sick, Sick, SICK!

I've been trying to update this blog for a month now, and I just keep getting more and more behind. So much has happened, and I'd still like to fill you in on things, but for now I will just copy and paste an email that I sent my mom today. That will give you an idea of how things have been most recently....

"Goodmorning, Mom. How are you? I'm tired. I'm trying to trust in God and I've been praying for strength. We took Alex in to Kaiser yesterday and it turns out he now has an ear infection, on top of whatever cold he has. Then, as I was waiting to be called in, I noticed that Anna had some goop in her right eye!... I showed the doctor when she was done examining Alex and she said it could just be a clogged tear duct, but that she would order the prescription for pink eye in case it turned out to be that. Well, I should have just picked up the medication anyway! By the time we were done with dinner her eye was all nasty. By the time I got to church it was pink too. Rehearsal went late and I didn't get home until 9:45pm. At that point I still needed to give Anna rice cereal. Nate was pooped and needed to get to bed Asap. So once Anna was down we headed off to bed. But, my head just wouldn't turn off. So finally I went down stairs. Shortly after I heard movement upstairs and went to check to see what was happening.... Nate was sweating a ton and couldn't sleep. Poor guy- he decided to sleep on the floor.Eventually I got to sleep, only to be awakened by Alex crying at 7:28am! I gave him his medication, checked his temp. (99.2), gave him tylenol, gave him a nose drop to try to clear him out a bit, gave him some milk (he hardly drank any)....... And then I heard Anna crying!! (8:10am) So I took Alex upstairs, changed his sheets (he had majorly leaked during the night), and put him back to bed.Then I washed my hands and went to get poor Anna. Fed her, cleaned her eye (she HATED it), changed her, and she fell asleep to escape her misery. Then I washed up again, took a bite of a pop tart, sat down to write you....... and now I hear Alex SCREAMING again! It's 9:15am and I have a headache. Pray for me.Sorry to dump all of that on you. I love you so much. Thanks for being such a great mom. I'm sure you remember days like these.
Love,Amy"

The day continued on course... After sending that email, I went to get Alex (leaving Anna asleep on the floor downstairs) and as soon as I picked Alex up, I could hear Anna begin to cry...