Spotted Boy, Tired Momma, Whiney Girl, Vacationing Daddy and Home Repairs

WOW...what a couple of weeks we have had around here. First, Rachel had fever for 5 days.....YES 5 days! She had no other symptoms than fever but it was high. Her only problem now is that she has reverted back to the whiny 3 year old. Well she is 4, but I remember 3 as being whiny....... gotta love her though....she's so stinkin' cute!

Now Timothy has CHICKEN POX!!! I praise the Lord that he didn't get them as bad as I did when I was a child. I had them EVERYWHERE!!!!! Timothy has only had them on his chest, back, and a few on his face. He never ran fever, but did complain of a stomach ache and sore throat a couple days before the first spot showed up. And yes....before you ask....he did have his vaccination. Well, he had the 1st one, but when school started and it was time to get his second one, NO ONE had it...not even the health department. SO, it makes me wonder.......does he really need it now? Hmmmmm......

As for the Momma of the house......well I am exhausted. I have had SO much going on at work lately, and have had to bring a lot of it home too. SO, I am tired. I am drained emotionally, physically and mentally! And today, one of my students didn't get his meds before coming to school, so the day was almost wasted. He was in RARE form and therefore the others fed off his behavior. There wasn't much I could do to "discipline" him because it really wasn't his fault and at the same time, I didn't feel I could do much to the others either.....it was just ONE OF THOSE DAYS!

The man of the house is on vacation. He had several days of paid vacation from the church that he had to take before the end of the year. So, he took some now and will take the rest at Christmas. I praise God for this because I don't have much leave built up at work, and since Timothy has had to stay home, it has worked out wonderful. He is out tonight at a Rockets' game.

As far as our house goes.....we will really need your prayers. We are about to have to take out a loan of some kind to pay for all the repairs. The plumbing will be around $5500 and the foundation will be around $6000 and the repairs to the inside we are not completely sure about but I would venture to say they will be in the ball park of $5000 as well. This is definitely money we don't have right now, but repairs HAVE to be done. Pray I can lay it at HIS feet and leave it there!

WOW!!! $100 Jewelry Giveaway!!

I just went to Lisa's and she had a post about this giveaway over at Rachael's. I can't get over the cuteness of this stuff! The picture above is my absolute FAVORITE of the bunch.

Many nights a week Rachel asks me, "Mommy, how much do you love me?" And I tell her, "I love you to the moon and back, to the moon and back, to the moon and back and back and back and back. How much do you love me?" and she says the same thing back to me.

Go check out the giveaway and while you are at it, check out her ETSY shop too.

Fever, Fever, Fever!

Today is day 4 of fever. Well, yesterday was a fever free day, so I guess it's actually day 3 with fever. Rachel woke up Thursday morning and told me she needed medicine. (sometimes I think she is a little hypochondriac!) Anyway, that afternoon, the daycare called me at work to let me know she was running a fever of 102.4. So I left work since the man was in Houston for a doctors appointment himself.

When I got to the daycare, she was listless and burning up! I called her doctor (cause I am the momma that runs to the doctor) and since she had just gotten over the bronchitis and ear infection, they told me to bring her in to the office. We were a work in, so you know what that means....yep...we sat and waited for 2 1/2 hours to see a doctor! The only positive thing about that is that Rachel slept the whole time.

Once we got in they took a swab to check for strep and it came back negative. Therefore, the diagnosis was a virus. A virus that they had been seeing with high fevers for 24 hours up to 5 days! Her fever has been as high as 103.4 and that's with Motrin and Tylenol!

She was fever free on Saturday, but woke up this morning telling me she needed medicine. She was on Carlton's side of the bed and he said, "Angie, I think you need to get the thermometer." Sure enough her temp was 101......UGH!

Pray for my little princess!

Today's Small Thing

Well, today's small thing was to speak with kindness all day. I told Rachel Anne that this was going to be a very difficult thing to do today.....well actually it has been difficult for me to do everyday since school started.

I am a very kind person by nature. Many people laugh at me when I tell them "I got mad today". I mean, I know I have my bad days and all, but for the most part I am pretty easy going!

I must ask you all to pray for me about this though. I have one VERY difficult student. Probably the most difficult I have had in my whole teaching career. It has definitely been a trying year thus far, but I know it will get better!

I not only want to speak to him with kindness today, but everyday!