Sick

Everyone in my family has been sick with a cold this last week. I haven't felt motivated to post anything lately because I haven't had much time or energy. In the last couple of years, I've used a zinc nasal gel called Zicam as soon as I get the first symptom of a cold and since using it, I have rarely been sick. When I have gotten sick, the cold lasts for a couple days and then it's gone. This time, I tried to use it, but I didn't realize the bottle was empty. I bought a new one about a day later. I haven't had a cold hit me this hard in a long time.



Emily always suffers the worst from these colds. She has been laid up for a few days, but I think she's feeling a little better this morning. Tuesday was especially rough on her because she got very little sleep Monday night. Unfortunately, that was the day I had a customer flying in to meet with me, so I couldn't ditch work. Normally my job is extremely flexible and I'm so grateful for that. Thankfully, we have some wonderful friends that I called Tuesday morning and our kids were out of the house the entire day. One of those friends made dinner for us that night.

Being far away from family is tough and at times like this, I wish we were closer. But I'm really grateful for friends, some of whom we have adopted as family, who help us out when things get tough. Thanks everyone.