Boo on California!

So, I have finally decided to post about my not so fun trip to California we took in October. Justin worked in San Bernardino the first two weeks of October so we decided to join him the 3rd week of his 4 week stint there.

We packed up and headed out on Saturday, October 16. We stopped at Timmy's soccer game first and then headed to Bountiful for a baby shower for a friend of ours. While there, Allison threw up all over Justin (luckily on linoleum floor) and we cleaned up and quickly left with a bucket for her to throw up in if she needed in the car. She also had a slight fever.

Well, she never threw up again and was feeling better by that evening when we got to Las Vegas so we took the kids to the M&M factory and had a fun time.

We woke up early Sunday and drove the rest of the way to California and checked into our extended stay hotel. It was soooo nice! A front room with complete kitchen, couch, TV, and fireplace. To the left was our own room with bathroom, and to the right was the kids room with their own bathroom also. Justin had to go to work so the kids and I went on a walk and then went to dinner with Justin. We then watched Sister Wives all evening.

On Monday it was rainy and overcast so I just took the kids to Toys R Us to look at toys and browse. Then we went to Walmart and got some groceries so we didn't eat out the whole time.

On Tuesday we were supposed to go to Sea World but it was still really rainy and cold so we decided to hold off one more day. I took the kids to a bounce house and they had fun but Allison was starting to feel more sick by the time we left. She felt a little warm but I wasn't too concerned so we just spent the afternoon at our hotel and ventured out to Walmart to buy umbrellas so we could go to Sea World on Wednesday.

On Wed. at 2 AM Allison woke up crying because her throat was hurting so bad, she couldn't talk and was burning up. I drove to CVS pharmacy and bought her a humidifier, ibuprofen, a thermometer, and sore throat suckers and left $50 poorer. The front desk didn't know if Walmart was open 24 hours so I just decided to go somewhere that was. Allison got comfortable with some Tylenol I had and went back to bed. In the morning she was still really sick and her fever was 104. I gave her ibuprofen and took her to the doctor because she had been feverish on and off since Saturday. They couldn't find anything wrong except a bad cold but put her on antibiotics because of her constant fevers although I don't think they helped at all. The ibuprofen worked wonders though because she felt much better once she took it.

At lunch on Wed. I ate at In-n-Out Burger and came home with a really bad stomach ache. I ate a hamburger and fries and the kids just had some fries and a sandwich made at the hotel. I developed the worst stomach ache and finally just let myself throw up around 5 PM and couldn't stop until 2:30 AM! We went to Denny's to get some dinner and I just stayed in the car while Justin ordered take out (soup for me) and I had to throw up in the bushes. Oh lovely! We went back to the hotel and I just laid in bed all night barely moving or I would throw up. I couldn't keep a single thing down until after midnight when I could keep water down. I tried to eat some bread at 2:30 AM but it came right back up after 2 bites.

I finally got some sleep and woke up Thursday feeling terribly drained and sore but a little better. I ate 1 banana all morning and was going to eat my Denny's soup for lunch just to find that Allison had tried to get her milk out of the fridge and spilled my soup all over. I called Justin to buy me some more soup and bring it back since it was the only thing that I felt like eating. He said he would go to Panera Bread and get me some and it sounded soooo good! Then he called to say they were sold out and I broke down and started crying. He had to go back to Denny's and get me more soup which I didn't really want and threw up the night before but at least I could stomach it. Poor Justin having to do so many things for us on this trip! We joined the hotel for a spaghetti dinner that night and I ate just a little and was able to keep it down.

On Friday I was supposed to go to Disneyland with my Mom and then drive home with her so Justin could stay and work the next week. Well, we were not feeling so hot and I was still so drained that Justin decided to take a half day and just drive home with us. Just as we were packed and ready to leave, we noticed ants all over our van! Could this trip get any worse? We told the hotel we needed to know where we could vacuum out our car and they brought out a shop vac for us to use. We drove to St. George with an occasional ant crawling on us or around us. We ate at Cracker Barrel and I didn't like my dinner so Justin was so sweet and went to Walmart and got me some cereal and milk to have instead.

We woke up on Saturday and drove the rest of the way without incident although it took until Monday morning for me to really feel back to normal.

Because Justin was home he decided to just work from Utah the next week. So the trip was really crappy but at least I had my husband home for a week before he had to go to Virginia the first week of November.

Hopefully when we take the kids next year we'll have a much better time. We are now 3 for 3 of our last vacations with sick kids, good grief! I think I'm vacationed out!