The Final Week!
Alas, we are finishing up our last week in this HORRIBLE MONTH!! Oh, my goodness!! (I’m trying to get into the habit of saying oh my goodness.. because yesterday Josh dropped his paci and yells in a gasp (exactly like me)….”Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!!!”–yeah, not too good.) Anyway, so Chris begins his last stretch of nights…. I feel like we’ve been running our own little race and we are so mangled here at the end. We’ve been sick with stomach viruses, flu-like illnesses, colds, teething (well, just Emma Faye… not me or Chris..ha!), and finally Sunday morning I woke up with chills and a SUPER DUPER Sinus (i say infection… but doctor husband..who got the same thing on Monday… does not call it that…just a little disclaimer for his sake.) I was just running on the treadmill the other day… well..several days ago being that we’ve been so sick… anyway and I remember I started out GREAT…. listening to my music… gettin’ my groove on… keeping up the pace….eventually.. by the end of my time… my thigh muscles were twitching… I was running out of breathe… and my calves were starting to ache… Well, that’s us… We’re tired, achy, grumpy and in DIRE need of a break… so this week is the last little stretch…..and praise the Lord He has been able to hold our heads above water so far. Without Him… we literally would have all drowned!
i was sharing with my bible study group today that we’ve just really been a mess. And of course once I got that sentence out of my mouth I completely lost it emotionally in front of them… they got the Jenny in tears…..but it’s so true. I was just thinking.. you know, I write all of this stuff on here and God has used it to encourage so many of you…. I just wanted to write that I’m learning as I go… just like you all. The Devil ALWAYS tells me that everyone else around me has it together and I’m the only one that has issues handling everything on my plate… and well…. NEVER THINK THAT OF ME! I’m a mess… and we are a mess this month… and I’ll be glad when this month is over…
Chris has essentially one day off a week these past weeks and it’s on Monday. Well, Monday he was sick with the same thing that I was still sick with. We felt HORRIBLE. We were both thinking and we couldn’t remember a time where we were sicker than our kids. And ladies… it just doesn’t make for a pretty sight. Well, Emma Faye had the same thing as well… so basically yesterday looked like this….. Me rocking Emma Faye (laying like a slug in my arms)….snot pouring from every opening in our faces…Chris on the couch halfway asleep and Will and Josh pretty much had the remote control. It’s amazing how when necessity dictates…how incredibly lenient you become with what the kids watch on TV. I remember the Disney channel suddenly announced…”It’s MOVIE time MONDAY!!!”…. Chris was like “sweet!’ I was like…well we’ll have to see what it is. The title appeared….”The Land Before Time IX” Chris immediately says, “Well, it must be really good if it has a ninth sequel.” I just laughed. In the first scene this lightening bolt strikes a tree and it literally falls on this dinosaur and appears to kill him. I was about to open my mouth and say…”hmmm, this may be a little too violent.” When Will goes…”Oh, I’ve seen this… they played this at the old gym” (He was referring to the gym we went to in Charleston)…..I was like… oh well.. already seen it…. didn’t damage you too much. Enjoy kids… mom and dad are going to pretend to watch this with you while we close our eyes. jk! they didn’t watch ALL of it… our Motrin kicked in and we did have SOME family time… but let me say… it ain’t good when mommy and daddy are both sick at the same time. :) We put the kids to bed early and were watching “Jon and Kate plus 8″ (ok…confession… we like this show…well, at least I do… I haven’t ever asked Chris…but he will watch it with me….maybe he doesn’t want me to ask him.. for fear he’ll have to answer…hee!hee!)…. anyway… we held hands and at one time we sniffed in unison…. awww… isn’t that so romantic… 
jk! have a great day!
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February 26th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
How appropriate, the security word I had to type in to leave this comment was”chill” although chills would have been even better. We are still battling that here too my friend. We watch Jon and Kate Monday nights too although Mark always is shaking his head in disbelief. He asked me today why when I finally manage to get all the crying little ones to bed do I then want to watch a show where 8 of them cry the whole time. It just makes my life seem so much easier! I actually am going to see them speak at a church in Greenville in April. They are strong believers and when they speak they get to give God ultimate glory. I am excited! I am also praying you through this last week my friend! Finish the race strong!
February 27th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Disney Movie day is always refreshing. I believe I found myself watching that when I was sick. Nothing beats high school musical and a few land before time movies. Hang in there, you will make it! Ask God to give you hourly strength to tackle the daily routines that so often seem never ending. Aren’t we glad we are ALL a mess…if we weren’t we wouldn’t know the comfort and joy of Jesus’s love.