Tuesday, June 27, 2006
So Hunter was really sick for about three days. His blood sugar sky-rocketed and Friday night I thought for sure we were headed for the Emergency Room. Barfing all day is one thing. Barfing all day when you have diabetes and are peeing out every last drop of fluid you have left in you is a whole other thing. Anyway, by Monday he seemed to be alright and his blood sugars finally returned to normal. Of course, we've also been blessed with several rainy days in a row which means summer vacation has been sort of a flop so far.
Today, however, the skies cleared and the sun burned bright and we managed to get out and about for awhile. First we had to go to the library to return some overdue material and get Hunter started on their summer reading program. Going to the library is hardly my idea of fun. Taking four boys who like to run and scream and climb all over the place to a place where none of that is allowed is kind of like volunteering to let the dentist pull your teeth out one by one without pain medicine. I was dripping with sweat five minutes into it. Of course it doesn't help that they don't have A/C. Anyway, Noah and Denver decided they wanted to sign up for the reading program too. I later concluded that it wasn't because they wanted to read books and develop some extra brain power. No, it was because they wanted to spin the noisy wheel they had been told not to touch for the past several years. But we signed them up anyway and they each spun the wheel twice and off we went to the Non-Fiction books to find something they all can read and understand. Hunter picked some book about "I can be a woman engineer" which was definitely something he could read all by himself but left me feeling baffled and frustrated. Were we there to read and learn or to get by with the bare minimum. I mean, did he even look at the title and did he even look two sections over where all the space exploration books were? Aaarrgghh!
I ran back and forth collecting one kid at a time, trying to help them find their books as well as other books they were interested in. Hunter wanted Cross-Section books, Noah wanted volcano books and Denver wanted truck books. Thank goodness the good librarians were in today and after being unsuccessful at finding any good Cross-Section books, I sent Hunter to ask one of them for help. He happily returned with three and was grinning ear to ear. Megan (my niece) helped tote Caleb and books around and I think both of us were extremely happy to be leaving when the time came.
As we walked outside, Denver pointed out that today was hot and sunny and that we really should be at the Lake. I agreed and we returned home for a quick lunch and swimsuits. Off to the Lake and a little bit of sun and sand. We ended up staying two hours and the best part of my entire day was when Hunter said, as we were leaving, "When can we do that again!?" Success--I had actually made someone happy. Tomorrow and the rest of the week is forcasted rainy and cloudy. So we're off to the free movies tomorrow and crossing our fingers that Mr. Weatherman is wrong, which out here, he usually is and that would be a very good thing.
 
posted by Shana # 7:34 PM 
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