Friday came and Eva woke to an additional slurry of hives covering her head, neck, arms and legs. I took her in to the dr and was told it was probable some bush or pollen she must have brushed by on the bike ride. Very ambiguous and non- replicateable. We left the dr with a prescription for prednisone and a warning that her body may continue to react for seven days and that if her symptoms worsened to ward to the ET. So that was fun. We went home and tended to yard work and other various fall/winter house-prep during which I somehow threw out my back again and can't hardly walk let alone lift anything haha. So that was not awesome. An hour or two later it started hailing and raining like crazy! I went out to help the kids bring in bikes and lawn toys out of the rain and realized the front left tire of my van was almost completely flat😨 yikes! So I hurried and loaded all the kids up and went to the corner store and filled the tire with air then proceeded to drive the 4-5 miles to Walmart in the pouring rain to have it fixed. The roads were so wet everything was closed down to one lane and traffic was horrible- cars were stalling in the middle of the road because their engines were too flooded with water. It took just over an hour for us to get to the typically 10 min away Walmart. I spent the next four hours at Walmart waiting for it to be repaired. By the time they got to the van plus the long drive to the store the tire was not salvageable :( and had to be completely replaced. Luckily though it was Dave's weekend so he came and got the kids after work which relieved them I having to be bored to bear death at Walmart all afternoon.
I got home around 715 pm and Luke was here to pick me up for our date. We went downstairs to check the laundry and the family room was flooded!!! the beautiful new carpet was sopping wet.
With Luke's help we used every towel in the house plus some sheets and blankets to dry up as much excess water as possible then I called around and borrowed about 6 fans which are still going on full blast in hopes that it will dry without needing to be replaced. I was so grateful Luke was there!
Saturday morning I went out to Luke's to help him set up for his BBQ that night. We gathered and moved tables and
Chairs, chopped vegetables,prepared side dishes, then caught and prepped a few horses for the bbq quests to ride. It was such a fun morning! we talked anc laughed and just really enjoyed each other. When the majority of the prep work was done I headed home to clean up and get ready for the BBQ. Driving down the hill from his house I was thinking how much I was beginning to like the tiny city of Inkom... It was precisely at this moment I was pulled over and given a speeding ticket:( I didn't know the speed limit and it's not really posted well so I wasn't going fastbut the cop told me that apparently all the roads in inkom have a doped limit of 25
Unless otherwise posted. So that Wouk have been good to know several minutes prior since I was in the only car in miles and the only cop in the town was desperately in need of something to do. 😾 Boo. $90 ticket- my first this century!!! (Haha haven't been pulled over since high school.)
No big deal I shrugged it off, got showered and enjoyed the BBQ with Luke and friends.
Dave called just prior to the BBQ saying that Eva's face, lips, neck, hands and feet were breaking out in hives now and that she was complaining of an itchy throat too. I called DR and then Dave took her to get a refill of her prednisone. Luckily the medicine worked and we didn't have to take her to the ER but she had a hard night and didn't get much sleep:(
About an hour into the BBQ Tam's baby fell over in a camp chair and hit her face on a lava rock wall:'( they ended up in the ER with 6 six stitches. Poor baby!!!
After most of the quests had left we were cleaning up and talking with the few last stragglers when Mary called and said that Brandon was having a seizure and could Luke come give him a blessing?. Luckily one of Luke's other buddies was still there and offered to come help Luke give the blessing. They gave him a beautiful blessing and gratefully the seizure didn't progress and gradually ended. We spent the rest of the night helping Mary tend to Brandon and watching their baby. I got home around midnight and crashed!
Today I prepared/taught Primary sharing time for Tam which was fun;) Our ward got a new bishopric and Elena wouldn't go to nursery but so far no drama just a wonderful relaxing sabbath! What a tender mercy after a wild few days! So grateful for our many blessings and the people who thy bring with them:) ❤❤❤
