La Dolce Vita
• Tuesday, February 6, 2007 - Hitting a Stride
Right before Christmas break we had hit a great stride in school. The days were flowing smoothly, the kids were making good progress on their subjects, and Christmas preparations were chugging along. Then break came, along with some pretty serious fatigue on my part. Following break we couldn't seem to have a smooth day. Then we went out of town for a week, followed by the week relearning how to behave with Mama and Papa (somehow there is always some re-education that needs to happen). Sunday night a week and a half ago, I thought to myself "At last, the rhythm will return this week!
All that returned was the stomach flu....to all three kids....simultaneously. In the history of our little family, we have never experienced something like this. Yes, the kids have been sick, but usually in quick succession, 12 hours or a day apart in symptoms. Yuck! Fortunately they never vomited at the same moment, but it was still a hectic day of snuggles, laundry, and hydrating dehydrated kids. This tanked my hopes of a productive school week. This particular flu was vicious...it brought painful tummy cramps that lasted for days after the initial upset tummy stuff. My littlest one was hit the hardest. I spent lots of time cuddling her on the couch coaxing her to drink and eat little bits. Finally, by the end of last week, the kids were up and moving around. They still looked very pale and had circles under their eyes, but they were upright and playing again.
So here we are, trying again to get that stride back. I'm hopeful it's close! |
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