What A Week

This was a wild and wooly week. It all started on Sunday with Barry driving to Orlando, Florida for a military conference. Just across the state line his front left tire blew out. Actually, disintegrated would be a better term. We just bought the set of tires in October, and had the warranty, but on a Sunday afternoon it wasn't much good. The next morning, the wife of one of the colonels called Barry to tell him that the colonel had food poisoning. She needed Barry to check on him and get him some medicine and Powerade. Meanwhile, one of the other warrant officers from Georgia had her car broken into at the hotel and the radio ripped out. Then I got a call from Barry's step-mom telling me that his dad had suffered some kind of seizure on a business trip to Las Vegas and was in the hospital there. But wait...there's more! I also get a call the next evening from Barry. Seems he stayed in the hot tub a little too long talking with a bunch of people, and got right out to head back upstairs. His blood pressure dropped and he passed out in front of the elevators, hitting his head on the floor. Thankfully, he has a hard head and is fine. It doesn't stop there though. One of the other Georgia soldiers returned to the airport to find that his car was not quite legally parked and had been "booted." The colonel who had food poisoning headed back to Atlanta. His flight was delayed and had to be diverted to Birmingham. He couldn't get another flight out of there for hours, so he rented a car and drove home. Those folks would have been better off to have stayed home!

Thursday was a fun one though. I went with Daniel's class on a field trip to the Sandy Creek Dairy Farm. On this chilly morning, we saw the cows being milked and went on a hayride. The kids learned about cows and butter and all kinds fo great stuff. I think their highlight was seeing a cow poop on a cold day. They couldn't stop talking about the "smoke" rising from the poop and the cow! After the hayride we sat down to eat our lunch at the picnic tables. I was struck by the thought that here I sat with boys and girls of all colors and backgrounds and nobody cared. One boy shared his fruit snacks while one girl handed out Pringles. Everyone tried to help a little girl open her thermos. They shared and laughed and enjoyed just being friends without any thought of race or creed. Kids are great. Thursday evening we gathered up Mama and enjoyed Scout Night at the Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus. It was wonderful!!! The boys cheered and sat with amazed looks on their faces. Daniel got a little sick a couple of times. I don't know if he was just excited or if he ate his supper too quick, but later that evening he was fine.

Now we're getting packed up to join Barry in Florida on Sunday for a little vacation. I sure am hoping for a calmer week!