Sick

This week we've all been touched by one bug or another. Madeleine and Maren had a tummy bug and Bruce and I got colds. Mads missed four days of school; three because of the bug and one because her class was going to see Peter Pan at the Center for Puppetry Arts. The last field trip there left her with nightmares so she happily played hookey that day. We spent most of the week cooped up in the house trying not to go stir-crazy.

We did a lot of lying on the couch this week.

Madeleine and Bruce did get out on Saturday morning to go strawberry picking at Southern Belle Farms in McDonough. They had a great time picking beautiful, ripe strawberries and even made an impromptu stop at the Geranium Festival in downtown McDonough. Mads was so tired Saturday evening she told me she was looking forward to going to bed.

Madeleine with the loot: a gallon bucket of hand-picked strawberries and a unicorn stuffed animal from the festival.

I ended our already off week by getting in a car accident Saturday evening. Another driver ran a red light and crashed into me while I was driving Bruce's car, leaving it inoperable. No injuries though so that's good.