A week of mishaps

Could it be Friday the 13th for us ALL WEEK:

1. Last Sunday during the July 1 long weeked, our new Mazda (7000 km) malfunctioned. Something with a computer chip. We had to get our car towed from my parent's place to Kelowna (the closest Mazda dealership). At least they fixed it, but it's kind of hard to totally have faith in the car again.

2. Sophie hasn't been feeling great all week. Fever, grouchiness. Turns out she wakes up on Thursday morning and shows me her feet. Spots on them. It's hand-foot-mouth disease. Sounds scary, but it's a fairly common child hood virus. Rare in adults, but not so rare that Vic didn't come down with it too. You can't do anything for it but let the virus run its course. Touching wood I don't get it.

3. Two weeks ago we ordered Sophie what we thought was a very cool summer toy. Its called a River Run Adventure (from Sears). They mistakenly sent us a tent instead of the River Run, so back the tent went. We DON'T need a tent. The River Run came on Friday. Sophie and dad excitedly put it together. She played with it ONCE. For 5 minutes. We came back the next day. It wouldn't work. Turns out the battery and the motor mechanism are completely fried / burned inside. Could have been a nasty little fire. Back it goes to Sears. No River Run this year.

Fingers crossed the real Friday the 13th this Friday is merrier and luckier.