Monday, Monday... (if Hannah is happy, everyone is happy)

Day 19 (July 19) - On day 18 when I went out for a run I experienced some tingling and numbness in my feet. I don't know what that means medically, but personally it means I didn't run this morning. I successfully got Hannah, Oliver, Quint, & Abe to VBS. Oh how sweet it is to get teenagers out of the house for extended periods of time (longer than an hour or two). Hannah complained the whole way with a big grin on her face. If you know anything about Hannah, you would know that a smile is rare. Surely this day was not going to be the usual torture that I put her through. When I picked them up she laughed as she told me about the annoying kids in her group.... she loved it! I loved seeing her smile & laugh.

During the night I thought Harry was going to barf up his inner organs. He spent the night and all day throwing up without eating anything. I've never been sick to my stomach that long. Needless to say having him home is not the picnic I was hoping for.

Hannah & I had a lovely afternoon of Walmart shopping, laughing & talking. I love having her all to myself. We bought lots of yum yums... blueberries, cherries, avocados (for guacamole), & chocolate... our favorite! Then we decided it would be yummy to get some ice cream from the freezer case at the dollar store... We came back out to my (very hot) car to find it would not start. Ahhhhhhhh! I hate that! I asked a man to jump start my car and he suggested I go into the Auto Zone and have them look at it. Wow, the guy in there was great! He checked my battery and said it had a full strong charge. It was my connections. Well, I just had a new battery put in a month ago so I would have been a bit angry if it was the battery. I was a bothered by the fact that my connections were bad. They should have checked that when they put in the new battery.

We made it home in plenty of time to get dinner ready for the kids (since Harry isn't eating today... can he count this as fasting?). I was going out to dinner with a group of woman in the seminary community. We went to Stevarino's in South Pittsburg. None of us had been there so it was quite a risk. The food was great! and the conversation and company was even better! I brought home a couple of cannolis to share with the kids (since Harry is still fasting). There is NOTHING better than a good cannoli. Ahhhh, childhood memories. I used to make them with my mom. A great end to a great day.