sick in bed...

This past week was one we'll soon want to forget. Kim and I had the flu. I could end here but why waste all of our pain and anguish by letting it quickly depart from our memories?

The week started out with Kim attending a real estate seminar downtown in Atlanta. No big worries except she had to be there by 8am and for those that don't know Atlanta that means she had to be out of the house by 5:30a. So that left me taking Kori to seminary (6:10am), getting the boys ready for school (7:30a) and all the normal housekeeping chores (I am not too good at this). Monday was OK, I handled things but something happened Monday night... I started getting vertigo and feeling really nauseous! It couldn't be the flu as I had my flu shot, right? Wrong!

By late afternoon on Tuesday I was in pretty bad shape. No temp just really lethargic. I made it through the day and Kim was home on Wednesday. I was feeling a bit better and actually contemplated taking a motorcycle ride. It didn't happen as I was still feeling a bit of the vertigo and didn't trust my body. Jump to Saturday...



Saturday morning came and got up and was going to take Lucy (family dog, a yellow lab) for a walk. I got on some sweats and nelt down to tie my shoes and blacked out! Fell to the floor and Lucy looked at me like "what's up dude... get up I want to go". I had called Joe our neighbor and was to meet him at 9am. It didn't happen. At this point Kim was running a temp (low 100's) and feeling poorly. We called the kids down and quarantinned the bedroom. We had Jeremy and Kori sanitize the house with Clorox wipes. No kids were to enter the bedroom except on request. All I have to mention here is Thanksgiving at the cottage in 2005 and it was understood. (side note... someday I will post the experience; it wasn't a good turkey day!) OK. I have a rambling problem... I get to talking and can't seem to stop. I am on one of those tangents right now...



I had the blinds drawn back as the light was really bothering me. Kim and I spent the day in bed all day Saturday and most of Sunday. Kim did call the Dr Sunday morning and asked the Dr. to prescripe "tamaflu" (sp?). That has helped her, but we didn't catch mine soon enough to use the drug. I was feeling a bit better by Sunday evening, Kim is feeling better but still a bit run down. Kids are OK at this point, not going to say more as I will inevitably jinx myself.



No major happening this past week. This week: Kori is trying out for the school play. Jeremy has his 1st soccer practice on Friday. I am really looking forward to seeing Jeremy play. Jack had his 1st baseball practice yesterday. It was cold and too windy for me to be taking pictures. Mainly because I am a wimp and didn't want to walk around with the camera. Also wanted to keep an eye on Jack.



Hope everyone is doing well! More soon.... D

Cavs vs. Hawks 2/8/08

Jeremy, Jack and I went to the Cavs / Hawks game last night. We took MARTA down to Philips, A.K.A "the highlight factory"... NOT! We had a great time and best part Cavs won! Here's a shot of Jerms and Jack on the train (left).

Jack got a bit frustrated as we couldn't get cotton candy where we were sitting. I finally asked the usher if there was any place we could get cotton candy he told me on the other side of the arena. I then went to the exit and had forgotten my ticket stub and had to go all the way back down to the seats and asked Jack if he could wait until half time. He wasn't happy... in fact he wouldn't talk to me; he told me I was a meany! You can tell he isn't too happy with me in the foto to the right.

He then came up with the excuse that he had to go to the bathroom and while we were up there we should go grab the cotton candy. We grabbed the tickets stubs went out of the restricted access area and over to the main concession stands. Looked for cotton candy for about 10 mins and finally saw a lady holding a bag of it. She told us where we could buy some and by that time it was half time. We made our way back to the seats and Jack was in Cotton Candy nirvana!!! These pictures don't do him justice!!! He had cotton candy all over himself, me and the dude in front of us! Jeremy kept his together pretty well!

Overall it was a great night. We got to see the Cavs play and watch a very talented basketball player. Watching Lebron last night I was amazed how he can take a game over. He is no Jordan, yet, but he has the potential. I do miss the days of Magic and Bird; maybe someday! There's always ESPN Classic!!!

The train ride home was long, we got home around midnight and the boys both dreamed basketball.

Jack also had his baseball tryouts today. He did awesome. In my personal opinion he was one of the top 3 players. It will be a new challenge as he will not have Coach Phil this year. We are really going to miss his positive approach and hope his new coach has a similar approach.

Jeremy will be playing soccer. This will be his 1st season and he is really excited. I think his tryouts are some time this week. I will post photos of the boys as their seasons roll on.

One quick edit to this morning's post. Eric reminded me that while at Mom and Dad's he left some tuna and mouthwash. He claims I "liberated" them with malice. I say more like Mom asked me to take them home as they already had enought tuna. She also asked me to take the contraband "Miracle Whip" home with me... I couldn't stand to have it in the car; I was also concerned I might be breaking the law by crossing state lines. Mom is still puzzled how any of her offspring can even stomach "Miracle Whip"!!! I admit I told Mom to toss the 2 gallon container of "MW" you bought while there in the trash; best place for it.

D

Darrell's Intro

I have never been much of a blogger. I haven't even written in a journal much since I got home from my mission. However, several things have been steering me into this direction over the recent past. Kori, my daughter, had a recent school assignment where she had to research her family's roots. I have a lot of info in my head, tons of pictures, geneology but no real singular place where I have archived or written the history. I found a personal history I wrote in college (in Kori's words... BORING). Another reason is the advanced age of my parents. Both are doing well however, Mom gave us a scare a week or so back. I had some business that took me to Columbus (OH) and thought that instead of flying I would drive and spend some time with her and Dad. It was a great trip. I won't go into the details of her illness but suffice to say she is OK. Case in point: Mom, Eric (who made the trip from Chicago) and I went to lunch at the mall. We decided on Sbarro's pizza. We got our food and started eating... Mom's pizza was less than desirable. She looked at Eric and I and said "I am going to take this back to the manager and tell him this is terrible". Those of you who know Mom realize this is very "normal" behavior, in fact, had she not asked to take the food back and ask for a refund or "better quality" we'd have been concerned.

My brother's and sisters are spread out over the country. Family in Hawaii, Arizona, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia and her in Georgia. We don't get up to see Mom and Dad as much as we'd like. I noticed this trip a sadness, one that never really hit home until looking into Mom's eyes. She misses her family and wants them to be with her. Well, hopefully with this blog I can bring them a bit closer. Jim and Keri have started doing this as well. It is great to see the pictures and comments. I intend to keep this updated weekly, but with the constraints of family, work and church that may not always happen. Just remember the DVD from Mom and Dad's 50th anniversary is still .... well in the cutting room (June 2004). I commit this day that I will have it ready well before their 60th anniversary!!! (two or three weeks prior at least!).

I have been trying to find some recent photos of the kids. I can't find any so I am going to post a couple that I have on my PC. I'll post some more when I find them.

Jeremy and Jack getting ready to go to church (I think this is the last time these ties were worn)

Kori on a trip to Destin last year

Jeremy with friend Kelsey and Mary-Kate (same trip to Destin) The weather was super cold that day. I want to say with wind chill it was 32. The kids didn't care they were at the beach and ready to play

Jack "jumping the waves"

Kori and Kim (nice sunglasses)

Nothing like getting in the hot tub after a freezing afternoon on the beach!!!!

Hope friends and family are doing well and enjoying life. I'll post more soon. D