Sickies

Awesome Danielle, I love her!
John who was amazing and did almost all of the work
Me trying to remember how to do this


Fun girls! Good times
Yummy Soup and Bread thanks mom!
Artists at work on their suncatchers
Zac's planet suncatcher
Zac concentrating
So we have been cooped up for weeks now, it seems like FOREVER. One week it was the stomach bug, the next week I completely lost my voice, then there was a bit of a reprieve, then more colds. One cold I had lasted about 3 weeks. Then I thought it was on the mend. So, I went running saturday and while running my lungs felt really weird, like I couldn't breathe in very well. But I just thought it was the polluted inversion, which I shouldn't have been running in anyway. So that afternoon I went ice climbing with my good friend Danielle for her birthday. John and Karen showed up and it was just a great time, but I felt really tired and chilled the whole time. I didn't really have much spunk for the ice that day. That night I felt like I had my regular cold still. Sunday I woke up with a KILLER headache, one like I have never had before. I went to a meeting for church, and then got all the kids ready and at church it got progressively worse, like my head was going to EXPLODE. So I got desperate and went to the instacare, because I really felt like something was weird. So they chalked it up to a sinus infection, gave me a prescription for antibiotics and sent me on my way. So I started the antibiotic but by night time, I was DYING. My head hurt so bad I was crying, and I had fever and chills like no other. So I decided I either had the influenza, or now I am wondering if it was strep. Zac got a fever last night and Jed him to the doc while I was laying there useless and he has strep. Chloe had strep last week. So last night Zac was up all night coughing, and we were up all night giving him medicine. I still feel horrible day 4 of this. Jed couldn't miss work yesterday or today because he had clients in from out of town, and he had to take them to dinner to Sundance tonight (YAY for him, sad for me). So I tried to make today somewhat fun, despite the way I'm feeling. I can't hardly stand laying around anymore, even though I need to. We made suncatchers tonight which was fun but gave me a bit of a bigger headache. :) Then we ate the soup my mom brought over last night (from Kneaders and yummy bread and cookies) She is so nice and always so thoughtful. She left them on the doorstep and ran, which was a good idea on her part. I am just feeling a bit sorry for myself, and dreaming of warm weather, disneyland, beaches, and riding my bike in happier warm places and trying to remember what it feels like to all be healthy. I am wondering if we need to move to a more temperate climate, where the weather is 70ish year round. Being a mom can be dang tiring, hard on your body and physical health, especially when little ones are bringing home lovely germs from preschool and kindergarten. But I can't complain too much, these kids make my life pretty fulfilled. On a happy note, my foot did not seem to bother me running last week for the first time in 10 WEEKS!!! I only did 3 miles on friday and 4 on saturday. But I did feel quite a bit slower. I am convinced my foot feels better because Chloe told me she prayed for me that my foot would get better, and the day she prayed was the day I didn't feel anything. I will ease into it, but not sure how much to put into running, because I have bigger biking goals in mind! :)