6/22

Well, Brittney goes home on Monday so I think things will calm down a little then. In the meantime, we have Paramount King’s Island this weekend. We have been meaning to go, but have just never made it. I hope its fun. I imagine the kids will be happy either way. It’s the adults in the crowd who will need a break! I figure I will be going on a fair amount of the rides too. I actually really enjoy riding roller coasters and stuff, so it won’t be a burden.
We can chalk up two more ER visits this week. Mercedes woke up in the middle of the night on Monday and I took her in. I thought it was an asthma attack, but the doctor said it is Croup. She’s continuing to have problems, but we have not taken her back in. The doctor said we should if she had any more attacks, but it hasn’t seemed necessary. It’s just hard on us. The second ER visit was for Derek. He was having more problems with his back so he went in and they gave him Vicodin and Valium. They also think he has pneumonia, so he’s on anti-biotics.
Mason has another ear infection as well, so he’s also on anti-biotics. He’s not too happy about it, but if it will get rid of whatever is going on, I don’t care. This is the third one in a short period of time so it’s getting to be a real pain in the behind. He gets high fevers and is fussy and lethargic which really bothers us. He’s a lot more fun when he feels good.
Alexis and Brittney seem to be healthy which is a blessing. They have been helping me out by folding clothes and giving Derek a hand around the house. We got swim passes for them, but they haven’t used them yet so I hope they get to use them soon. If nothing else, maybe they can go to the pool on Saturday and get out of my hair : )
The girls asked for coloring books this week, so went to the store last night and picked some up. Then we spent an hour or two coloring last night. We even had the TV turned off if you can believe that. I think we all enjoyed ourselves, though I didn’t ask. It was something new for us though. The night before we had the TV off and were playing board games. Mercedes won, of course. I won’t say she cheats, but I think we are more lenient with her. I think a game of UNO is in order.
There have been a lot of deployment opportunities coming down, but I have not volunteered for any. I have been tempted though. My Major’s board is next year and it would not hurt to have a deployment under my belt before then, but Derek doesn’t think it would be a good idea. He’s on his last year of school, so me being gone right now would cause him a lot of problems. I could still go in January 2007, though, and that’s without volunteering. In some ways, I would just like a change of pace. Deployments remind me of why I am in the Air Force.