Fast Running Mommy

severe sore throat....just 1 today

It actually felt really really really really ..I could go on..really good to write in a zero. I like taking breaks. We are soooo taking a break today. In fact the whole Fast Running Family is not running today. Go ahead ...make it a national holiday...the day no one in the Pachev house ran. Sasha has a terrible high fever and is half delirious. Benjamin has it, Jenny has it and Jospeh has it. Jacob had it last week and Julia too. By the grace of God I have been spared so I can keep everyone around here somewhat alive and William also is not sick although he hasn't napped normally for like three days because Sasha keeps waking him up because he's going in and out of his sick room. If the insomnia last week was bad..this may be worse. Good thoughts and prayers this way much appreciated because I'm about ready to crack. Taking care of sick kids, husband and a baby for several days straight is getting to me (which is why I'm not running today either....don't want to get sicker than I am and I need every ounce of strength to keep things running)

I have reverted to morning cartoons...which I NEVER let my kids watch..I hate having them sit around and watch TV but this is an EMERGENCY!!!!

I did write a zero there this morning..just x that entry...well I'm leaving it for entertainment value. I had to get out and run a little. It felt great. I think I'll go for 2 tomorrow and will be back at 3 by the weekend. :) 

Sasha has an ear infection and was up all night. I have the beginnings of mastitis....

William has a fever now and kept me up all night...Benjamin, Julia and Jacob seem to be mostly normal. Joseph is still coughing and Jenny is semi-better. Now it's time to bring out the sense of humor and just laugh about this. Nobody is so sick that I'm worried about their life but we are all kind of stinky and yucky looking....and you should see my bathroom....ew...Russians don't believe in kleenex...they blow it out in the sink.....mostly because their version of toliet paper (they don't even have kleenex there actually..well...maybe now but not 15 years ago)..anyway, their newspaper was printed on softer paper.   

My neighbor brought dinner and is watching kids for me this morning so my spirits are up. Thank goodness for the Relief Society!!! 

Things are starting to look up....at least the kids are healthy again. Sasha is on the mend. No fever today and the infection seems to be mostly gone. He really hates antibiotics or otherwise he would have been totally healthy today I'm sure. It is better so I think he'll get his wish and not have to take them. I felt ready to go 3 today and was grateful for a more normal day. All of this has made me more grateful for my husband and my children and I hope I don't lose sight of that too quickly. 

This has been one of those months...yes it has. I am grateful for the sunshine today. I took William for his first official walk. We've walked places with him...mostly church functions but that didn't exactly count. He was mad from some injustices like tummy time and neck exercises (he has a slight imbalance and tightness on one side that I have to stretch out several times a day and of course he hates it). The sun warmed and cheered all of us.

I felt really strong today. I actually ran the first mile pushing the stroller and it didn't bug me. The last two miles felt great. It would have been the perfect run except for the dogs that got out and ran after me. They seemed like pretty nice dogs except that even nice dogs have teeth. I screamed at them. (my best form of self-defense...I have a great loud piercing soprano voice)  The owner came out right away and looked like a nice responsible type of lady so I felt bad that I screamed at her nice dogs with teeth....kinda....