Sickness, again

I should be cleaning my house instead of writting a blog, but I thought I would take a minute to update what has been going on around here.  We finished our play of Savior of the World.  It was great, even better than the last time I did it.  It was fun to do it with Erica and watch her with makeup on and her hair all pretty and she was so good and excited about the whole thing.  I think her favorite part was her new friend she made, a boy name Royal.  He was quite a bit older than her, but I think she was in love.  We had just finished a scene and she wanted to go find Royal but I had to go the bathroom.  She ran off and I asked a friend if she would watch out for her while I was gone.  I came back and my friend told me that Erica went up to her and asked where I was.  She told Erica I was using the bathroom and would be right back and she was to watch out for her.  Erica then said, "oh that's okay, I am with Royal."  My friend told me to watch out for her when she gets older.  We were tired and exhausted by the time it was over and ready to move on to a new week with less stress.  But then, the sickness crept in.  Kason ended up with a rash all over and a fever and then came the nagging cough.  Then I got it, but worse.  It came on about Thursday with fevers and chills, unrelenting.  I could only take Tylenol but it was not helping me much.  I laid around all weekend long with no energy, freezing or burning up, hurting every time I moved, miserable, wondering when I would ever get better.  I was more concerned about the baby than me.  I wasn't sure if all the Tylenol I was taking or the hot baths I had to get in to control the chills was hurting the baby.  She kept kicking me letting me know she was still there, so hopefully no damage was done.  I started trying to find the blessings of being sick.  There were a few.  I was so glad I got sick after the play was over and not during it or I could not be in it, I was glad that the worst part of my sickness came during the weekend and Kory took very good care of us, and it forced me to my knees more in prayer and more meaningful scripture study where I read quite a few scriptures about having patience, trust, and faith.  The fever and chills finally subsided byTuesday but it left me with a terrible cough and no voice.  So Kason and I have been coughing all week.  One night I could not stop coughing and I was waking Kory up so I decided to sleep on the couch with my upper body elevated to try and stop the coughing.  That was a terrible night.  I think I only sleep about 3 hours.  So the next night, we put some mattresses in our bonus room with our noisy humidifier and Kason and I have been sleeping there for the past two nights coughing to our hearts content with the moist air around us.  I think we are getting better but it is extremely slow.  So with the play and my sickness, the house is quite dirty.  I better start cleaning now.  Next week is crazy with work.  I am working extra hours and going in for all day training on Tuesday as our department moves into a new technological phase, voice recognition.  This is something that I have been hearing about from my supervisors of where we want to be some day for so many years I can't even remember and it is now becoming a reality.  We have had 3 people quit within 2 weeks, my supervisor during our meeting yesterday said she was "nervous," but overall I think everyone else is excited.  I don't know what to think, honestly.  I convinced Kory to take a day off work that day to help take care of the kids.  He is nervous himself about taking care of the kids and wondering what to do with them all day and how he is going to handle it.  I think that is funny.  I told him I would trade places with him anytime, he can go to my training meeting.  Life is not dull around here.