Summer is over part 1

Welcome to my freak show!

I always feel a little sad after taking a week of vacation and sit at my desk sorting through email backlogs and voicemail.

My vacation was spent at Millersylvania State Park just south of Tumwater WA. The family and I tent camped for 4 nights and left Thursday morning after being pummeled in record heat. 105 with no fans or AC is hostile.

I spent most of the time topless and shoeless to help stay cool. When I was younger I could take my shirt off and never think about it, but now I feel like I am horrifying people with my grotesqueness and have to do a quick double check to make sure I haven't triggered mass vomiting. Think of Shrek with hair...

Did I say it was hot?

I went through guitar withdrawal and computer withdrawal and it was really to hot to do anything other than swim and sit in a chair drinking water.

Thursday, After we got home, my oldest daughter was complaining about a headache and said she was hot. So she got an icepack on her head and I put large fan on high to cool her off. My wife took your temperature and it was 101 DF. By 9Pm it was 102 DF, and by 12am she was throwing up, passing out and in alot of pain. So I told my wife to get her to the ER ASAP. I finally get a call about 7:30am the next morning that she went through a battery of tests after having a blood sugar reading of 184 or 187. The ER Doctor said was was showing symptoms of what is known as Sudden Onset Juvenile Diabetes. Yikes!

Monday we are taking her in for more tests hopefully it was heat stroke or heat exhaustion and not SOJD Type 1. The dietary restrictions and Insulin injections are pretty tough for teenagers to adjust to, especially when they have ADHD.

I have 3 decent songs in the queue that need vocals and one that is completely different for what I normally like.

I need more vacation!