under the weather

as a full-time mamma, there is no such thing as taking sick leave...or even a sick DAY for crying out loud. i just can't afford that luxury. so when the vicious germs are circulating around our household i become a clean freak (more than usual) and everything is wiped down or washed from door handles to binkies. and i just make up my mind..."monika, you are NOT getting sick - although snot may be smeared on your freshly washed and fairly new shirt - you are just not allowed to get sick." and believe it or not, i rarely get the flu maybe once a year at best. and then two weeks ago i began to feel sluggish. the following week i was tired and achy. oh no. it seemed all around me people (mostly the little people) were dropping like flies. pneumonia, flu, stomach flu (heaven forbid!), strep throat, RSV! and by this past saturday my throat was scratchy. just great. i can't get sick! who's gonna watch the kids? who's gonna FEED the kids? who's gonna keep the house running? and lo and behold...my knight in shining armor. by sunday morning my throat was so scratchy, my body so achy, i absolutely did not feel like crawling out of bed to rescue my adorable little banshee from her night cage at 8am. and fortunately for me, i didn't have to. sam was so amazing these past few days. he took care of the smelly diapers, fed our hungry monsters, kept the house in order, and let me sleep in. and today he stayed home from work to take care of me this morning. by noon, i was feeling much better and i assured sam i could take things from here. so that's been our weekend. we decided to skip out on church yesterday in order not to spread our lovely disease to other unsuspecting families. sam said, "we'd rather keep our small-pox blankets to ourselves." he always has a very "colorful" way of putting things. anyway, in place of church, we decided to have a video conference with sam's brother (uncle red) who just got home from his mission on friday. isaiah had remembered exactly who he was and makayah was just happy to be seen...for the most part.later on, sam thought we all needed a dose of fresh air, so he took us all on a drive to nowhere in particular. we headed up to american fork and took a stroll through the huge castle playground - isaiah was bursting with excitement and i think he is officially recovered. next, we went "temple hunting" and isaiah found the timpanogos temple. so we stepped out once more to let the kids have a closer look. isaiah is completely fascinated by temples and can't wait to get married there..."mom, can i get married?" when you're older. "but why?" anyway, despite our inconvenient illnesses and our absence from church, it was wonderful spending time together as a family. and now that i am feeling almost normal...its back to playing hockey with my wee babes and await the thrilling arrival of DADDY!