When they were sick, they were very very sick…
…and when they were well they were healthy.
That seems to be the way it is around here, let me tell you. I do have some excuse – the excuse of having young children, who are around other young children, none of which are necessarily fastidious about personal hygiene.
And if you have young kids, you also know that when the whole family gets sick, it’s a particular challenge. Who’s going to care for who? The person who is the least sick, I suppose. And you may want to stay in bed, but you don’t want to have someone else (outside the family) watch the kids, lest they get sick too! So who has time to rest and get better?
Anyway, I already told you we were sick a week ago. We think we’re getting better, but improvement has been painfully slow. Today I survived my first full day of school in … probably at least a couple of weeks. I was exhausted, but I made it! Hannah and Nathanael are finally showing some improvement today (although last Thursday was probably Hannah’s worst day). Shari and I think we suffered some side effects from the medication, which we are now starting to get over.
But in summary, last week was extremely difficult. This week we’re trying to jump back into things – not because we’re feeling better, but because we don’t want to delay forever.
Anyway, I’m not saying anything new or surprising, but I wanted to mention it one more time because the last couple of weeks or so really have been a monumental challenge, in a big part because of the way we’ve been feeling physically. And we may be slowly getting better, but really things are dragging on…. we would appreciate your prayers for our health. May the day come again soon when we have energy at least for the normal tasks of life.
Disclaimer: There are lots of great things going on – I will try to get to those shortly (if anyone is still reading by then!). For example, school (when I’ve made it there) has been going well, and there are some neat things going on with friends. Stay tuned!