I surprised Jennifer and the kids with a Christmas Vacation - to Hawaii. Jennifer and Katie had the idea to get "Christmas Vacation" t-shirts (featuring Chevy Chase) for all of us to wear. Was that an omen?
On Sunday before we were to leave on Wednesday, I almost passed out during the time of commitment at the end of our Christmas worship experience. Daniel had to drive me home. I spent Sunday and Monday in a dark room...I didn't even watch TV...you know I was sick! As I started doing some things on Tuesday (still feeling pretty rough) to wrap up the year, prepare for Christmas Eve and for our departure, I learned my Aunt Catherine had passed away and I would be doing her funeral on Wednesday in Moreland, KY.
I stayed up late getting ready for Christmas Eve and the funeral. When I awoke on Wednesday morning, Jennifer said she'd been awake almost all night and within minutes her condition worsened! I had given her the bug! She was in bed all day Wednesday while Daniel travelled to Moreland in the driving rain to do the funeral. She also stayed in bed while the kids and I went to Journey for Christmas Eve worship. What were we going to do; we had to leave on our trip in 12 hours.
Long story short. Jennifer took her medicine and set off for the airport with us bright and early Christmas morning. She was still a pretty sick puppy!
The one bright spot on Christmas day was seeing Santa in the airport after a long hard night of work. He was delightful and said that it was the hardest job you'd ever love.
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