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Last week midweek I got a middle of the night wake up call with Sydney who was throwing up. It was violent but short lived and by the next night I was up all night with Hailey. Wednesday I did laundry, lots of it. Thursday rolled around and my niece and nephew joined the party. We headed to the gym. On the elliptical I began feeling sick. At first I tried to chalk it up to something I drank (don’t we always live in denial?). No so. As the day wore on it got worse, much worse. By night I was barely able to tell all 6 kids to go to bed (so they partied in their rooms way too late). Middle of the night Jacob woke throwing up. I took care of him while being plagued myself. Not the most fun I have had. By Friday Jacob was fully recovered and I was feeling better (though slightly nauseous). So the camping trip we had planned stayed planned and we headed out (all 8 of us). I know your saying to yourself, don’t go. I had the voice in my head saying that too.
We arrived and all seemed well. Did I mention I haven’t gone camping in like 10 yrs? I don’t like camping. We discovered shortly into our adventure that one of the two tents was missing pieces so 4 had to sleep in the van we had borrowed. After lots of chatter the twins, Lindsey and I fell asleep in the car. Unfortunately I was awoken later by Lindsey who had the stomach bug. Worst night of my life. Helping her throw up, in the dark, in a car, without anything but garbage bags. Crying all night long.
Add it to my top ten things I will never do again. It was quite a weekend.
The pictures represent what the other kids thought of the trip, it was pure heaven. Hailey, however, discovered a new kind of toilet. She tried to vow to not go to the bathroom once while we were there. If only.
8 comments:
Oh my gosh you have really had it this summer! If I lived closer I would take you out for a girls night!
:)r.
oh, something is going around for sure! you're not the only one affected that I know of! I am staying inside my house since I JUST got over three months of constant nausea! Hope it is over for your household now though. And so sorry it was a horrible camping trip for you and Lindsey...at least the others had a good time, right?
That does not sound like much fun! We went camping last week, our outfits looked much different than yours! No coats and hats. I brought a sheet to put over me and used my sleeping bag as a mat. The boys ran around without shoes and went swimming in the lake. Your kids have on bigger coats in August than my kids wear in January. Made me giggle.
I am so sorry that Lindsey got sick on the camping trip. I wondered if you ended up going. At least it looks like it didn't rain. It looks like a fun camp ground, and the other kids look like they enjoyed it.
OH my.... that is all I can say. You lived to tell the tale. I think I would have cried and had Chris drive us home. LOL
But your kids will think you are AWESOME for taking them camping.
Was it cold camping?? I noticed teh jackets too. We went two weekends ago and it was HOT. We found the weather decent in the shade of the trees.
Uh,, the bathrooms... Jaylin refused to do #2 ( can't blame her ) so the last morning was HORRIBLE. Crying, moaning... long story short, on the way home, we got to a "normal" toilet and all was well.
♥ Oh man everyone getting sick sucks! what a pain! The pictures are great though and camping sounds like a blast!
I have not braved camping with all the kids yet... hmmm maybe I w ill keep waiting!
oh wow, what a weekend! definitely one you'll remember for a long time, sometimes those memories are the funniest to look back on, although i'm sure it was terrible at the time!
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