The clouds over the Kelso house have cleared a bit and we are looking at what could be a more promising day. This has been a bit of a gloomy week for the household. Nothing overly traumatic, just a little off for almost all of us. Kris has dealt with being sore, tired and somewhat sick to his stomach, I have had the same nausea as he has, Owen had one night of bad stomach pain and even threw up in his bed, Ivan has been fine, and Aron has not complained but has not been himself as his temperature has been over 100 since Wednesday. Last night we all went to bed a little early and as I was going to sleep I knew that today would be better. Do you know that feeling? It's not that desperate feeling of "it can't get any worse," it's just that knowing that tomorrow would be different. So, as expected, Kris was up early and getting ready for Friday morning prayer meeting when I woke up. We had already decided that we shouldn't take the boys the night before. I did feel a twinge of the nausea again this morning but it's not what it was, and I feel like I will be able to be much more productive today. Owen was pretty well yesterday and seems fine again this morning. Aron is only slightly feverish but looks much more like himself this morning. His smile is more ready and his eyes don't look so tired.

It's refreshing to know that we will be able to function more normally today and that we haven't missed the weekend.

Despite feeling unproductive we did a lot the first couple days of the week, with Aron's 6 mo. photographs on Monday and Tuesday's usual Bible study and rehearsal schedule. Things started slowing down on Wednesday and yesterday brought us all to a screeching halt. It was good to rest.

Today looks like we'll have some rain and that sort of makes me happy too. I like to know I don't have to go anywhere when it's a rainy day. It allows me to enjoy what's in the house. Books are more fun to read and projects are more fun to work on.

Here's a question for you wives out there. When your husband is sick or down for whatever reason, do you feel, or are you tempted to feel angry? I spoke to a girl on Wednesday and when I mentioned Kris feeling bad she asked if I was mad at him. I laughed because every time he gets sick it is a temptation to get really angry and suspicious that he is overplaying the sick thing. I do not act on this and commit to not dwelling on that thought but it is certainly a temptation. This particular girl said that she truly gets angry and finds it very difficult to have mercy on her husband when he is sick. I just wondered if that is common among other wives as well. That being asked...have any of you ever seen this video? I don't want to fuel flames toward mistrust and lack of mercy, I just found it funny. I hope that we all can trust our dear husbands to "man up" under ailments and that they can trust us to be at their side when they need us.