Day Trip

Greetings. Man, was it a busy week with an even busier one coming up so let's get right to it. Mia had a low-grade fever this week, but with schools putting on the pressure to either provide a doctor's note when your child is sick, Mia opted to soldier on and make it through. I joined her for lunch on Thursday to see how she was doing. She was happy to see me, and was looking pretty good. She wanted to go to art, but her teacher made her go outside so we played a little soccer with her buddies. She wanted to simply just sit and talk to a friend. She said her goodbyes and I was on my way. I went in thinking I may have to sign her out if she was still not feeling well, but in the end, she was doing well.

She came home and was very lethargic. Sort of reverted again and wasn't feeling well. Poor kid. She once again, toughed it out. Luckily, when she got home, I got a text from my Mom that she was good. Phew. When I got home, we packed up our bags and Saturday we were on our way to Illinois. Saturday, Jill and her buddies set up a girls night where they watched the Downton Abbey movie and had tea and little sandwiches. First, we went to Caleb's basketball game. This was the very first time Mia ever watched a basketball game so it was sorta fun to watch her take it all in. "Why are they NOT kicking the ball?" First of all, Caleb was a straight baller. He's got confidence and he controls the plays and even got the first basket. The teams were pretty even-matched but Caleb's team won. NOT before the poor kid took a smack to the face which knocked out one of his teeth! He freaked out and after the picked up his tiny tough, the game continued. He sat the rest of the game out and clotted his empty tooth spot. I tried to lighten the mood with some missing teeth/hockey jokes but he stayed quiet. Oh well.

We went back to the house and the kids played games and had some lunch. After wards, I took them to our hotel and the kids swam and played in the gym. This was probably the one time we were at a pool where it was super full of kids. Mia and Caleb still had fun. Later, we went back to the house and the kids continued playing games both board and video games. Caleb had to show me how to play Battlefront 2 and Spiderman. The dude is such a great kid and he and Mia always pick up where they left off. Friends since babies. Mia even refers to him as one of her cousins. Awwwww, right? We said our goodbyes and went back to the hotel for the night.

This morning we got up had some breakfast and were on our way back to Wisconsin through all the crazy snow. I didn't know how much we were supposed to get, but it certainly was quite a bit. Roads weren't great but we made it in. Mia crashed on the coach for a bit while I cleaned up the driveway and walked Remi. Remi had the best time playing and rolling in the fresh powder, just like he did when he was much younger.

This week, the Dragons are back in action on Saturday at 4:30. The kids really wanted to get a practice in over the weekend, but unfortunately there wasn't a place for the kids to practice. Hopefully, we can get some goals and give the opposition a good fight. I've been working on a really tricky and technical drawing of the Joker so I'll be continuing that. Thursday, I'm working at a school with Jill's boss. I'm not sure how many schools we're photographing this year, but this will be the first one. I applied for a new job and will continue to keep looking.

That's all for now, thanks for reading!