Last weekend...

was not exactly a good weekend around our house. I received a call from the boys' school about a 1/2 hour before school was out saying that Joshua had thrown up & needed picked up. Turns out that he was having trouble at both ends and couldn't even keep water down the rest of the night. I ended up calling in at work which was good because he and I were up most of the night. Finally about 3 am, he started holding down liquids so then I could give him some Tylenol for the headache he had. Not sure if the headache was from the virus or if he was getting dehydrated but it hurt pretty bad. We kept him on clear liquids all day Saturday then started a bland diet on Sunday. By Monday, he was all better & back at school. It was some kind of virus that hit him but fortunately it didn't last too long & even more important, the rest of us have been fine.
It was a real concern that he didn't pass this around the house because this is the end of the marking period for everyone. Stephen has had several mid-terms this week & Rachel has been dealing with finals. This is really the first time that she has had major finals and of course being in 9th grade, these are the first ones that will follow her the rest of her educational career. We didn't need either of them sick & thankfully they haven't gotten it. Rachel has 4 finals down and 2 to go tomorrow morning. She'll be done by 11 am and have a long weekend to rest up from them. Grades from the first 2 were both B's but overall, she ended up with and A in Honors Biology & a B+ in Spanish II. This gives here a 3.65 GPA at this point. I'll be surprised if that doesn't go up higher when all is said and done for the semester.
Other than Joshua's flu, it was a rather normal weekend. Rachel had a birthday party to attend Friday evening (another one this Friday too) and Mark & Stephen went to a Griffens' hockey game on Saturday. That was supposed to include Joshua but didn't for obvious reasons. They were able to bring him home a jersey that was the gift for the first 1200 kids that night though. (Mark has a friend that has season tickets that pulled some strings.)
This week has been a bit tough on me though. I have had to work Mon-Thur nights & Rachel has had 1/2 days Tues, Wed, & tomorrow. This means that she needs picked up at 11am which makes my sleeping a bit interrupted. Fortunately, I'll have the weekend to rest up.
That's about all the news from here.

Nothing much

Well, I haven't blogged because there hasn't been much to say. Kids are back in school. Mark & I are busy with work. We are just back into the normal routine of things.
Rachel did miss 2 days of school last week due to severe congestion. When her head backs up it just really backs up. She couldn't breathe well & was draining like a faucet both of those days. She was able to get caught up fairly easily though. She is also preparing for her finals next week. It is sort of a nice method they have for doing it at her high school. She only takes 2 finals a day and then has the rest of the day off for Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday. She then should have some quiet time before the boys come home to study for the next days finals.
Next Friday is Records day for all 3 kids so they will be home. Actually, they are hoping to go tubing from 10-1. Then Stephen has a basketball party from 2-5 & Rachel has a birthday party for some twins from 5-9. So I would say it is going to be a rather busy day.
So that is about it for us. Nothing big. We are healthy & fine so not much to write about. Maybe I'll have some exciting grades to write about soon. Also, there are tryouts for a musical at Rachel's school in early Feb. Will keep everyone informed on those as things develop.