I need to rest. Our week was crazy.
To recap the "highlights":
Both girls are ill - one had the virus move up into her head to cause sinus problems, the other had hers move down into a cough. Developing.
My favorite husband and son spent Wednesday evening (and early Thursday morning) in the emergency department with hubby tortured by what turned out to be kidney stones. Where was I? Well, I had been in town with the kids at a church youth group meeting when my favorite husband called me to say his symptoms (extreme pain) had worsened. He actually considered coming home (WHY?!). Instead he chose to take our now-driving son with him so that he could be driven home safely. I took the car full of groceries and two sick girls home (I didn't want the girls to wait in the germ-filled emergency room when already ill). My night was spent pacing, cleaning, folding clothes and all sorts of other mindless pursuits until the men arrived at 2AM. Symptoms gone on Thursday, apparently the stone(s) had passed.
Last night I was shopping for a few items for the kids in the small town nearby when I got the call from home that the dog had been run over and they (the remainder of the family) were bringing him into the vet. Fortune smiled upon Hank as he only needed stitches on his head where he was cut quite badly. He was covered in dust (rocks imbedded into his collar as well) and had many abrasions on his legs. We don't know what he tangled with, but it was something mechanical and he was able to get home. $170 and two hours later (pain pills, antibiotics, suturing fee, etc.) we brought our dog home, thankful that the event was not as bad as it could have been (understatement).
I need to rest, but school, home, family, church duties all clamor for attention. I must remember Thanksgiving is coming and I am so blessed.
