One of the major reasons we pushed through last summer and moving into a brand new trailer of terrible workmanship albeit much more counter space, was Levi's asthma and our fear that our old trailer which was truly very very old and decrepit and starting to take on lives of its own . . . was contributing to his difficulties with frequent and prolonged chest infections. Well, this summer on July 23 we all celebrated as the old trailer was moved away, rumbling up the driveway whence it had come rumbling down only 14 years ago. At about this time all the kids became sick and just continued to get sicker.
Granted, it has been a very wonky summer weather-wise and the docs all agree that there is more asthma around because it's so wet and hot and cold and dry and humid. However, all three kids suddenly flaring up and not being able to run for a month or more and having constantly runny noses seems like major allergies to me and that leaves living in the country with trees and horses and flowers and bugs - none of which seems reasonable to give up. Anyway, now after the whole summer of being the sole healthy survivor I am feeling the dreaded furry sore throat and my voice is just about totally gone. Great. I am so sick of sickness I could scream. Except of course I can only kind of croak.
Anyway, that is the major reason for the scarcity of posts this summer. It hasn't been as cheery as I would have liked. Not to say it's been bad. Kids are incredibly resilient and for the most part have been very unaware of exactly how sick they are, only melting down occasionally at bedtime and reading a bit more than I would expect for a typical summer. I have been doggedly working through my various responsibilities and gardening when I can and playing with the horses when I can as well. Seth is now able to take Chess and just go explore the forest. That's great. Bluejay continues to be sadly neglected and I have done very little with Jetta except lots of groundwork to drive home the speed control issues she was having - as in, I control the speed. They are mostly employed cutting the grass which they do exceptionally well.
So, now that I've caught you up on our exciting lives, I will go and attempt to harvest Swiss Chard whilst looking after six kids as our neighbours are dropping theirs off for the afternoon. On a rainy afternoon. I'm thinking the kids' rooms will need the services of Dan's Bobcat by this evening!
