Sickness Will Do It

If ever a reminder is needed of just how weak and frail the human body is, sickness will do it.  Just a couple of weeks ago, my daughter was sick for several days.  About a week later, one of my sons was sick.  Today was my turn.  Only the virus hit me pretty hard.  Maybe tiredness and age were factors, or maybe it was a different virus entirely.  Suffice it to say that I have slept for 16 hours today and nearly fainted when I stood up for the first time this morning.  Really.  I felt like my entire body was draining away.  I don’t know if it was blood pressure related or what.  Then I began to have chills and sweats.  All I could do was lie there and hope my husband got back home soon.  He was out doing Saturday morning things. 

I had to miss work tonight.  I just hope I am able to go back for my shift tomorrow night.

This evening I have done just a few light things that required only sitting up in bed.  I have cut out some pictures for scrapbooks.  I have been looking at a couple of books I found at the thrift store on Thursday.  I am glad to have them in my collection.

They are in good shape.

There are plenty of things here I want to read to the children (and just read myself!).

I am going to bed again soon.  Maybe 10 or 12 more hours of sleep will get me up and going again.  I just hope I can sleep well all night.  Like I was saying, there’s nothing like illness to bring into perspective just how weak and frail our existence really is.

My husband wanted me to try and eat tonight, so I had some chicken soup.  My daughter said, “Wait, you have to have a placemat!”  She returned with one that we made in our homeschool years ago when we studied Lentil.

There wasn’t anything better she could have chosen to make me smile.

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