On the Other Side

I think I'm finally coming out on the other side of this flu thing. I went to work today, and I survived! I even enjoyed it! My kids were so glad to see me back, and that felt really good. I was WAY exhausted when I got home today, though. I was supposed to join Taylor for a Pampered Chef show (which sold over $1,000 in products, by the way, which is REALLY good!), but I backed out when I realized how beat I was. I stayed in bed tonight watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which was fun.

So, the same thing happened this morning that happened yesterday morning. I woke up and I had all of this congestion and crud, and it made me sick. I threw up like six times before I walked out the door. But I wasn't feeling really sick or running a fever. And yesterday when I decided to stay home, I felt better by like 9:00. So I decided to just suck it up and go. I'm glad that I did. I would've felt very guilty if I'd stayed home again.

I felt so bad for my kids when I got to school this morning. There was a stack of work a mile high that they'd done the past four days. And it was all mainly busy work. But what can you do? I went easy on them today. We played a game and had lots of reading time...nothing to difficult. I don't think I was up to doing an involved lesson anyway. I stayed seated most of the day, and I STILL felt like I'd run a marathon by the end of the day!

You know what's really great, though. Eating food after having the flu. It's like each time I eat something new, I'm tasting it for the first time. I get so excited about eating the most normal things like chicken, apples, a bowl of cereal, a fried egg (I haven't had this one yet, but it's coming soon, and I can't wait!!!) The taste of foods that you like is SO much better after a diet of bread, chicken soup, and water for a week. It's a wonderful thing!