And Then There Were Two

Two healthy people, that is.

Ethan woke up a sickie, leaving Loren and myself to await our fate.

But thankfully, Kendra was feeling better by yesterday, able to pack up the blue Toyota and head for Indiana, this morning.

She arrived safely, so now we have two out of three collegiates back to their campuses. Derek will return to LeTourneau after Christmas.

And speaking of Derek, I'll have some more news on him, Monday night, so stayed tuned.

As to today, a fair amount was accomplished.

My second day of doing all the dishes, but it actually works better, since I don't have to do "make up" dishes that the younger crew can't handle. That simply means that even though I have to do all the dishes while everyone's sick, I don't spend a lot of time, each time.

Also washed and folded six loads of laundry; three for myself and three for Ethan, who as I may have mentioned, is ailing.

Then I took the two youngest over to the local park, where I'd agreed to take care of some perennial borders. I figured they could clear out their sinuses in the fresh air, while I worked.

They tired of that before I'd finished, and began imploring me to quit and go because, "We'll never make it without stopping for a drink on the way home!"

I staved them off with promises of chocolate milk, at the house. But they were absolutely whipped. After a while, Nolan just went and sat in the car instead of playing.

And you should have seen Trevor this evening! He'd fallen asleep on the couch while I was rushing to clean three bathrooms (that's another thing I felt compelled to do for the sickies, though I wasn't terribly thorough).

But getting back to Trevor, after much coaxing and prodding whilst I was pretending to clean, I discovered him standing by the stairway, leaning against the door, apparently snoozing in the upright position.

First I thought he was kidding around, but it became obvious that he was only semi-awake. Had to enlist a sick brother to get his jams for him, because walking up the stairs looked pretty dangerous in his condition. I ended up carrying him to bathroom and then bed. The kid was seriously impaired, mobility-wise.

Naturally, he came down an hour later because he "couldn't sleep." Gave him more Benadryl and took him back to dreamland.

Speaking of which....
 

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