Weekend Update

Well, friends, after a long couple of weeks of celebrating all the fun things, the party came to a crashing stop at approximately midnight Friday night when William George succumbed to a stomach virus.  Everyone is forbidden from mentioning that he was probably infected at his graduation because I know him very well, and he would flat-out refuse to attend another graduation for the rest of his life.

We spent Friday and Saturday trying to make George feel better in between bouts of illness. We watched movies, took naps and the whole family catered to all things George. Grace and I reminisced about her stint with a stomach bug and how I held her and rubbed her head for two days straight. Fortunately, these things tend to happen on the weekend so we had plenty of time to just... stop.

By Sunday George was feeling better so the trio had a visit with Gran and Poppa while Skip and I (yes, ok, mostly Skip) finished the deck-staining project. The second coat is complete! It looks so much better, and we are glad to put this project to rest. There were moments yesterday when I was badgering myself over the choice of wood versus Trex decking. We do not want to stain anything ever again... until it is needed again in a few years.

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After

One thing that caught our eye over the weekend was a Tom Petty documentary that has found new life on Netflix. We missed the original release in 2007, probably because we had one year old twins and did not have the four hours necessary to view the film in its entirety. I have had Petty: the Biography on my reading list for a few months now, but the documentary captures something that the book cannot: home video footage. The band has so much home footage, capturing their early days, first concerts and the travels to secure a record deal. Their footage is like the earliest precursor to a reality show.

If you missed it, too, check it out. Here's the trailer:


We only watched a portion of the film because George said the music made him sick. If you know George and his love for music, you know how sick he must have been. Currently, George is feeling much better today. He clarified that he was 67% better on Saturday, 81% better on Sunday and 100% today. (I'm not sure where he learned about percentages.) He is relishing his first day of summer break by asking me to "set him up" on the sofa with his favorite blanket, a drink and some goldfish. After the weekend he had, I obliged and joined him in his Scooby Doo mini marathon.

Have a fantastic week!