Wow, when it rains it pours. About two (maybe three?) weeks ago, I turned to Lily and I said, “Honey, it has been since last February since anyone has been significantly sick. I feel so blessed.” THE VERY NEXT DAY. Clarissa started coming down with a significant illness. Then it cycled through every child, and then hit me and Lily the hardest. Sunday night Clarissa was up vomiting. Yesterday, I was so ill that I took work off. And today, Lily was so sick that she went to her bed the minute I got home, only to end up vomiting tons herself………so yeah….we are all ready for things to be normal again. I forgot to mention that Ammon’s sickness actually caused Toxic Synovitis which caused his knee to feel like it was broken or sprained. I swear I’m ready for the MCAT after all this medical exposure!
OK, enough ranting about sickness. Once I got over thinking about how sick we’ve all been, I can see what a truly good and blessed day we had. Lily was able to get a lot of rest. I went to basketball in the morning and actually made two three pointers in a row (literally never happens, I’m a terrible shot), and my meetings and obligations at work went mostly smoothly today. Lily took the kids through Panda Express to celebrate Chinese New Year, and the kids were mostly good, while Lily and I coped with feeling under the weather.
Lily was an incredible sport with her illness. She kept apologizing for being sick, and I needed to keep explaining that she was the one suffering with stomach pains, not me. We also watched Ant Man 2 together, which I thought was rather good. And now, after vomiting, Lily is finally comfortable and she’s blissfully sleeping. I tidied the house and now get to blog. I guess things aren’t so bad, especially given the fact that completely in love with my wife. Life has brought a lot of challenges recently, but she has been the joy sustaining me through everything. I hope she feels better tomorrow!