the last few days

Wednesday:

Thirsday:

Friday:

All the bunk bed pieces arrived so we finally got to get the girls set up.

These boxes each held a full twin sized bed. At first I was skeptical. Then I remembered traumatic Jack in the box childhood memories. In the end, it wasn't so bad. They'd vacuum sealed the mattresses and rolled them up tight. The springs sounded somewhat like popcorn kernels when the plastic was cut.

Yonah assembled the bottom bunk almost entirely by himself.

We had to rearrange the room to make the bed fit, and there's a lot less floor space to play on... But the girls are happy with their new bed. Arabelle says she really feels like Rapunzel now.

Saturday:

This picture basically sums Lila up. I love her guts.

Tonight everyone is celebrating Lula's life, so there will undoubtedly be more pictures for today.

recovery

I have been horribly, awfully sick this week, so I have a little catching up to do. The thing started on Tuesday, continued through Wednesday, cleared up just enough to get back to work Thursday, and got so bad again today that I had to go home early.

I'm hoping to use the weekend to swing myself back into good health.

Here are the stand-out moments (when I was alert enough to remember pictures):

It's been ages since the arena was this rideable. A pity I was too sick to take advantage of that window of opportunity. It's been raining almost constantly ever since.

Soup for my sick self, and an apple for Shuga's Valentine.

Rain does not sit well with my sick body, I learned today. It's a lesson I won't hurry to forget.

My constant companion, bodyguard, and shadow. If Shuga was smaller, she'd be curled up on the other side of me. Both of them get a bit protective when they sense something's wrong.