Hawaii - Day 2 Part 2

I was going to have this be a part of Day 3, but decided to keep it separate so Day 3 is not dampened by the negative!
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Well, dinner last night at Tommy Bahama's was interesting. Actually, it's a good upscale place and I'm sure the food is delicious. It was other things that interfered. First, Larry is feeling so poorly that he stayed in the room, had some chocolate milk and a Nature Valley peanut bar and was in bed by 6pm. He never says much, but his nasty cough is back (he was sick and/or recovering for more than three weeks beginning over the holidays). I seem to have some lung/bronchial distress also (I had shingles many years ago, and now, anytime I have any type of respiratory distress the shingle sites on my sides around my waist area start to itch and tingle. Sure enough, that started in the early evening). Lily continues with her croupy cough and Fran can feel some distress as well. Who knows if it's the vog or something we caught on the plane. Lucas (age 6) was running a slight fever, too, and as we waited to be seated at the restaurant, he suddenly dropped to the floor, flat on his back, banging his head. Fran's kids have all been vulnerable to fever induced seizure. Thankfully Fran is the doc and doesn't get flustered. They picked him up and he immediately gained consciousness and seemed okay throughout dinner, although about half way through, he crawled back on Fran's lap and wanted to go home. He never cried, doesn't remember falling or hitting his head at all.  Fran wasn't sure if it was a seizure (wasn't typical, she said) or if he just passed out from heat and dehydration.  They tried to get him to drink but he would only take a few sips. 

I wasn't a bit hungry so I had a bowl of chicken tortilla soup, water and a bite or two of bread. The soup was good, blended smooth with very small pieces of chicken and chopped chives, a bit spicy. Fran and Steve both had drinks and the surf 'n turf. They said the steak was delicious. Lucas ordered steak from the children's menu and ate about three bites, Logan had chicken fingers and Lily had hamburger sliders and her mom's shrimp.  We didn't linger over dinner and were back in the room by 7:30. Feeling cruddy, achy and congested, I took a couple ibuprofen, Benadryl and went to bed at 8!

But now it's a fresh new day!

P.S. A brief addition to yesterday's horseback ride, prompted by my sister's comment on Facebook, "I remember one time at Uncle Bob's...."  My reply?
Yes, Cathy, that's the only horse riding experience I remember, and your episode is more vivid in my memory than mine... Believe me, I thought about you as I prepared to ride yesterday!  But the two young guides were quite attentive to us and the horses.  We were given a brief "riding lesson". They knew I was inexperienced and a bit nervous, so one of them rode near me much of the time and they chose my horse with that in mind. I got to have some great conversation and commentary as we walked along. 

What was Cathy's experience?  As I remember it, we were quite young, pre-teen, I'm sure. And Uncle Bob was giving us turns riding on his horse. When Cathy was riding, the horse decided to go back into its little shed and took off. The only problem was that the shed roof was just high enough for the horse to enter, so Cathy's stomach hit the top of the door/edge of the roof and she was unceremoniously scraped off and dumped to the ground. I'm not an animal lover anyway, and that memory kept me from having any desire to try until yesterday, when opportunity was given, and I'm determined to participate wholly in the activities Fran has planned!