It's been a while. We went to our annual family reunion (Missed you Kial) 2 weeks ago. We came home and got sick. Everyone got the 4 day fever and headache. Today we started school again after two weeks of being too sick. We were not all sick at once so it took that long to enjoy a day without anyone vomiting, moaning or needing Mama snuggling them all day. I think the children used about 12 rolls of toilet paper blowing their collective noses.
Meanwhile though, Leon and I managed to sneak away for a few hours during the evening and enjoy a church meeting. They thanked us for coming but we were just blissfully sighing and sipping decaf. I wanted to ask while in this happy dreamy state, "can we stay?"
I am looking forward to my date with Leon at Pete's coffee. We meet weekly for a life focus meeting and a parental support group. Leon and I are the only members and the admission is closed. It's a wonderfully supportive group. We discuss the newest problems (and old ones that are persistent) and formulate plans to eradicate them.
It's much easier to figure out what should be done while drinking tea then while my 15 year old is giving me a very good reason why he shouldn't do it my way and he's been passionately protesting for 4 minutes. He's so very good looking and he loves me so much, it's hard to say, "no" to him.
Anyway, Ephraim's arm is free from the wraps. He has been sick ever since removing them so he hasn't gone out and broken anything else.
Kajukenbo is tomorrow. I wish that I had more time to practice. I just keep slipping in 25 slide up side kicks here and 25 reverse punches there. I can usually talk Ephraim into lunging at me with a knife while he is walking by to come to the table.
It's a little harder to get my sons to agree to 'dummy' for me when I start out by asking if they're wearing a cup.
Sorry, Xea and family, sorry Simonatti's, Dimmick's, Swanson's, Lullabye, and all our dear friends, that we haven't been able to get together more and go to your children's plays and things. We can't do everything that we'd like to do right now.
Love, Jennifer
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