Sickies

Well, we're a bunch of sickies here in the Williamson household. Eric's got some type of bronchitis which they don't believe is contagious, but has been running him down for over a week. And Noah got a fever today at daycare. So far I'm staying healthy, but I'm just expecting something will be coming my way pretty soon. I've been trying to wash my hands as much as possible an sanitize the surfaces in our house, but catching something is probably inevitable.

Despite not feeling great, Eric was a trooper this weekend and spent an hour walking around the Walker Sculpture Garden. We had fun as I reminisced about Versailles and how the hedges separating parts of the garden reminded me of France. Eric and I both acknowledged that we miss Europe and would love the opportunity to spend another long-term temporary assignment over there for work. Of course, if I were to go there for 3 months again, Eric would quit his job so that he could stay home with Noah. But we're probably dreaming. I haven't heard of any opportunities on the horizon.

Here are a few photos from our weekend adventure.

State Fair

Last year I was out of the country during the Minnesota State Fair so there was no way I was going to miss out this year. We headed out to the State Fair on the Saturday before Labor Day. The weather was beautiful. It was sunny and in the 70's... perfect State Fair weather (particularly for a pregnant lady). We took the free park and ride bus from a church near to our house and arrived at the fair at about 9:30. After having a few breakfast snacks, we joined up with some of Eric's fraternity buddies and their significant others. In traditional State Fair fashion, we walked from booth to booth perusing the food options and stopping when something sounded, or smelled, irresistible. Eric and I treated ourselves to frozen pineapple on a stick, a milkshake at the dairy barn, cheese curds, a turkey leg and four or five bottles of water. In addition, Eric had his traditional pronto pup and was kind enough to share some of his "pronto" breading with me since the pup gives me migraines and I have to stay away from them. We made it all the way to about 4:00 before I was too exhausted to enjoy the fair any further and we headed home. We had only one regret and that was not stopping at the lemonade stand before walking out to catch the park and ride bus. Ahhh... well, that just leaves something for us to look forward to at the fair next year.