Altitude sickness

In Denver, you need to keep drinking water, because something about the altitude makes the air really dry, so you can dehydrate really easily.  You may also find yourself becoming light-headed, because the air is thinner, and your sinuses may start to act up too.  Combine these three things. and you get what is known as altitude sickness!  What fun!

Chaya Rachel and I went to the library the next morning and she signed up for a library card and got out a couple of books.  Unfortunately, the branch we went to didn't have much selection.  (There's a larger one, but it's further away.)  Then we went to find shoes for her, since she couldn't find her nice flats, which she wanted to wear for job interviews, dropping off her resume, and other professional-related stuff.  But we couldn't find any that were both comfortable and appropriate for interviews.  We were also both getting really thirsty, but we couldn't find any place to get a drink.  So we went back to Leslie's, where we were both presented with water bottles.  I was feeling okay, apart from the fact that my sinuses were going nuts, but Chaya Rachel had gotten all three of the symptoms of altitude sickness, and was seriously nauseous.  She had to spend most of the evening lying down, but felt better after that, which was very good. I was also advised to eat a banana to help with my sinuses.  I'm not sure how that works, but it did!

Chaya Rachel's uncle Irwin flew in from Vancouver, and Leslie's other son, Shalom, and his wife, Rachel, and their adorable daughter, Matana, came in from Pittsburgh. Leslie's daughter, Zoe, came in from Chicago, where she was in college.  I also discovered that Zoe was rooming with someone that Chaya Rachel and I had gone to high school with.  Jewish geography at it's finest...