I am still home alone.  But the week is half done, so they will be back soon.  I feel bad for my wife though.  She has all the kids, one is sick, and they are at a place where the only thing to do is swim, watch TV or play with the other kids.  Since one child is sick, no swimming.  You think about that.  1/3 of the activities involve water, but since one kid is sick, no swimming.  Good thing Grandma is there.  Of course, I am sure that taking 8-10 kids under the age of 10 to a pool by yourself is no picnic.

The Pecan is ill.  My great wife took him to Urgent care in Brainerd last night.  He has a double ear infection.  I didn’t even think he HAD double ears, just two single ones.  Who knew?!  He also has a little wheeziness(sp?) in his chest, so he gets the nebulizer again.  Except that the nebulizer is here at home.  My wife is a great adventurer, and decided to wait until DARK to take him, thus getting herself lost.  Luckily, I was home with a fast internet connection and was able to help her on her way.  On a plus side to that, I got to talk to her for quite a while, something that I don’t usually get to do, even when she is home.  So I am thankful for that. I am also thankful that all my children are healthy and that the Pecan will be ok in a few days.

Oh, about those posts from my Seattle trip.  I am still thinking about that, but secretly hoping you will all forget about it.  Here is a synopsis. Train, train, train, flat North Dakota, Montana, Washington.  Seattle (YEA). Rain, rain, rain, rain, rain.  Repreat backward.  That is ‘bout it.  Hope you all enjoyed the trip.

I am home alone, at least for this week.  Everyone else is at Breezy Point, swimming and having a great time.  I have to work, so I stay home. A little break for me too.

My foot is healing, but still not all together better.  Since it is such a nice day today, temp in the upper 50’s and sunny.  I tried to take one last ride on the bike.  I haven’t ridden for almost 3 months.  I went about 2 miles.  I don’t really have the up motion in my left foot back yet, so shifting was hard, and it hurt, so I guess I will have to wait until spring.  I just parked it, but in some gas stabilizer and will take out the battery and cover it for the winter later this week.  I was really hoping that I would get a nice ride in today, but also, it was not meant to be.

Another of my tasks this week is to try to fix the dip in the floor trusses.  I have a couple of jacks set up, and hopefully over the week I can raise it up to level.  I will be nice to not have everything roll off the counters all the time.  Measuring liquids will be much easier also.

Sorry, no updates about my Seattle trip today.  I don’t have the pictures on the computer, and my wife took the laptop on vacation.  It will have to wait.

Have a nice day. That’s all for now.  Off to get some more stuff done around here.

No, I don’t have it, and no one in my family has it either.  But, someone at my work had it, and a few friends at church, so it’s going around and we need to be careful.

I have had quite a few people asking me about getting the flu shot, either myself, or my family.  I honestly don’t think we will be.  More for the reason that I believe that it won’t even be AVAILABLE to us until after the flu season is over.  At my clinic, they have a sign up stating they will not be getting any more flu vaccine ( H1N1 or regular) until the end of November, beginning of December.  That will probably be in a limited number also.  There is a good chance that one of us will have gotten some form of flu by then.  And those of you with kids know, if one gets sick, ALL get sick.  What would be the point of getting the shot then?

I am not against the shot, so please don’t think that.  However, I do feel that the way this entire fiasco has been handled by all involved is a little scary.  I feel that the media, government, health care system has really pounded it out and scared most everyone over something that does not at this time appear to be much worse that the seasonal flu.  What really scares me is that if this really were a health emergency, the government and health care system has proven how ineffective it would be.  This is the same government that wants to take over (or reform, however you want to look at it) the system. 

I am hoping that my family doesn’t get sick.  I am also thankful that should we get sick, we do have good insurance and I will not hesitate to take them to the doctor to get it checked out.

Stay healthy, and God bless you all.

Well, we have been back for a week, so I guess I should post something about the trip I took with the boys to Seattle.  We took the train from Minneapolis to Seattle, stayed there for  a couple of days, and then took the train back. 

We all had a really good time.  The train ride out there was great!  The boys had a really fun time seeing the train, and riding in the observation car.  Sleeping was not a problem.  If the boys were a little older, the sleeperette room we had would not have been large enough, but it worked well for what we needed.  The food on the train was excellent.  I tip my hat to the cooks on Amtrak’s Empire Builder route.

In Seattle we saw the aquarium, the Museum of Flight, Pikes Market, and went to a neighborhood park, and a neat park with a beach on Puget Sound.  We also got lost while driving, stung by a yellow jacket, and had some exciting taxi cab rides.

I will be writing a little about each of these experiences more in depth in the coming posts, but it may take me a while to get that done.

The train ride back as a different experience. I am glad the ride there was such a great one, otherwise I may have had a different opinion of Amtrak.  I know of at least one fellow passenger who will likely not ride the train again. 

Have a great week.

Well, today was the day for health!  The Peanut, Walnut, Almond and I all had dentists appointments today.  The Peanut is in 4th grade this year, which is the same age that I was when I started going to our dentist.  He has worked on 3 generations of Overtooms!  It is a little far to drive, but I am not sure that I would want to go anywhere else.  All the kids had good checkups.  Not so much for me.  One preventative filling today, and I will get another next time.  Arghh!  I hope my kids take better care of their teeth from the start, and never have to have a filling.

I also had my follow-up from my MRI last week.  Torn ligaments.  I will have to wear the boot-cast for another 4 weeks, then likely some therapy.  At least it sounds like surgery is not needed. 

Hope everyone had a great day.