sick-round 2

Just when I was seeing the light at the end of the tunnel of my amoeba/bacteria belly; Arabella gets a runny nose. Justin gets it, then me, then Addie and suddenly my little light is extinguished before I even get a good nights rest. My lack of sleep can now be attributed to a sore throat and sinus pressure instead of a tummy ache. Either way, I'm exhausted and weak. How does one get a common cold while taking Cipro? That stuff treats anthrax for crud's sake, couldn't it just prevent a little cold. My microbiology professors weren't lying when they taught us the difference between virus and bacteria. Humph! Still. Come on!

It kind of sucks being the Mama when the family is sick. Everyone else gets taken care of first. I wouldn't have it any other way, and yet, I always take longer to recover from illnesses because of my role in caring for the girls' colds. Just part of the job description.

Yesterday, after a night of four hours of sleep and lots of frustrating insomnia like hours laying awake in bed stuffed up in the head, I just needed a little TLC. Yaya stepped up and watched the girls for an hour while I tried to take a nap (sort of successful) and then made the most delicious, heart warming, cold zapping soup for dinner.

It was a vegetable and pork soup with beans, potatoes, onions and parsley. It was cozy and the perfect thing to nurse a cold. Justin said it felt like being tucked-in by his Mom. So true and much needed. Soup was the TLC I needed.