Sickies

Last night I started to come down with a cold. And all through the night I would wake up feeling like a Petri dish, I could feel the germs dividing and growing. In the morning I felt terrible with a sore throat and headache. Then I faced the dilemma, do I go to church or stay home. I always feel guilty staying home when there are things I have to do. Usually I am one that just toughs it out. I think I learned that in High School where if you didn’t miss any days you didn’t have to take the finals. I can’t tell you how many days I went to school sick. Which lead to me attending school with 2 ear infections and strepthroat, as well as embarrassing stories of me throwing up at school. But now being a mom and having little ones, I am changing my view of sickness. If people are sick I would rather they stay home and not spread it to my family. This is hard for me, I feel like I am letting people down when I don’t show up. But I know it is better to take a day off and rest so I can get better as well as not spreading the germs around. So today I stayed home and rested and let Kent take care of the kids, who also had colds.
While Emma and I were resting apparently Kent and Michael had a blast building a train track. Male bonding, oh what fun! Thanks Deckers for the train and tracks, they are being put to good use. :)