It has been awhile since I have posted... but with good reason(s). I returned from a week long business trip to Pittsburgh on July 14th and life just got crazy from there. I was really sick for a couple of days, was diagnosed with walking pneumonia, and then my dad came for a visit. I never got a chance to post about that visit because four days after his departure we got the news that my eldest sister had passed away unexpectedly on July 31st. The next week was a blur of family phone calls and taking a crash course on dealing with the practicalities of death. Kim and her family came into town, as planned, on August 4th and somehow we managed to fit in a whirlwind visit of activities- floating the Boise River, a day at Roaring Springs Water Park, and a day on our boat- while continuing to make sense of Kerri’s death. Emotionally and physically we were all pretty beat up. Optimist football started right after my sister left and we had two weeks of 100 plus smoke-filled heat with 1.5 hour football practices five days a week. My incessant cough continued and was classified as Whooping Cough. We did our back to school shopping, dropped off supplies at school, and got ready for Brian’s family reunion at Lake Shasta. We left for that trip on August 17th. Whew. It’s been a wild ride.
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