Obviously we've gotten a little behind in blog updates. It's hard to stay on top of them without internet access. I'm at the McDonald's in Kimball 10 miles from our property taking advantage of the free wi-fi.
So after a three-night stay in Kansas City - thanks Aunt Ruth and Uncle Brian! - (Dad had a bit of an incident between the trailer and a guardrail, so Lance decided it would be best to reload the trailer to change the weight distribution which was no small undertaking) and another stop at a skeezy motel just across the TN border, we finally made it to our property the afternoon of Saturday the 22nd. Our first weekend was amazing - the kids had so much fun exploring and investigating all the new-to-us flora and fauna (especially loved were the lizards and baby turtles). We did end up getting a 10x16 tent so that we wouldn't have to worry about "commute time" to the property or having our stuff spread out at various locations. Visited the Jasper Church of the Nazarene on Sunday, where a few of our neighbors go, and were warmly welcomed there. At some point in time on Monday, my body decided to succumb to one of the most violent and long-lasting stomach flues I've ever had the pleasure of acquiring. Most of Tuesday through Friday I spent in miserable delirium while poor Dan, Lance, and Anna were left to tend to our Cretans and trying to get some excavating done as well. During my plague, our friends from the Nazarene and Presbyterian churches were generous enough to provide several meals, laundry services, and even a hotel room on my worst night, which was wonderful. My system is still not quite back to normal, but thankfully the fever and pain finally let up. Now we all seem to have come down with a hacking cough, so all night the tent sounds like a TB ward. We had unbelievably gorgeous weather for the first week but experienced our first taste of fall monsoon this weekend. The rain didn't stop, for probably 40 hours it just rained. Looks like we should have several nice days in a row now, but I don't know if that mud will ever dry out. I have a bunch of pictures to add. I'll run to the van to see if I can find what I need to upload them...
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Pete and Susie
10/3/2012 08:41:13 am
Susie sez maybe dysentery rather than flu ??
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Michelle
10/6/2012 05:40:45 am
Hi, Lyss. Today was the first Kids' Jam where you guys weren't there:-( Anyway, thought I would check up on you, which I will continue to do from time to time. Glad to hear you are recovering from the stomach thing and hope your coughs get better quickly.
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Pete/Susie - I'm really not sure. Whatever it is, it still hasn't cleared up completely. Our drinking water has been from neighbor's well, which flooded and acquired a sulfuric taste, so we've been running that through our ceramic filter and it comes out tasting pretty decent. Our coughs were still harsh enough that we had to miss the Shady Grove singing, which left me feeling awfully depressed (Lance said, "Wouldn't you feel worse if you gave some little old lady the respiratory infection that led to her demise?" to which I think I grumbled an insincere "I guess").
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Ruth
10/16/2012 02:05:46 pm
Glad to hear you are feeling better. I think about you guys alot, especially every time it rains. I will feel better when I see you have a permanent roof and walls! Give those kidos a squeeze for me.
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