various goodies from his Harry Potter birthday party.  It is all valuable treasure to him.

My dad called from Golds Beach. He was overjoyed. The jubilance in his voice was palpable. He is there salmon fishing which is one of his most joyous hobbies. He told me that 5 or 10 minutes after he dropped his line into the Rogue River he hooked and caught a 5lb salmon. Shortly after that he hooked another fish that he had to battle for an hour and a half to land…it was a 45lb salmon. His arms were worn out from the fish fight, so he decided to sit down and crack open a beer.  Of course he dropped his fishing line in the water before taking a seat. Like any good fisherman would. He no sooner sat down and opened his beer when BAMM another hit. My dad enjoyed another fine fish battle to land yet another fish…this time a 43 pounder. I let him know in no uncertain terms that I will be expecting  A LOT of smoked salmon when we return from Italy. Yum!! Needless to say my dear old dad sounded like a kid that just got to buy the Whole candy store. I think he will stay and fish for a few more days instead of heading home today.  He is happiest on the water or in a duck blind.  Good times for Daddy!!

Grandma Dixie and Pa Don are heading out on the Highway October 15th in our direction. They should arrive by the 18th or 19th in their new vintage motor home with a new mini car in tow.  Maybe I can talk my dad into sending the salmon with them! We are all excited to see them and it will be fun to have them here for Halloween…Get your costumes ready family!!

The boys are hungry, so I am off to cook breakfast.

Have a lovely day and God Bless,

LLF