Working 80+ hour weeks - 93 hours this past week. Some Sundays we'd get to see him, but others he had church meeting after church meeting. We are certainly not used to not seeing him as he hasn't had to travel almost at all this past year. We were spoiled.
Well this past 93 hour work week, I toted 5 kids around each evening as we met with the Bishop (I finally got a new calling after being released 8 weeks ago!), trying not to draw too much attention to ourselves although kids loudly proclaimed they did not want to be watching Rylee at her gymnastics lesson, then rushing over to a Relief Society activity hoping to get some sort of needed break - what was I thinking! Olivia was all over me (she had been asleep) as she was coughing and ornery. Poor girl. The next day I took Olivia to the dr and was informed she has RSV. Lucy and Kaycee are now forming to the couch with fevers, coughs, and Kaycee tossed her cookies this morning. I'm wiped. I can't even imagine how Ryan feels or how he's even functioning.
But you now what?
Sounds like life to me it aint no fantasy
It's just a common case of everyday reality
Man, I know it's tough but you gotta suck it up
To hear you talk you're caught up in some tragedy
It sounds like life to me.
(Darryl Worley, Sounds Like Life to Me)
This song made me chuckle when I heard it. But, as hard as life may seem to be, we just need to "keep on keepin on," and push through. There is always a light at the end of the tunnel (unless it's another train!) :) But, it could ALWAYS be worse, right? I must still say though, I can't wait for February!
