Cornfest and Tonsillitis...yummy!

So this is the Cornfest weekend in Jarvis. A pretty big shindig that happens around here. I think most of the small towns have a "fest" of sorts throughout the summer and/or fall. This one centers around corn. They have a small fair company come and put up some rides mainly for the smaller kids. They have food, (cotton candy, old fashioned root beer, freshly squeezed lemonade, hotdogs, pulled pork or roast beef on a bun and a beer garden) Most evenings and throughout the day they even have live music. Last night was a band who did a tribute to the Eagles. This afternoon is a band doing a tribute to U2 and tonight is David Wilcox. ( I had never heard of him but people here are pretty excited). There is corn on the cob they submerge in butter that you can buy for $1.00. And there are events all weekend and booths people can stop in and see what's happening. This afternoon Bill and I are helping Mona supervise a portion of a silent auction for a couple of hours.

So a couple nights ago Bill started complaining about a sore throat. We looked down his throat to see what was up. (cause that's what you do of course!). His tonsils were very swollen and speckled with white dots. Yup... tonsillitis. He is very susceptible to it and he usually gets these scary high fevers with it too. So yup that's what followed. A very high fever. Finally the night before last we convinced him to go to the doctor to get antibiotics for it. The closest "clinic" here is the emergency room at the Hagarsville Hospital. So that's where we went. 3 hrs later he was out of there prescription in hand. We had to drive to Caledonia to fill it but we got home just after 10:30 that night. He is now starting to feel better and no more scary fevers.

Aside from that sort of thing we are getting our affairs in order (getting Ontario medical, transferring bank info etc etc). Tomorrow is a big BBQ here at Mona's. We'll see Neil, Wendy and Sam & Maggie, John and probably Michael (bill's cousin) plus a bunch of others. Mona has added a unique twist to the bbq saying that there will be a talent show and that everyone needs to display their talent. I think we will be having everything from applying makeup really quickly while standing on one leg to juggling.

Well that's all!

Signing off,

Nicole