Ruidoso, Strep, what else...

The first weekend in October, we were in Ruidoso, enjoying the fresh mountain air (along with some chilly rain, even snow on the mountain top!). This is the second year we have taken my Mom to Ruidoso around her birthday.

We of course went to the Flying J Ranch http://www.flyingjranch.com/experience.html. Also going this year were Kerry & Angela, Cleta, Eddie, Kristel and Brayden. (We missed Lindsay, who got to go last year, but is now in school!)

One thing we could have missed out on is the prade route traffic. On Saturday am, we rode for 1 1/2 hours trying to get to the Arts & Crafts show, which wasn't much to brag about, after all the waiting! However, we did spot a cute sign on our drive down. It read,

"I laughed so hard, tears ran down my legs!"

We celebrated Mamaw's birthday and Brayden helped her blow out the candle.

I posted a slide show of the pictures we all took. Look on the right side of this page under slideshow - Ruidoso 10-08.

We stopped in Big Spring and saw Granddad and Nana. Got this Four Generation pic.

On our way home Monday, I started feeling hot. Cleta did the "mom test" on my forehead and said, yes, I was probably running a temp. By the time we got home, my throat was hurting, so I figured I had tonsilitis! Wrong! I thought, I could just home cure myself, but by Wednesday morning, decided to let the professionals have a crack and sure enough, I had strep. I'd never had that before. Tonsilitis, sure. Sore throat from post nasal drip, sure. But Strep? That was a first for me.