*Sound of footsteps on a gravel road in the background*

Second log entry for August 22nd.

I am walking back to the second camp site. I feel lousy. My sinuses are shot from me blowing my nose several times.

It’s finally stopped raining. It’s about 75 degrees but I feel rather chilly so I decided to head back to the other site because I left my Advil and my sweater there.

FIL is really stepping up when it comes to disciplining SIL’s kids. It’s something he should have done earlier in my opinion, but anyways…He has finally admitted that camping with 6 children was not really a good idea. Really FIL? Really!? Interesting because this is something I said WEEKS AGO!

*Sound of dog barking in the distance*

MIL pulled me aside earlier and said “You know Drac0, if you feel that SIL’s kids are misbehaving, feel free to discipline them.”

Okay, first of all, they are not my kids. Second of all, the kind of discipline I want to enforce on those kids would probably result in having the cops called on me.

I mean, just this afternoon, the kids were playing air hockey. SIL’s older boy, did not want to give up his spot to allow someone else to have a turn. FIL told him he had to give someone else a turn, so this kid, out of spite, broke off the score marker at the end of the table. I mean, what do you do to discipline a kid like that? This kid is 11 years old!

FIL and I are supposed to make another trip into town.

It’s FINALLY stopped raining. Now according to the weather forecast it’s supposed to rain and then there will be sunshine. I am hoping it will be because all my footwear is soaking wet. I’m surprised I don’t have trench foot by now.

I also think we’ll be spending the night again at the second site. Since it’s Friday there’s a lot more people coming in to camp over the weekend so we are going to have a lot more neighbors. This means the dog is going berserk. We had to shorten its leash.

Signing off for now…

*VR ends*

*New VR entry begins*

Supplemental log for August 22nd.

I’m at the second site. I am trying to get some rest. I’m lying in bed here.

I think DW is actually more anxious to leave here than I am. While FIL and I went into town to get some stuff, DW was actually packing our things together. This way, tomorrow morning it will be easy for us to…ah…AH!...

ATCHOOO!!!

Guh!

Oh damn it!

Where was I? Oh God…I think I just lost half my nose there.

Yeah, so DW has packed up everything to ease our departure for tomorrow,,,,

Eee…

ATCHOO!!!

God damn!

*Sound of shuffling*

As you can hear…Gulp…snort…Ugh….I still feel relatively lousy…Oh man!

I picked up some Tylenol Cold and Flu medication, but I don’t think it is doing me much good. I really, REALLY just need a good night’s rest in my own bed.

*sound of blowing nose*

A couple of things happened between my last recording and now. SIL’s older boy got stung by a wasp. I don’t know how the heck that happened but he managed to get stung in the soft spot between his eye and his nose. Kid was crying obviously. Part of me feels sorry for him, and another part of me thinks this is karma for the stunt he pulled earlier in the day. Like I said before, these kids need discipline, but I am not sure unleashing the fury of mother nature on them is the right thing.

Another incident happened at the pool. It involved Eve(il). I won’t go into too much detail there. Basically Eve(il) lied about pulling on her brother’s swim shorts in the pool. I’m a bit surprised to hear that SS was involved. I mean that kid should know better than to pull people's swimming trunks off in a public pool.

Oh yeah, by my count, Eve(il) has wet/shat herself at least three times since we got here. She has actually wet herself more times than BD has.

BS and BD seem to be alright, although their noses seem to be runny too. I seem to be the only one here hit hardest with this cold.

Also, as a sign of my appreciation for Mike and Kelly’s hospitality, I bought them a bottle of wine and a case of beer. They said we didn’t have to do that but hey – you know – after the week we had, I truly appreciated what they did. This trailer of theirs truly is a Godsend. It is so nice and quiet in here.

I’m going to try and lie down here and get some shut-eye.

Tonight is our last night here. We’ll try to make the most of it. I want to drink, but I don’t want to get drunk. Last thing I need is to drive back home while hungover.