What's Been Happening...

I meant to post about Thanksgiving. It was fun.

My kids, well specifically, Sami and Lucy have been really sick this past week. Sami told me on Tuesday night that her tummy hurt. That night she threw up 8 times. She kept count. Poor thing. Then in the morning, she had diarrhea. It was a 24 hour bug, thankfully. But then Lucy got it. Then Sami got it again. Now Lucy has it again.

You can imagine how much laundry I have done. And I just keep my carpet cleaner out.
But hopefully we will all be healthy soon. Specifically for Saturday when it's Sami's birthday (she is so excited!) and my parents come in.

 

Sami must be feeling better because today while I was laying down with Lucy, Sami and Janie took a purple and orange magic marker (washable, thankfully!) and drew all over the walls, my couch, cupboards, and doors. I was upset and while we were all cleaning up, Sami said to Janie, "I don't know why she is so upset." And she was sincere so I told her. Then they went to time out and are grounded from markers for a week. Which is torture for them because they use them every.single.day.

 

And lastly, Wednesday. This coming Wednesday is a huge day for us. At 10 am we find out if Jonathan matched to an allergy fellowship. He is so anxious and excited, it's like he is a boy waiting for Christmas.

To be honest, I am not crazy about any of the places he interviewed at. I like it here. But I love my husband and want him to be happy. And home. He has been on wards for 5 weeks and then he comes home and works almost every night. One night when he came home and went to tuck in Sami, she said, "You're just going to work and coming home and saying good night to us. That's all you're doing and that's sad."  Jonathan was so crushed that he wrote down what she said, so that's a direct quote. And she's right, it is sad.

Up to this point we haven't had many options as far as his work. You have to finish residency and you have to work what the residency program tells you. But now we are coming to options. And we know we want Jonathan home every night (before bedtime), and on weekends and holidays. So we are praying for the Lord to open the way. We are hoping an allergy fellowship will get us there, even though we will have to move and live like students for another two years. Allergy fellowship are extrememly competitive because of the fact that their hours are awesome for doctors, so knowing that we have a plan B. Which I will disclose on Wednesday if he didn't get the fellowship. :)