Monday, October 27, 2008

Tired of making lemonade...

It's been kind of a long year. Life keeps throwing lemons at us and we just keep trying to churn out the highest quality lemonade that we can muster. Normally we would have taken a couple vacations by this time of year. The baby was certainly goning to slow that pace, but we have pretty much been stuck in Ann Arbor... so we decided to take a short weekender to the left side of the mitten.

We rented a tiny little cottage in Saugatuck and just wanted to spend the weekend meandering, sleeping, and hanging out. It was slated to rain all weekend but we didn't care. We got there Friday night, dropped our bags, and headed out to get some grub. We had a good time, as did Alex (banging a spoon on a table at a busy restaurant is more fun than you can imagine!). Two hours later I was in the bathroom... sick, sick, sick.

I thought for sure I had food poisoning. I cursed the Wild Dog Grille and the damnable Manhattan Clam Chowder. It was a long night.

Saturday dawned cold and wet, and we managed to go out to breakfast. I didn't feel great but we were determined to enjoy the trip. We walked around a bit, we napped, we watch some football, we got some pizza. I felt crappy but we had fun. Two hours later Michele was in the bathroom... sick, sick, sick.

I was wrong about the food poisoning. I apologized to the Wild Dog Grille and the delectable Manhattan Clam Chowder. It was a long night.

We got up early and headed home. White rice, white bread, chicken soup. Thankfully the Lion's were blacked out... I don't think my stomach could have taken it. We are both still a bit out of sorts, but Alex seems fine.

Lemonade anyone?

4 comments:

Tammi and Family said...

So sorry your trip had to be taken over by sickness. Everyone in our family, except Scott, has had it also. Keito is out of school today with it. But hopefully for you guys it is over and Alex doesn't get it. It sucks!!! Love you.

Jen Marr said...
This comment has been removed by the author.
Jen Marr said...

Ugh....that bug is the worst. You guys are amazing for hanging in there. Thinking of you!

Jana, Mark, Megan and Joey said...

I hope getting out of Ann Arbor was still worth it. Sorry to hear about the big people being sick, but at least the little one was healthy and capable of banging a spoon. Hope the bug goes away soon.