Someone in my house has been sick for the past two weeks. Today (and for the past few days) it has been me. We have not slept through the night without someone coughing since ….. a week ago Monday?

I feel beat down.

This always happens when my family gets sick. I used to tell my staff I thought we were “under attack.” Then someone on staff (Michael?) said, “You say that every winter.” So now I think it’s not a demon, it’s just flu season.

Anyway, I miss work and and feel like I’m forgetting stuff. My in-laws are here, and it’s no fun for them to be in a house of people who are carrying the plauge. Eden is finally well and the rest of us are now laid up so she’s bored and squirrling, and therefore getting in trouble. And did I say I miss work? I feel energized by work, not by parenting, which makes me feel guilty.

This is not a good cycle. The spiral is defintely not going upward.

So pray for me and write me nice things. I need it.

P.s. Thank God for my mother in law. She has played endless rounds of Memory and Candyland and has sewn two complete sets of Barbie camping gear (sleeping bag, duffle, pillow). My children are in good hands!