An Day of Adventure

Yesterday it was REALLY hot here in Washington...Pullman hit 99...which for us is hot becuase we do not have air conditioning in our complex....that was stupid of the University...we are one of the ONLY complexs that does not have air conditioning...GRRRR! Oh well, so we decided that it would be better not to sit in the heat of the house and boil so we decided to drive the 45 minutes to the nearest lake, that was a great idea until we got there. It was just around 1 and we had not eaten so we sat down to eat the picnic lunch I packed. Then the problem hit, there were tons of BEES ( for those of you that are thinking no big deal, WRONG!!! MEL is HIGHLY allergic to bees, so much so that I become anaphylactic if stung....). So Garratt and I decided it would be better to leave than risk me getting stung and causing bigger issues with baby (although if I had gotten stung I do have Epi Pens on hand, but medical people are not sure what the "official" affects are on babies in the womb of a woman who has to use an epi pen so they say it is better not to have to use one). We loaded back into the car with a very devidtated little girl who was all ready to play in the WATER!!!! We decided to take a drive and enjoy the air conditioned car, so Garratt drove back towards home and then we cut down into the Lewiston & Clarkston Valley which is about 45 mins south of Pullman. Once there we got out a little and looked at some stores, then we realized it was 5pm and Faith was getting hungry so we decided to grab a little dinner and then head home. When we got home the termastat at the house said it was 90 degrees in the house and it was 830pm by that point (we had to stop at the grocery store on our way into town). All in all it was a great day and we stayed cool and had no problems, Faith had fun and laughed alot, Mel enjoyed the AIR CONDITIONING IN THE CAR....and Garratt was just happy he got to just DRIVE!!!