Not much to report on about yesterday. JJ and I both slept all morning, except by lunchtime JJ was up and impatient for the others to return. He ate lunch and then swam in the pool for a while, and then went out in the afternoon with one of the evangelizing teams. I barely woke up enough to eat a very light lunch (I had only eaten a half banana for breakfast), and then I went back to bed after lunch. However, I could not sleep all afternoon. Instead, I enjoyed several hours of reading the biography of Adinoram Judson, America's first missionary to a foreign country (a very well-written and exciting book) and then listening to podcasts of Dave Ramsey. For the first time in a few days, I actually started feeling hungry late in the afternoon. When everyone else returned, I ate a moderate dinner and then, you guessed, got back in bed.

About an hour before returning, JJ started to feel worse, so he also went right to bed after supper.

Last night was a repeat of the previous night ... waking up every 15-30 minutes due to aches making me uncomfortable ... literally all night from about 7:30pm until 6am finally rolled around. I am not sure how I'll do today since that hardly seems like quality sleep, but we will see.

JJ plans to stay in bed this morning, but I am determined to go out. This is our last day of work, and I am tired of missing everything while staying in my room. I feel slightly better, but I can guess (based on how similar attempts went earlier in the week) that if I exert myself too much or spend too much time in the sun, I will start to feel pretty lousy. So we will see what I am able to do. I also have to be careful not to visit AIDS victims, because I do not want to make them sick.

I have our family photo from Christmas hanging on our mirror in our room. Everytime I look at it, I am amazed at how good looking Erin, Cecily, Danny, and Betsy are (and JJ too, of course). I cannot believe how lucky I am to have such a wonderful family. And the day after tomorrow, we will be on our way home to them!

We've been planning to see the Daniels and Cosette on Tuesday morning, but I suppose if JJ and I aren't fully over this cold/flu thing, we should not go into their house. If that's the case, we might just head north from the airport rather than going to Toledo ... I hate to bring sickness to Mom and Dad's house too. Erin was nice enough to make me a chiropractor appointment for late Tuesday morning in Toledo, so that's another reason to hope that we're well enough to come to Toledo.

I think Erin and the kids are leaving today for Toledo to see the baby, and they will return tomorrow (just as we will be arriving in Toledo tomorrow!). Chels and Cosette were scheduled to come home yesterday. May the Lord keep them safe on the road!