Fall Weekend + RSV

Well, my week is not starting off on the best note. I came down with Will's bug. I took him in on Friday and he tested positive for RSV. The doctor told me adults can get it, too, but that it's not as severe - just a really bad cold with ridiculous amounts of mucus. The crappy thing is that I was supposed to go to NYC tomorrow for work. But I cancelled the trip so I can keep my germs to myself. Will is feeling better so went back to school today. We kept him home this weekend so he missed out on the fall fun. But Paul and I had a blast at the fall activities on Saturday. Here's what we got up to this weekend!

On Saturday morning Phil got up with Will and let me sleep in. After several rough nights of sleep it was so nice to sleep in a bit. After I was up, the boys and I all bundled up and walked/scooted up to the library to return books and pick up holds. The weather changed so quickly here. It was 80F on Tuesday and then we woke to a dusting of snow on Friday! It melted right away but it was depressing to see white stuff. It was in the low 40s on Saturday morning so not terrible but it was also windy all weekend so felt cooler. After our walk, Paul and I headed to gymnastics and Phil stayed home with Will. After gymnastics, we went to our daycare's fall festival.

Paul had a blast getting his face painted by one of his teachers, painting pumpkins, and jumping on the 4 bouncy houses they had set up. He used to be terrified of bouncy houses but in the last year he has gotten into them so he had the time of his life! 

We got home around 1, had nap/quiet time. Then I took the boys for a walk in the neighborhood to look at Halloween decorations. This is our go-to way to entertain the boys these days! While we went for a walk Phil grocery shopped.

Then after dinner that night, Paul and I headed to the zoo for the pumpkin event. It was AMAZING! 10/10 would recommend to anyone local although it might be hard to get tickets. We bought ours back in early September. 

Howling like a wolf!

The carvings were out-of-this-world amazing. Some were basic faces but many were so intricate. 

The theme was "A Night at the Library" so they had different sections like classic novels, fairy tales, romance, science fiction, etc. 

This is definitely something we'll do every year. We were both wiped when we got home. I had logged 24k steps that day, so Paul probably walked a similar amount!

On Sunday morning I got up with Paul - he was up at 5:45 despite his later bedtime. Usually we go to the farmer's market on Sunday morning but it was too cold and windy. After Phil was up, I went for a short run with my neighbor. The morning felt sooooo long to be honest. We are going to have to come up with a solid game plan for the winter when it's too cold to be outside for hours... But we had limited options to entertain the boys as I didn't want Will out in the cold too much and I didn't want to take him to something like an indoor playground.

A brief moment of calmness when both were looking at books.

After lunch and quiet/nap time we headed outside since it wasn't as cold as it had been. The boys played in the leaves while Phil and I raked up a couple of yard bags of leaves. 

Then Phil grilled steaks and asparagus for dinner and the boys had some leftover pasta for dinner followed by baths. After the boys were in bed, Phil and I watched an episode of Only Murders in the Building and then I headed to bed. Around 1:30 I was starting to feel awful so moved to the downstairs guestroom so Phil wouldn't have to hear me blow my noise, etc. 

When I woke this morning, it was obvious I needed to cancel my trip. I am so bummed because I was going to be traveling with a coworker which is something that rarely happens! She knows everyone in the NYC office so was going to walk me around and introduce me to everyone. That is something I am NOT great at as an introvert... But it's irresponsible to travel when you are under the weather. My NYC colleagues will be glad I didn't bring my germs to them. Plus I would have had to be up at 4:30 tomorrow to catch my 7am flight and an early morning plus a long day of travel socializing is exhausting when I am in tip top health so doing that while under the weather would be rough. I'll rebook my trip for November. Hopefully this bug doesn't last too long, but my immune system is suppressed to treat my RA so chances are it's going to linger for a while. Such is life with a chronic illness!

How was your weekend? Are you and your family staying healthy? The doctor we saw said Will was his 6th case of RSV in 2 weeks so he said it appears to be a nasty season for that virus and others.