Reflections on January....

January has gone by so fast. So far we have had a very mild winter. Which is rather nice, but on the other hand it would have been nice to have some snow.

Last week our baby girl was out of school due to strep throat. She started off last sunday stuffed up and running a low grade fever. By early evening we were making the trip up to the emergency room due to the fact her temps were running high and she was sounding more and more congested. By thursday she seemed better. Enough so that we took her to school but apparently did not have a good day. So friday we kept her home from the field trip. As fridays her class goes on field trips. I made a call to our pediatricians office thursday afternoon, and after telling the receptionist that we had been in the ER beginning of the week, she preceeds to tell me that the earliest appt would be Feb 16th. Seriously? Did you not hear my say we were in the emergency room? And we have to wait two weeks for a sick appointment? So needless to say, we are looking at getting a new pediatrician.
It was back to school this week and so far baby girl is having a good week. Although the rear axle seal on our van went, spewing grease and oil over the rear brakes. So now our lift van is in the shop with hopes of getting it back on thursday morning.
One of the field trips baby girl's class did was to Three Bears General Store to go see the black bears they have there. The kids had fun feeding the bears apple chunks and grapes.
Well those were pretty much the highlights of January. Here's to hoping that February is a good month!