A week in a list

Well, hi. Here I am again, after another long absence... What on earth have I been doing?

• Caring for the world's surliest little sick man, for one thing...
• Fighting off exactly what he has...
• Entertaining... I think I had four sets of visitors in one day this week...
• Hanging out with my brother-in-law, who isn't opposed to bumming around the house with me,  which is AWESOME...
• Making Hanukkah decorations (can't wait to show pictures of that)...
• Puking myself polka-dotted...
• Eating a lot of cheese and vanilla ice cream (the Sprout likes dairy)...
• Trying to mix compassion with discipline...
• Learning that I am a horribly babyish sick person, and that no one else wakes her husband up in the middle of the night to tell him that she threw up (but I promise, my mom always wanted to be woken up, right, Mom?)...
• Thanking the Lord that Milo has slept until 10:00 the last two mornings, still taken a nap, and gone to bed with very little trouble. Rest, sweet boy, rest, and mend that little body back to normal.

So it's been a hard week, although there's been lots of good mixed in with the bad. But let me just tell you this little story. On Thursday, I finally got Milo down for a nap after a long morning (for both of us), and immediately headed for the bathroom. I threw up and threw up and threw up, cried a lot, and then laid down for a nap, entirely overwhelmed by trying to come up with dinner options when just thinking about food makes me gag. I awoke to a text and a voicemail from one of my very favorite friends (and not just because she did this) - "I made you broccoli cheese soup for dinner, and I'll run it by around 5. Hope that's okay!"

Oh my word, talk about saving my life. This is the same friend who, maybe a month ago, called me on another really bad day to tell me that we should come over for dinner, and that she had made one of Nate's favorite dinners (roast, potatoes, and carrots). Again, lifesaver. I am so thankful for her and can't wait until she gets pregnant again so I can maybe save her life every now and then (or at least have a good reason to snag her sweet little girl and make her hang out with Milo and I).