Saturday
Whatever vicious microbe Ro caught, he has since passed it on to Sherry, who was miserable all week. Last night, it was Mark's turn. Fortunately, he had the quietest evening shift in the ED that he can remember since, well, ever. While there were probably 30 people in the ED at 11pm Thursday, last night there were only a half-dozen. Something to do with the rain pouring down all day, probably. Mark started spiking a fever his last hour at work, and by the time he went to bed he was in full-blown rigors.
Mark spent most of today lying on the couch, covered in as many blankets as he could scrounge up. Sherry, who was finally feeling better, took Ro out to burn off some energy at the nice Playplace at the McDonald's down in Papamoa Beach, giving Mark some much-needed peace and quiet. While there, they stopped at the Papamoa library to get some new books. The library there is much bigger than the one in Mt Maunganui, and they even have a toy library! For a nominal charge, you can rent out some really cool toys for two weeks at a time...longer than most kids' attention spans for a new toy anyway. Today Ro picked out an Imaginext jungle playset, similar to his pirate ship back home (props to grandparents Randy & Martha for that one - Mark enjoys it almost as much as Ro). After playing with his new toy for a solid couple of hours, Ro helped Sherry prepare dinner; he really enjoyed cutting up the string beans with a "big boy knife." So much so, that Sherry had to stop him before the beans became diced and not merely sliced. Thankfully, there were no finger amputations!
Whatever vicious microbe Ro caught, he has since passed it on to Sherry, who was miserable all week. Last night, it was Mark's turn. Fortunately, he had the quietest evening shift in the ED that he can remember since, well, ever. While there were probably 30 people in the ED at 11pm Thursday, last night there were only a half-dozen. Something to do with the rain pouring down all day, probably. Mark started spiking a fever his last hour at work, and by the time he went to bed he was in full-blown rigors.
Mark spent most of today lying on the couch, covered in as many blankets as he could scrounge up. Sherry, who was finally feeling better, took Ro out to burn off some energy at the nice Playplace at the McDonald's down in Papamoa Beach, giving Mark some much-needed peace and quiet. While there, they stopped at the Papamoa library to get some new books. The library there is much bigger than the one in Mt Maunganui, and they even have a toy library! For a nominal charge, you can rent out some really cool toys for two weeks at a time...longer than most kids' attention spans for a new toy anyway. Today Ro picked out an Imaginext jungle playset, similar to his pirate ship back home (props to grandparents Randy & Martha for that one - Mark enjoys it almost as much as Ro). After playing with his new toy for a solid couple of hours, Ro helped Sherry prepare dinner; he really enjoyed cutting up the string beans with a "big boy knife." So much so, that Sherry had to stop him before the beans became diced and not merely sliced. Thankfully, there were no finger amputations!
We soon tired of the jungle sounds on Ro's Gorilla Mountain playset, but he didn't!
Remember, slicing your fingers is considered poor form!
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