the beach house curse.

easter 2011: what was supposed to happen - sk, katie and trey were to spend 4 nights over on amelia at our family beach house. what really happened - sk developed an ear infection while in folkston and the antibiotics given at urgent care did not work for the infection so we ended up in the ER instead...twice.

june 2011: what was supposed to happen - kriner girl's annual june beach vacay over on amelia at our family beach house which means lots of fun in the sun, sand & surf. what really happened - we got in one day of fun in the sun, sand & surf before sk developed an ear infection - no more fun in the sun. at least this time the urgent care dr. gave us better meds.


october 2011: what was supposed to happen - trey and i were going to drive sk and beau to folkston and drop them off to spend a weekend on the farm to enjoy mimi, papa, the cousins, the animals & the festival. trey and i were going to go over to amelia to stay at the family beach house to enjoy a relaxing, kid-free weekend full of naps, reading, and 2 yummy dinners at our favorite restaurants. what really happened - friday morning around 5a.m. sk wakes up with 102.7 degree fever.

what i conclude from all of this is this: the beach house is cursed. for the lucy family anyway. we should never plan to go there ever again. we should just let all of our other family enjoy it. plans to spend time there clearly makes my child sick. such a shame because up until april of 2011 we had such wonderful trips to the beach house. maybe we'll try again in 2012.

there is some good news:
1)sweet mimi is going to come up saturday and stay with us and keep sarah kate while trey and i have a dinner date. so glad sk will get to see mimi....she has been looking forward to being at their house, riding diamond and riding the golf cart, but at least she'll get to see mimi. the weather isn't supposed to be good down there this weekend anyway, so maybe sk won't miss out on too much;)

2) took sk to the dr. and she's doing well, she just has a little virus....her ears look great! 4 months since our last infection is really great news for her little ears. she just finished a 10-day round of antibiotics on wednesday for strep so i was so glad to hear that this isn't bacterial....didn't want to put her on antibiotics again when she was JUST on them.

3) we aren't dead - that's always a plus. in fact, sk is handling this little virus the same way she handled the strep...like a champ! she seems good. things can always be worse even though i was really looking forward to a weekend with just trey. last time we had a few days away was when we went to vegas in may and i had fun half the time and the other half i spent barfing because the tummy bug was trying to kill me.

4)going to the dr. means getting a sucker. sarah kate is in heaven. appointment was at 9:50....it's 12:30 and she's still working on that thing.


at this rate, her teeth will rot by the end of day. i'm trying not to be neurotic about it. she thinks they are so yummy and she was in fact a perfect patient this morning.



happy friday!!!
"it is what it is." ~trey lucy regarding the beach house curse.