The Salt Lake Comicon had a Fan-X experience convention last weekend. My second son, Mark, and two of his long time friends (I will call them K and R) plus their baby (I will call her A) live in Bozeman, MT, and they decided to come to our house to attend plus do some sightseeing and shopping. What fun! The week started out great, but then we one by one were felled by a GI virus. It did put a damper on the trip, and they decided to leave on Friday afternoon instead of staying until Saturday. First to get sick was A, then R, then K, then my husband Kevin, and finally me. My son didn’t catch it, but he decided to leave so he wouldn’t he exposed any more. After they left we put all the linens in the washer on the “sanitize” setting, and I will warn the housekeepers to sanitize everything carefully.
After I finally recovered (it took until Sunday), we took advantage of the gorgeous weather we have been having to head to Antelope Island State Park for some sightseeing. We stayed for four hours, looking for bison calves, but the nursery herd was hiding out. You can’t beat northern Utah on a clear day with highs in the mid 70s!
Monday and Tuesday we laid mulch. Mark and R had helped lay some, but we needed another 40 bags. The garden looks so lovely now! I got everything in the back pruned up, though the roses in the front still need work.
Tuesday was also a big day for Kevin. He finally got into the orthopedic surgeon to schedule an arthroscopic meniscus removal in his knee. It is now planned for 3 weeks from now, and he should be fully recovered by our trip to Yosemite in mid May. Poor fellow is in quite a bit of pain and can’t sleep well at night, so we want it as soon as possible.