Making memories

Well, if I can get everybody well, we are going to head south to Chincoteague Island,
Virginia on Wednesday. Tim still has the remnants of a 2 week old cold he can't shake
and I had to pick Olivia up from school today. Seems the strep she was just treated for
is back just 3 days after finishing the antibiotic. I was at the mall doing some (spoiler
alert) Easter Bunny shopping when I got the call to pick her up. We have missed our
last 2 planned vacations due to the flu and colds and now I am trying like heck not to
let the wheels fall off this one. When I was a kid, I loved horses. Misty of Chincoteague was my favorite
book and I think I still have it floating around here somewhere. We went to Chincoteague
twice and saw the ponies swim across the channel. I remember it as such a nice, small towny
type of place and have wanted to bring Tim and Olivia there for years. I rented the movie of the
book and we watched it after Olivia and I read two of the Misty books from the library. I am
so excited to share this with Olivia, the books and the trip. I am an avid reader and I also love
how having kids is like getting to be one yourself all over again. I want to make some memories
with Olivia like I have from travelling the country with my family. It won't be long at all until
she would rather be with her "peeps" than go travelling with her parents so there's no time
like the present. We have not given in to the temptation of getting her a puppy so we are free
to come and go as we please. Tim's business is no where's near as slow as most of the wood flooring guys around here, but it is off a little so that may help us this summer. Normally,
summer is the busiest time of year for him which stinks as that's when Liv is off school and Tim
is a beach bum kinda guy so he hates being so booked all summer. This year, we are just planning our vacations and the work will have to fit in around them instead of the other way
around. I'm excited. I'm trying to stay on top of all my paperwork this year so I can go away
with no worries of what's waiting at home for me. Well, back to playing nurse here. I actually
had one of Tim's nurses try to convince me to become one. I've been mistaken for one about 30 times in the last 2 years. I could not do that for a living. I have all the respect in the world for those that do, or I should say -do it well. I am just too much of an empathizer. It would tear me
apart every day. The "nursing" I do is out of necessity, not choice. I do it cuz I gotta. Well onto
Easter. Spring has sprung in Jersey. That means crocuses, daffodils and freekin' rain. We actually had snow flurries yesterday. Someone's idea of a joke, no doubt.