Friday

Abigail and Sam were ill all night - both with fevers and bad headaches. Lloyd sponged Abby down all night with a cool flannel and we gave them advil regularly and they slept off and on and today has been the same pretty much - they aren't too bad when they have had meds and they have kicked in but as soon as the meds wear off they are feverish and miserable and bad heads and sleepy and not well. When the meds are working they are well and happy and playing.

So I had to cancel breakfast with Val and our trip to a splashpark.

Chris moved his movie making venture from here at the house and instead he met 8 of his friends at South Cooking Lake where they filmed a movie all afternoon. I supplied refreshments - endless cans of pop and endless snacks as well as the camera and tripod and 'green screen'. I dropped him there at 11am and stayed chatting to his friends Dad for about an hour then came home. As I left Chris was directing his friends in a movie involving lots of guns and various boys and girls running here there and everywhere by the lake and the picnic ground and parking lot...He phoned at 4pm to say they were still filing and he would be walking home!

It's been a boring lazy day. I haven't done much at all. I haven't been in the mood to do much at all. I am tired from having sick kids when I want to be out and about enjoying summer. I am sad I had to miss breakfast with Val! I am frustrated with the building work outside - or LACK of it which is PISSING ME OFF! I am frustrated with our holiday plans or LACK OF THEM for next week. Our trip to Toronto in April got canceled. Our trip to Vancouver Island in July got canceled and now we can't decide where to go next week and Lloyd can't seem to make a decision and now everywhere I look is booked up and trying to get Lloyd to make a decision is impossible....And everywhere I think about going is BORING because I want to go somewhere fun and interesting and I want an outdoor pool but I can't find anywhere nice with an outdoor pool that has rooms available!

So until I find somewhere I am going to be cranky!

Can anyone recommend somewhere fairly close for a family of 5 (2 adults and 3 kids) for 4 nights with an outdoor pool. And JPL is full :(