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It has been f-o-r-e-v-e-r since I have written and I don't have one good excuse. (Just a few pretty good ones.) Life (AKA fodder for this blog) has been happening in full force, but I have not had the energy or desire to write about it. Today seemed like a fine time to change that. Let's see... M just returned from his 3rd trip to South Africa. This trip was relatively uneventful compared to the others. It started out kind of tough- we ALL had the stomach flu. The baby woke up the morning he left with it. Because she is a baby and well, babies DO throw up, we didn't suspect that was what was wrong. We were out running errands and she managed to cover me in it. Yuck. Fortunately, I was blissfully unaware that this was only a forshadowing of events to come. M threw up from LAX to London. He called me to tell me about his FluFest and ask for prayer. He was so weak that he knelt down in the public restroom stall (loo?) in London and rested. Poor guy sounded awful. I prayed with him over the phone. It worked. He felt better by the time the plane boarded for the next leg of his journey. He worked 12 hour days for 2 weeks. He did not get to sightsee or do anything other than work. (Kind of a bummer for him but the extra money was a good thing.) Lovey woke up with it the next morning. 2 hours later, her brother joined in on the party. What a day. My time came that night. Wow. This could only be described as the WORST bout I have ever had. The only thing I can think of that compares to the misery, was labor with Miss E and the mastitis I had a few months ago. Ugh. Considering that I do not have any family here, and I was not about to ask any of my friends to come help, I decided to wave the old white flag and head down to my grandma's. We ended up staying there for an entire week. She caught it too. (So sorry, Grammy!) This is what happens when Typhoid Mary and her brood come to call. On to the more pleasant results of the trip. M brought us back some goodies. Real English toffee.... 2 types. Walker's Shortbread. (Of course we can buy that at Marshalls or World Market, but Hey! It was imported by my beloved. That makes it extra special.) Assorted South African candy bars. (Including 3 large French Nougat bars. These are kind of like divinity with peanuts and cut up gummy-like fruit snack pieces. They are my new SA favorite.) The recipe for the house lady's Malva Pudding. (Something like a dense, very moist, spongy cake.) What I really want is a T'Shirt that says "I survived South Africa Tour III". Less fattening than all those sweets. His trips have become the standard comparison for whatever trials come our way. ("At least it wasn't South Africa!") Lovey stayed at my grandma's for a few extra days. It was the 1st time she has been "alone" there. (Meaning without M and I) She did great. She came home more grown up, somehow. I think it gave her a confidence that she lacked before. She was homesick a bit but she worked through it. I am very proud of her. Her brother was a different story altogther. He was a wreck. That surprised me. I thought for sure he was going to bask in all the Momma attention. Nope. He had a fit as we were leaving. He cried and ordered his sister into the van 37 times. ("You get in here RIGHT NOW!") He was a mess. We had meltdown city for a good 30 miles and then he fell asleep from sheer exhaustion. (Still doing that post-sob gasping in his sleep. ) He was lost without Big Sister. No one to boss him around. He didn't know what to do with himself! I did not expect that at all... Then again, he has never been without her. I got another case of thrush which makes nursing tortuous. Miss E refuses to take a bottle of any kind, so we have to keep on keeping on. She has little white patches on the inside of her cheeks and I have PAIN. Miss E is crawling now! She is on the move. No more plopping her down and having her stay put. She is also adding to her vocabulary. She says "Uh-Oh!", Hey, "Nunuh" (When she wants to nurse), Dadda and Momma. She mimicked me saying "Blah, Blah, Blah" the other day. Too fun. Well, that is the latest. I am sure there is lots more I could report, but I need to get back to business. Hugs, A~ |
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