For the rest of the weekend, we worked in the yard, took it easy, had friends over for a planned cookout, and on Monday went to the beach. Not knowing what the summer would be like, we decided we better get to the beach while we could. We couldn't have had a better day for it. We hiked up and down the beach, the kids built a castle, and the water was warm enough for Noelle to go in.
We also made more phone calls and visited other neighbors to tell them what was going on. It was a bit surreal since I felt perfectly healthy. I know that I kept thinking that this was a dream and I would wake up and it would be over. Or, I was thinking they would call back and say oh, we made a big mistake.
