A Case of the Cruds

Somehow I was the first to get it. Usually it is the children that bring the ‘bugs’ to me. But Friday night I started feeling blecky. I was at the in-laws for a family dinner and they seemed to notice it before me. (I had a little less tolerance for the fact that my children were being … children.)

Saturday morning I awoke feeling like a train had rolled over me but what is a mom to do when her oldest is scheduled to referee some soccer games 30 minutes away and her middle child has his last soccer game of the season. So “Up and At ‘Em”. As we were getting in the car my blessed mother-in-law called to ask how she could help me today. I asked how she knew I needed help and she said she just had this hunch. So after dropping *J* off at his games I dropped the boys off at her house & she took care of them the rest of the day (including getting *E* to his soccer game).

When they came home I still wasn’t feeling great but I probably would have been a whole lot worse if I hadn’t been given the break that I needed.

So I got up this morning to get the kids off to school and I could hear this horrendous cough coming from the boys’ room. Both of the younger boys were incredibly congested and sounded like I did Saturday morning. So after *J* (still healthy!) was off to school we ran to the store and got a conglomerate of cold-supplies. Today is officially a “Get Healthy” day.

They each have a water bottle full of water that they need to finish before lunch. (I’m sure there will be a little bit of prodding along the way!) Nothing like flushing the germs out of the body the natural way. The store was out of vapor bath, unfortunately, but that didn’t stop us from taking baths when we got home. I made the water a *touch* warmer then usual and we all hung out in the bathroom as the other bathed. The room was nice and steamy and felt great on the lungs!

At some point today I will change the sheets on the beds & wash those germs right down the drain. Ah yes – germs be gone!