Men’s retreat weekend has always been hard for me. I remember the FIRST one Brian went on!! We had NEVER been apart that long! It feels the same every year he goes! I’m so thankful though that he misses home as much as we all miss him and that he calls and texts me! So sweet! Love that man!
Yesterday at noon it hit so sudden. The aches, chills, fever, and sore throat!! It was awful. I felt as if a truck ran me over! Why must this happen when Brian is 4 hours away on a Men’s Retreat? I don’t think I will ever really know!
I had so many plans to do fun things with my six! We can make the plans and God changes them!
I managed to get up enough energy and pretend to feel ok to take Gregory to Michaels to get the Molecule thing he needed for science, and they all wanted dinner so we went around drive-thru at Chick-Fla. Then home to watch a movie. The snoopy Peanuts Movie. I laid on the couch miserable. All through the night with my sleeping babe next to me I tried to sleep but felt awful! 101.6 fever all night. Finally took advil at 2am to get some relief and so I could sleep.
All day today I just felt miserable.
Tried to do stuff.
Tried to make things OK.
Mostly I just laid low.
Thankful for Gregory and Adam who came to the rescue so many times!
Do you know how hard it is to READ when your throat feels like you are swallowing GLASS??
Finally I got in to Urgent Care.
STREP THROAT they said. I kinda guessed it actually.
Thankful the appt. wasn’t very long but I had to wait for what seemed like FOREVER for the antibiotics to get filled. Not fun when you feel like crawling into bed.
I had bought a little craft kit and the boys just loved putting some little animals together. Was cute and they had fun.
I could not have done this weekend with out my 15 year old and my 12 year old. They saved me! ha ha! Really they did. Blessed with some great older boys who really showed Christs love by helping me out!
Tonight as I sit in quiet.
I realize blogging clears my head, a little.
I realize how thankful I am for Advil, for it helped me get through.
Thankful for doctors and the antibiotics I’m on that hopefully kicks in real soon.
Praying that no one else gets strep throat!! My baby girl is with me in the night and I had a fever all night last night.
