Spring Colds

I kept thinking yesterday that I needed to record what I was feeling. I will look back in several years and either remember, "Yes, that was hard!" or  think "Wow, you were such a baby and whined too much...." Only time will tell my future feelings, but I am recording.

A week ago today I started coming down with a cold. These are never fun, but I had no idea what I was in for. This is the worst cold I have ever had, except for maybe the one I got while Student Teaching. I guess I can safely say this has been the worst cold this year. It has come complete with congestion, plugged ears, burning throat, a raspy voice for days (most of the time it was so ahnoying to talk I haven't said much), and an overall feeling of living under water.

This combined with Jenna also being sick, the weather being beautiful and my Type A personality going crazy because "I don't have time to be sick!" This week has been challenging for me physically and emotionally. I am not quite sure what is wrong with Jenna. She does seem to have some congestion but not like other colds I have seen her have. She has had a low grade fever off and on and mostly she has just been super irritable and demands to be held most of the time. I really am thinking maybe just her 2 year old molars???

I keep thinking that I should be better by now, but it has been lingering longer than my liking. Alas, learning patience requires too much time, haha. Now that I write this out I really do just feel that I am whining. Hopefully the healing continues to improve and by Monday we will be back to ourselves.

We have watched too much TV this week and I was too worn out to require Jenna to wear appropriate sized footwear this morning or to require only one toy in the car rather than 7. When the week started my washer had been broken for about a week, my mixer was also broken, and our little yellow commuter car is broken. By Tuesday evening the washer and mixer are fixed, and this weekend hopefully the yellow car is back to normal. Justin is amazing and has been so good to help me with the girls at night. I still have a lot to learn in being calm and patient in all things. I am happy to say today I am feeling a lot more positive and grateful for more sunshine and energy.

 Girls playing on the packing foam for the mixer. They called them boats.

 Jenna lying around wanting to be held.

 She had 2 blankets, 2 pacifiers and her baby doll that have to go with her everywhere.

 Natalie had 3 dolls, Jenna 2, we also had a phone and too big of church

shoes on Jenna on our expedition to Ontario this morning.

 Natalie has been such a trooper through having a sick and 

grumpy mother and a very clingy sister around. 

I guess she liked all the movies she got to watch! Ha!

Justin and Ruth Blazzard