Hoping the end is near…

I’m not gonna lie, this has been a really rough week!! Today we laid my father in law to rest with a beautiful service that definitely brought peace and comfort to so many family members. The funeral is such a great thing, a bit of initial closure for the week of grief which preceded it. I know for some it’s the beginning of many years of grief, but it’s comforting to see a tight woven family surround their mother during this time. I especially enjoyed the motorcade to the cemetary. I think this is the 3rd or 4th time I’ve been in a motorcade. While my Dawson is super excited about the policemen and watching them zoom past back and forth…I find more comfort in the feeling of peace it brings for the outside world to STOP in honor of your loved one. There’s really nothing else like it, and even though they don’t have a choice, I do think it’s honorable to pass so many cars stopped for this long line of your family.

So the funeral prep and family time and getting hair cuts and nice dress clothes and printing photos to put together frames, it really only makes up half of the crazy week…the other half is the neverending illness that seems to have struck our family. I’m going on day 8 of being sick with what I’m guessing is a sinus infection. The fevers have passed and the sore throat is finally gone, but the congestion is here to stay I suppose. And to add to that I now have built in ear plugs…might as well be swimming under water because that’s how I hear right now. And then last night my husband is up most the night with a fever! Now he’s down as well. Thankfully we both were able to feel pretty good for the 6 hours or so today of services, but tonight hasn’t proven so lucky and he’s been in bed most the day.

So we have sick and sicker over here trying to stay afloat with the 3 kids and the house, which has definitely seen better days! I’ve survived this week on just doing as little as I had to because I’ve felt so crummy, today I couldn’t take it any longer so I now have a clean kitchen, complete with steam mopped floors and all. Maybe tomorrow I can tackle folding 1 or 2 of the 6 loads of clean laundry and clean up the family room? I’m also thinking a second visit to the Dr. is in order as well. If I don’t go soon I will have used every last bit of toilet paper in our house to blow my nose…and I’ve already cleaned the store out of their cold meds, we’ve taken them all…none of them seem to bring any relief.

I’m certain I’ll be able to get back in the swing of things soon, but then I’ve been thinking that since last Friday =) Hopefully the end to this madness is soon, I need to get some work done and school is just around the corner so there is some prepping to be done there as well.