I called off work today but found a replacement. This was the right decision as I would’ve been utterly miserable. I felt it coming on last night and almost texted a coworker then but decided to see how I felt in the morning. To my shock and surprise she said she’d come in and not just for part of it but for all of the shift. One of the boys has had another cough these last two weeks so finally now I have succumbed to something.

The kids and I watched church from home. I didn’t wake anyone up for them to leave in time. Elianna had been out past midnight after attending a concert in St. Louis with the youth group. Dad was up and had to be out by 7 to preach somewhere at a dual parish. Later he and Elianna went out and grocery shopped. The boys drove into town to get burgers and brought back food for them and Dad for lunch. They stopped by the store.

So it’s been a chill day here inside and out. The temps are in those ridiculously cold single digits where the boys come back from walking Zorro red faced. Ethan said several of them drove out of town then ran back in the direction of the wind. He stopped when they ran by the school. When two of them were done they dropped into the ditch and curled up and stayed there until getting picked up. It was a nice day and I was grateful for it.