Sick

(Please don't call me and tell me you're sick -- I'll get it over the telephone. Please don't email to tell me the news either -- I have also been known to contract colds from reading those kinds of emails. If you get sick and tell me about it, guaranteed my body will get sicker - so please just don't let my body know - ok?)

RSV and has come to the Hales household (well, actually just to Luke and me). Here is how you can tell:

1) The Dr. said so

2) The kitchen has looked like this for over a week:




3) I think that is also how my lungs and sinuses must look - at least that is how they feel.

4) We've been through 4 boxes of Puffs with lotion - working on the 5th.

5) Half of those boxes are still sitting around the house in the form of crumpled up, used tissues that haven't made it into the garbage yet -- "Yucky" as Nikolai says



6) Nikolai's drink of choice right now is herbal tea - the only thing he's seen his mom drink for a week - that's right, "Mom, I NEED a cup of tea."

7) If you've dropped by two days in a row (you would have to be insane), you would think it was groundhogs day. No you're not batty, yes this is the same pair of pj bottoms and the same bathrobe I've had on all week.

8) I've coughed up enough phlegm and blown out enough snot for a small country. Seriously, where does it all come from?

Now if you actually read all that complaining you deserve some silver linings so here they are:

1) One of my marvelous friends took Nikolai all morning on Saturday so I was able to rest. Thank you Mar!

2) Sweet Steve pretty much took Friday off to watch the boys as I lay blowing my nose all day on the couch.

3) Another fabulous friend brought me two kinds of soup yesterday which was heaven sent because all those dishes you saw in the pic above have been like that all week. They didn't get like that anytime in the past couple days -- I have not been cooking! Thank you Kris -- I even had soup for breakfast this morning and it was delicious!!!

4) And yet another amazing friend came and photocopied all the RS newsletters and photo directories and is taking them to church for me so that "I" can fulfill my responsibilities. Thank you Kamae!!

5) I can put it on my blog. Everything is better when you can blog about it!

So what I'm saying is that all this mucous, filth, exhaustion etc. .makes me feel pretty lucky. It makes me realize how many fabulous people are in my life. Thank you for helping take care of me! Don't know what I would do without you guys!