Dark Days

We’ve had a few dark days around here. Yes, the sun shone, but not in the house. Kris started feeling a bit under the weather Friday evening and then during the night he was in absolute misery. Running to the bathroom to “spill the graham crackers” almost every hour. I was up with him and taking care of restless boys as well. Owen and Ivan seemed somehow aware that things were not right and didn’t sleep all that soundly. In fact, Owen fell out of his bed.

We had planned to meet the Buttons for an afternoon at the park which changed to an afternoon at our house due to Travis having a lot of pain in his back. The afternoon at our house changed to all of us just resting in our own homes instead of sharing our pain and suffering with others. Poor Kris, he felt really awful and I just tried to keep the boys quiet and the room dark so he could sleep.

Owen and I went to Walgreens on Saturday morning while Ivan and Kris slept. We got Gatorade, Gingerale, and anything else that looked helpful. I gave him some warm Jell-o before it was set, I read that is supposed to calm an upset stomach. It did seem to help.

By Saturday evening he was feeling some better but not enough to get out of bed. I called our Sunday school class and tried to gear up for teaching the next day. I didn’t really prepare anything because I didn’t have time and I was still hoping that maybe he could make it to church.

Sunday was a good day but Kris was still too weak to get up for church. He watched on the internet and I took the boys and taught our class. We had another new couple yesterday and I enjoyed talking with them. He’s a professional carpet cleaner and had all sorts of interesting facts about carpet. I was actually intrigued.

When we got home Kris was on the couch…this was a good sign. He seemed much more himself and was able to eat a little chicken noodle soup. He took a long nap in the afternoon and I played with a very tired/hyper Owen. Kris’ nap seemed to help immensely and by evening he felt confident that he would be able to go to work the next day.

Owen didn’t get a nap because we got home from church and ate lunch so late. By 5:00 he was exhausted. He wasn’t whiney which was very nice but did ask me to rock him. I sat there with him for about 5 minutes while he squirmed and tried to get comfortable. He’s so big now it’s hard to hold him comfortably. Finally he found a spot and sat still…he was asleep in about 10 seconds. I decided that despite the fact that he hadn’t eaten dinner, brushed his teeth or changed from his church clothes, that I would lay him down. He slept until 5:30 this morning when Ivan woke up.

This morning we woke up to rain and clouds. It’s dark outside but things are much better in here. Kris was able to get up eat a little breakfast and go to work. Owen is happy as can be and even poopied in the potty this morning, Ivan has been playing and is now sleeping on my pillow and I have been able to send a couple e-mails, read my favorite blogs and am about to finish updating mine. Rainy Days and Mondays…Hmmm.