On The Upswing

So, I think we can safely say that we are all finally healthy (knock on wood).  Dad is no longer banished to the guest room to sleep because he has stopped coughing up a lung and he has returned to riding.  I am well rested enough that I am no longer grumpy.  And mom is just happy to have everyone feeling better.

Our week was pretty low keyed but Friday mom and I went to our first ever Girl Scout Cookie Rally.  It was pretty danged awesome- it was a big dance party and my Daisy troop spent the evening busting out our most cool dance moves and getting amped up to sell cookies.  It went until 8 but mom and her two mom volunteers were ready to call it a night at 7:30.

Even though everyone was feeling better, our weekend was kind of lame.  Well, mom and dad's weekend was lame.  Mine kind of rocked.  Dad's team at work is having major issues so he to go into work on Saturday.  Mom and I had a lazy morning and then headed down to the zoo for a few hours. It was another great visit with all kinds of fun animal stuff.  We got to watch the orangutans and gorillas get their afternoon snack, we got to talk to the zoo keepers for the elephants and tapirs.  We learned about how the zoo keepers had to do "mouth to snout" breathing to save a new born tapir, then we got to feed the lorikeets.  That was really cool except there were so many people in there with us that the birds were too full to eat much.  

And then as if our day wasn't exciting enough, we got to see the 7 month old lion cubs.  They were adorable and I could have stayed there all day.

On Sunday, it was mom 's turn to work.  It was a nice, long day of patients and paperwork.  There really isn't a better way to spend a Sunday.
Dad and I made the most of a beautiful day and headed out to the creek behind our house.  We started out by looking for bugs but found a lot of ice instead- which I loved more than bugs.

We wrapped up our week with family movie night and chocolate brownies.  So, it wasn't the most exciting of weeks but we are just happy to be feeling better all around.  I'm sure next weekend will be much better!