Another boring week :)

Not much went on here this week, other than everyone getting sick. Last week Maria had a sore throat, then a stuffy nose... then Duncan got a runny nose over the weekend... then Mike had a sore throat and was home from work Wed and Thurs... for the past couple of days the baby has sounded a little congested and I'm starting to get a sore throat. Beatrice has been pretty fussy for the past few days, so I'm guessing she isn't feeling too well :( I've been putting vicks on my chest hoping that it will help her congestion. Of course this is probably just the first of the ailments that will go around school this year.

Well, we almost had a new dog. Mike had a dog in at the pound there that was a pug/jack russell terrier mix and didn't really have the room there to keep him. He was a really well behaved and friendly guy - so Mike brought him home. He was housebroken, got along well with Sally and Jo-Jo, and just a really good dog. He brought him home last Thursday and he was actually a nice addition. But sadly his owner called Mike's work on Tuesday looking for him :( so he had to go back home. We were all pretty disappointed - especially Maria who had really gotten attached to him. He was damn cute and not barky in the least. We may have to search around and try to get a pug/jack russell terrier mix - we looked them up and people do actually breed them; they are called "Jugs" ;)

I guess something exciting did happen this week - we had a hailstorm yesterday! Of course there was no rain in the forecast. The funny thing was that when I went to the post office, the postmaster said that the next couple of days were going to be really nice, no rain until the weekend. And I said that it was "supposed" to be nice last week - supposed to be in the mid-70s all week and ended up being more like mid-50s all week... and then he basically said the same thing again, nice for the next couple of days - no rain till Sat/Sun... then we ended up getting a major downpour with hail to boot!

I managed to get out of the house by myself for a bit yesterday. I had been wanting to go to the post office for the past couple of weeks since I finally finished the gifts for my cousin's baby... but the logistics of getting in the post office with Duncan and Beatrice by myself... so since Mike was home and the babies were napping I went to the post office, meat market and gas station. All those little quick errands would have been very much not quick with two little ones. Anyway, I got to chat with the lady at the gas station who had her baby a couple weeks before Beatrice was born. Amazingly she had a very similar labor story - her labor also only lasted about 3 hours and she only pushed like two or three times. Her mom and sister almost missed it - they were going to wait until they got to the hospital until they called them, but decided to call when they were on the way - and luckily they just made it in time. Then I ended up chatting a bit with the lady at the meat market - she asked whether we had a boy or girl - she's got a 10-month old boy and a 9 year old daughter. It was nice to actually talk to some adults.