Travel Meltdown

Well, Monday arrived with Sam throwing up first thing in the morning, right before we were about to board a bus that would take us to the airport, but first make all.the.stops along the way meaning we were on the bus for 90 minutes before arriving and having to trek through the airport to check our bags, get through security and to our gate, all the while hoping that our child would not throw up again or pass out from exhaustion since she hadn't eaten anything that had stayed in her system all morning. We managed to get her to drink some gatorade and eat some chips before boarding the plane, and thankfully there was no throw-up en-route, which is more than the cousins can say apparently... Gah!😖😩

We thought we were in the clear as we boarded the bus back to the car and hadn't had any further issues, but apparently that was just a false sense of security because after 1 minute in the car, the barfing began again...

...so yes, that is our child, sitting in a folding chair next to some sort of concrete retaining wall at the edge of some sort of industrial area... with a bag of throw-up behind her. 😱

We got her cooled down and back in the car after a bit, where thankfully she slept the whole way home, but Ryan and I were exhausted from being on high alert all day long. Talk about stressful traveling!

She perked up enough after her nap to eat some rice and chicken for dinner and then it was off to sleep.

I was fairly worn out myself so went to bed not too long after she did, but I did set my alarm to get up to run on Tuesday morning. I had gone to bed early enough that waking up at 4:00 am wasn't so bad and I was out the door a minute before 5:00. It was already fairly light and I enjoyed a beautiful morning glow over the Heath, complete with two deer seen out in amongst the grass/moss tussocks. So pretty! Two others bounded away a bit later.

It was so nice to be out in the woods on trails and not trapped in the concrete jungle! I always love my home trails but it was extra sweet this morning to be out enjoying them💗 Things are looking a bit more spring-like but many of the flowers I would normally be seeing at this time of year are not out yet. Still, saw some good patches of bluets, violets, goldthread, hobblebush and trailing arbutus with the bluebead lily leaves beginning to make an appearance, and the river was still roaring from the spring rains and run-off. Beautiful as always.

Although the running log reads only 17 miles for last week, it does not tell the whole story as the past 6 days have been anything but restful recovery, and my legs were most definitely reminding me of that on the run 😂 Still, a lovely morning to be out and a good way to kick off the start of the rest of the week at home! (7.0 miles)

We let Sam sleep in a bit and rest seemed to help as she was fairly energetic when she woke up, so since she was able to eat and seemed well enough, if tired, we sent her off to school. Are we good parents or what?! She came home seemingly feeling pretty well, but cleared exhausted and was in bed by 7:30 pm. Hopefully it was just some sort of exhaustion or a quick bug!! And neither Ryan or I have felt any effects so that is one positive at least...