Spring Break--Sunriver

Here we are, another month gone by between posts. It's cliche, but it's true--time is flying by! It feels like it's speeding up all the time. I think me working has made it feel more crazy. Each week is a bit of a puzzle, making sure all the pieces fit together and that we don't drop one. We are relying on our village of family, friends, and neighbors to get everyone where they need to go. It's fun, but it's a lot!

I was forced to slow down the week before spring break due to sickness and had to cancel my sub jobs. I got strep throat that lingered longer than usual after antibiotics, and Joel was home almost all week with a fever and virus of some kind. We spent the week doing nothing but watching shows, sleeping, and reading. I could have done without the misery of strep, but it was kind of nice to be forced to rest and to hang out with Joel all week, even if we were sick.

He and I recovered in time for our spring break trip to Sunriver. This year was a little different because of the wintry weather they were still having. It snowed almost every day we were there! We didn't ride bikes at all, which was strange, since that's something we always do in Sunriver. It was just too cold. We did, however, participate in the Sunriver March Mudness Run for the first (and last) time. Last year we had planned on doing it but didn't because Kari had a broken ankle. So, we promised her that this year we'd do it. The morning of the race, we woke up to an inch of snow on the ground. I waffled and considered bailing but ended up deciding to suck it up and do it anyway. It was cold--really cold--and windy, and the hour and half wait outside before the race was not pleasant. Kari had a fever and wasn't feeling well, but she insisted on doing it anyway. We survived and definitely made some memories, but I will never do it again! I admit the big mud hills with ropes to help you pull yourself up out of the mud were pretty fun, but the rest of it, I could do without. Aubrey, Joel, and Grant actually all enjoyed the race. I ran with Aubrey, and she was a trooper! Kari, the one who really wanted to do it, didn't enjoy it all that much, but I think it was mostly due to the fact that she was miserable and feverish. We were in such a hurry afterwards to get clean, warm, and dry, we didn't think to wait and get an "after" picture with all our friends. We hopped on the first shuttle back and headed straight for the showers and hot tub back at our house. That hot tub felt SO GOOD. We all hung out in there a long time, laughing about the crazy thing we'd just done.

We took walks, played games, watched March Madness games, read, and chatted with our friends. It was a good few days away, and then we had the second half of the week back at home to relax and enjoy the break (all but Greg--he went back to work, poor guy).