Wow, it is too hot! We have spent this week muddling through as much work as we can for school but mostly we just lay about and read books in this heat.
Aaron is still stuggling through with his times tables and Abi is rebelling against her Church books this week. All the more reason she needs it in my opinion.
On top of the usual spelling and boatschool that we do we have been taking care of Justin who has cat scratch fever. It is more than just a song. It is an awful bacterial illness. Most people have a bit of a headache and low fever with it for a few days and then swollen lymph nodes for a few months. It would seem that Justin is not "most" people. He is the 1-5% that have a severe reaction. He got some antibiotics from the doctor which are helping finally but is still full of fever and ache. Thankfully his fever broke after more than a week. I was so worried as he was often spiking up to the 104 mark and higher. Now he is back down to around 100 on average, keeping it below 103 with Tylenol. He is an awful patient. Not nearly as compliant as the kids. Bless him, he feels rotten. I have never seen him look so poorly. His lymph nodes in his right armpit and rt inner elbow (it was his right hand that was bitten by a kitten) are extremely swollen and sore. It didn't help when the nurse put a blood pressure cuff on that arm and squeezed it. He also has an inner ear infection which is completely unrelated that we are supposed to be putting antibiotic drops in 3 to 4 times a day. Well, we did that once. He swears I put too much in and now can't face it again.
I think he is on the mend but apparently it will be 4 to 6 months before his lymph nodes are back to normal. Poor man. The kids were quite sweet helping with fresh cold cloths for Daddy when his fever was so high.
I am supposed to be confirmed in the Church end of October. I am really excited about it. The process of becoming Catholic has been really great. You don't just "join up" - they have a Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA) that is quite involved. There's much delving into the scripture and much discussion. I have thoroughly enjoyed it. There are many things that I was completely wrong about regarding Catholic beliefs. I had no idea that most of my beliefs were Catholic, so for me it really sort of a coming home. We have met some wonderful new friends at the church and it certainly makes living here much nicer! Typical as we are nearly ready to go.
We got the corian countertops we ordered for Yebo today. They are blueish. Looking forward to moving aboard soon!
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