hotel night + sick days

last monday night ashford was complaining of a sore throat/ears, but he did not have a fever. he also woke up in the night complaining of discomfort. 

so we let him sleep in on tuesday and told school he was staying home sick. when he woke up he said he felt fine. and he really was...still no fever and his throat no longer hurt. but i wasn't about to send him after telling school he was sick. so he enjoyed a bonus day at home. ;) 

wednesday was back to business as usual. ashford went to school, arlo came over after school and i took the kids to 7-11 for a treat. the karate studio was closed last week, so we didn't have that. 

thursday i had lunch with vanessa at 'kiss cafe'. when i picked up ashford from school, there was a beautiful rainbow. 

in the evening i had a pta meeting at school. this month has felt so tedious that i was thrilled to have somewhere to be after dark. haha! 

on saturday i was supposed to have a mom sleepover at my friend erica's with three other friends. but heather cancelled because her husband has covid and then erica ended up cancelling because she was sick. the other three of us didn't wanna give up this night that had been on the calendar for almost 2 months. so vanessa found a cheap (but still nice) hotel room for meredith, me, and her in south lake union. when we checked in, they upgraded us to a lake-view suite, which was awesome. we decided to have a cozy night in, so we brought a bunch of food and drinks and put our pajamas on before 5pm and chatted all night. haha! 

sunday morning we had breakfast and hung out in the room until check out at noon. i forgot to take any pictures of us, but it was so nice to have that time with them. back home, the rest of my family was under the weather over the weekend, which is a bummer. azalea had a stomach ache for a few days, ashford developed a gross cough, thatcher wasn't feeling good either. 

both kids are staying home today (azalea's stomach got better, but now has a sore throat). hopefully everyone will be on the mend soon and i won't get it! and january is finally coming to a close - whew!