posted @ 23:52...

What a weekend. Friday morning we took the kids to the zoo. During the experience, the youngest of our family started sounding a little congested. And by youngest I mean she's 5 minutes younger than her brother. Both were born about 3 weeks ago. So we took her temperature when we got home: 100.7 degrees. With a temperature like that, we were advised to get her in to the emergency room. Around 2:00am she was admitted to the pediatrics ward. Some tests were needed, and it would be 48 hours before all the results were in.

The saddest part was either the spinal tap (to check her brain/spinal fluid) or the IV they put in. The veins in her little arms and legs were too small for an IV, so the only other site they could use was right up on her head.

Saturday was the most beautiful day we've had all year, with highs in the low 70's. I had planned on riding around Seattle with some scooter buddies. Who knows when we'd have the chance again. Weather like that doesn't happen every weekend around here. I even had a buddy offer to do some work on my scooter before the ride to help make it a little faster. In some respects, this was the ride of the year, since a celebrity in the Ruckus world is currently in Seattle. There's a guy named Wan, from South Korea. He started riding his Ruckus on the East coast a while back, and has just now made it to the Pacific Northwest after stops in Texas, California, etc. All this on a 49cc scooter, which now has over 10,000 miles. So anyway, the guy is a legend among Ruckus riders, and the ride was a pretty big deal.

But alas, family is the priority, and I was needed here. My wife has been at the hospital with both babies -- the healthy one too, since she's nursing both. This left the older kids and me here at the house to frolic in the sunny front yard. And you know, it's not so bad. I actually enjoy hanging out with my kids. Can't say I wasn't disappointed to not go on the big ride, but I honestly don't mind it so much if it means my kids are being taken care of. And seriously... how selfish would I have been to be up there having fun when my wife is sitting bored as can be, cooped up in a tiny hospital room?

There will be other weekends, other rides, and eventually even more sunshine, so I'm not too worried.