Not The Piggy Flu

We started the weekend with this:

My 5 year old son has the flu. He is feeling pretty much back to normal already, which is amazing considering he had a 104 fever on Friday and was not coherent at all. He kept saying things that made no sense and it would have been very funny if it hadn't been sort of scary. Now that he is fine, it is hysterical though. At one point he was mumbling something and I didn't understand it so I asked him what he said. He then very clearly said "oh crap" and fell back asleep.

He slept in my bed and got up several times at night very confused. At one point, his pajamas were soaked with sweat so I took them off of him and had him sleep in his underwear. When he woke up a few hours later, he got out of bed, wandered around my room looking all confused and when I asked what he was doing he said "I'm just in my underwear". He didn't remember anything that happened earlier at all. I explained the situation and why he was in his underwear, put some new pajamas on him and he went back to sleep. A few hours later, he woke up and said "man am I thirsty". He took a huge drink and then went back to sleep again. Because he slept almost all day Friday, when he woke up on Saturday morning he sat up and said "I'm not tired anymore. I think that's because I got so much sleep". It was 4 am when he decided it was time for him to get up for the day. After he had been up several times in the night. He may have been well rested but I was pretty tired!

By Sunday, his fever was pretty much gone and he was feeling well enough to try the new Slip 'N Slide surf thing that his sister and brother got for their birthday. Actually, they got gift certificates and instead of spending them individually, they put them together and bought this one big thing they both wanted. I need to tell you that even though it looks super cool, do not buy this. First of all, our yard is so hilly that we had to set it up several times before we found a place that would work. Even then, it didn't fill correctly so we could only use about half of it. I thought it was way too difficult but I think that is because I was afraid of getting hurt so I didn't run very fast before I jumped on.This is me about half a second before I fell. I had been taking pictures of the kids because it was pretty funny so I guess they thought it was only fair to take one of me falling. My 9 year old son was awesome at it. He still fell sometimes but I think because he really went for it every time,when he did have success it was awesome.


We picked some strawberries for a snack.
The whole time we were eating them I kept saying "we grew these". I think I was the only one who found that exciting. If you knew my track record for keeping plants alive inside the house, you would find it amazing that outside I can grow actual food you can eat.

Switching topics, I am still waiting for a surgery date. It is pretty difficult to find a day that works for both the oncologist and my gynecologist and is also a day/time that there is an operating room available. I will keep you posted and let you know when I find out. I just want it to be over so I don't have to worry about it anymore!