Mamas Don't Get Sick Days.

What a wild and crazy week we've had!


I already posted about how we ended up with two foster dogs and then just one at the beginning of the week. Well, we enjoyed working with little Jackson and trying to teach him house manners. He's a sweet boy who went back to the vet Friday so he could go to the adoption sites this weekend. We are praying for him to get a really great, special family that will enjoy him and treat him well.

On Tuesday my Mother in Law came over to play with the kids and took us all to Mellow Mushroom for dinner - YUM! We are so happy - MIL's scans came back showing that she is *completely* cancer free after 10 months of chemotherapy! This time last year she had been diagnosed with Stage 4 Lymphoma and her prognosis was not hopeful. Now, one year later, she has been through a harrowing, very high dose of chemo for 10 months, but she is now cancer free! God is SO Good - Praise His Holy Name!!

Wednesday the kids had a chance to earn more money for Everything For A Family With Nothing. We had "Mother's Morning Out" and they had some kids over to entertain and babysit. It was really fun. Above, you can see Monkey1 doing what she does best - bury her nose in a book! :) She really enjoyed getting to sit and read with her friend.

Poor Monkey2 got kicked in the face on the trampoline by accident and got a black eye. It doesn't look as dramatic in the photo I have here, but it was actually quite scary looking for a while. It also burst vessels in his eye and he had a red eyeball for a couple of days too.

My 2yo caught a cold somewhere and was so cranky for the second half of the week. She was really pitiful, and really not sleeping. [And doesn't that just make the week soooo much longer when you get no sleep? Because when she's not sleeping, I'm not sleeping! LOL!].

I was coordinating meals for a mom in our homeschool group this week. It turned out to be a lot crazier than I expected getting people lined up [thank goodness for a couple of steadfast souls who volunteered and followed through!]. I also cooked for her myself.

I was also making calls to do reference checks for potential adopters for the GSDRGA. I enjoy making the calls and its neat to know I'm helping a dog find a great home.

We had our Girls and Boys Saints Club this week too - it is going so well. This was our third meeting and I had us learning about the virtue of Charity this week, and about St. Aloysius Gonzaga and St. Angela Merici - two really wonderful, charitable Saints. And did you know that the actual definition of Charity is love for God and love for our fellow human beings? I learned that Charity calls us to love others as ourselves all for the Glory of God. Cool. :)

Then, to top off my truly hectic week, I had to teach a weekend Lamaze class on Friday and Saturday. These classes are great because I make a lot of money to teach them [always really helpful LOL!] But they are SO exhausting to teach. I teach 3 hours Friday night and then 9 hours on Saturday ... yikes! It crams an entire 12 hour Lamaze series [usually done over 5 weeks] into a day and a half. The classes are very popular though - many couples just don't want to be bothered with having to come back for 5 weeks in a row any more.

The thing that was really bad is that I caught my daughter's cold. I woke up Friday sniffling with a sore throat, worked that night, and then woke up Saturday with a severely sore throat, running nose, and total body ache. Ugh - and then I had to teach for 9 hours straight. I was worried about making the couples in my class sick, so I tried to keep my distance, but I can't "call in sick" in my job - there isn't anyone who can just fill in for me. If I could have called in sick I would have because I felt truly miserable. But, my class turned out to be full of really REALLY nice couples and we had a great time - I love it when class turns out like that!

Today I woke up sicker than ever. The baby has caught the cold too, and isn't sleeping as well. Today I'm so sick and sore that I feel like I can barely move. For some reason, this was a cue to my husband to sleep in for several hours and make me get up with the kids ... how does that happen?!!! LOL!

It was a long, hectic week, but a fun one full of blessings, so no complaints here!