Fireworks, Shmireworks

Albuquerque is a nice place. Hot, but nice. Very New Mexican, but nice. Lots of stucco, but nice. Our hotel, thankfully is MUCH nicer than that dump last night. There is a 2 story water slide, but it was closed today. So, after having lunch at this neat local diner called Frontiers, we hit the zoo. Now I know why I haven't renewed my own zoo membership since April. BECAUSE I DON'T GO TO THE ZOO IN THE SUMMER!!! But it was something to do and the girls had fun, so it was fine.

Then after an afternoon of animals and swimming, we went to Macaroni Grill to eat, with great plans to watch the fireworks from our car. And long story short, we ended up spending the rest of the evening in the ER. Yes, I said the ER. Maggie went to the bathroom and ended up having what is called a vagal reaction. Basically, her blood pooled in her feet and when she went to stand up, she collapsed. Praise God I was right there and she fell into my arms. A VERY, VERY scary moment to say to very least. If we had been home, I would have just made a phone call, but since we are headed to the Grand Canyon tomorrow, I just couldn't take a chance. We saw a great Nurse Practioner, originially from Little Rock, by the way, who was so sweet to Maggie. She is probably also a little dehydrated, as we all are. That dry air, higher altitude thing is for real. Did you know that Albuquerque is at 6000 ft? I didn't. Thankfully, she is totally fine now and you'd never know. We are all going to be pounding the water from here on out.

Ironically,we have some good friends who are notorious for visiting the likes of every ER in every town they vacation in, so I did get a laugh thinking of them tonight. (you know who you are...)

Tomorrow, we are hitting the road early to see the Painted Desert, the Petrified Forest and then God's masterpiece - the Grand Canyon. We can't wait. Only problem is we will now have to make 42 pit stops for all the water we will be drinking. Better than another visit to the ER.

Tata for now~