Dog Days of Summer

I understand that the pretty much everywhere in the US it is summer and hot. Today it feels like 107 F. We have been told that August is the worst, so we are about to enter the toughest spot. I guess if Wikipedia has the correct history, we are to blame, Sirius, also called the Dog Star, ancient Romans thought, he was somehow responsible for the hot weather (another rare time a degree or minor in Classics would come in handy).

For the last two weeks, one member of our family has been sick for a couple days here and there. Max started it, fever, chills, etc. Then Henry caught and vomited at daycare and had a fever and stuff. Then four days later, I actually was sick with a sore throat and fever. I recovered in time to take care of Henry in all night fuss session-I think he had a sore throat. I think we have all finally returned to a near healthy state. Thanks to vitamin C via Tropicana OJ with Lots of Pulp (that right we pass up no pulp and some pulp and go out of our way to have lots of it.)

Next week is Henry's second birthday. We were going to make train cupcakes to take to daycare but have to take "store bought" ones...so we may just make up a few train cupcakes for our house birthday party. I think I will use DimDim for the family that want to watch and sing...details will follow in an email.

I had a couple of failure runs this past weekend in the heat at our favorite outdoor spot-Kiesel Park. I joined the Auburn Fitness Club for Women yesterday-which offers a number of benefits. Running in a environmentally control room, yoga classes, people, an excuse to watch General Hospital (surprising- I do not know what is going on...too many new faces, babies that are now teenagers, and the old Lucky is back...etc).

If you are friends with us on FB you may be aware that we are not going to live out our lives in Alabama. But we are going to try to start exploring more (by way of increasing our carbon foot print of course) once Sirius has let up on the heat...