Well, this Thanksgiving weekend didn't go quite as planned, but it's not necessarily a bad thing. It all started when I picked Lizzy up at daycare on Tuesday night. The poor thing had a fever and sounded like a barking seal. The saddest part was that, every time she coughed, she would cry and she just looked so pitiful, so I took her to the doctor. They confirmed that she had croup and didn't like the way she was breathing, so we had to put her on breathing treatments. We were supposed to go to Midland the next day, but since Polly hasn't been feeling well (for almost a year now) we couldn't take Lizzy there and expose Polly to anything because she is very susceptible right now and we had to be careful. So, that threw our plans completely out of whack.
I ended up staying home from work on Wednesday to take care of Lizzy. So, the positive side to that is that I got an even extra long weekend and I was able to clean the house and do the laundry...none of which would have gotten done had I gone to work (I can only imagine how clean and organized my house would be if I didn't work...). But that night some friends were getting together and even an old friend, Beth was flying in from California and I was going to have to miss out on the gathering because we were going to be in Midland. So, I was excited that I was able to get together with the girls. I even took my heartbroken Sydney with me...she was so sad and cried the whole day because she couldn't go to Midland to see Tyler...sure, she likes her other cousins too...but she LOVES Tyler. It was nice for her to at least go somewhere!
Fortunately, Jill came to the rescue on Thursday and met Jason half way so that we could get Sydney to Midland and put a smile back on her face. She was ridiculously excited to go. I was a little sad not to have her home for Thanksgiving, but she was doing what she wanted to do. By Thurday night, Lizzy didn't have a fever, but just a little cough so we went to my mom's new boyfriend's house for Thanksgiving. His name is Ira, but Lizzy refuses to call him by his name. She calls him "guy". She even says it to his face..."hi guy". It was kind of last second...but at least we still got a nice meal!!
The rest of the weekend revolved around my old college roomate, Angela's wedding. I was standing up in the wedding, so we had to go for sure and I still had Lizzy on my hands. She was supposed to be in Midland with Sydney while we were in Mount Pleasant for the wedding. Fortunately, Jason's cousin Kim came to the rescue and offered to watch Lizzy for us. It was the most convenient option since she lived in Midland as well, so both of my kids were at least in the same city!
The wedding weekend was a ton of fun. Since the wedding was in Mount Pleasant, there was no way that I wasn't going to hit up the casino...and that's exactly what we did after the rehearsal dinner! I can't say we won, but we didn't lose big. I lasted a pretty long time at the blackjack table, since I wasn't so lucky with craps. While I was playing, Jason managed to keep himself busy at casino bar...supposedly they have really cheap drinks! Don't worry...I drove home! The next day we partied until the DJ stopped playing. It's nice when the party is also at the hotel you're staying at! It was also nice because we (well, more like Jason) was pretty whipped after the 3 hour party bus and then the reception! We don't get to have fun like this very often, so we definitley enjoyed ourselves! And the best part is that Angela married a great guy...make that an excellent guy, because he's also a fellow Spartan!!
So, even though are long weekend started out a little rocky, we were able to make the best of the situation (with the help of Jill and Kim) and it ended up to be quite nice. Lizzy now has a favorite babysitter for the next time we go out of town. I'm pretty sure Lizzy cried for a good hour and a half because she didn't want to come home! She must have been spoiled!
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