Lying low ....

Our days are never dull, but often I don’t think our day will be of much interest to someone who will pop over to read this blog. So I don’t write. When I look again a whole week has gone by!

Highlights of the week gone by include a 2-hour visit with Walda and Sylma last Monday afternoon, `feet up’ drinking Rooibos on Walda’s back verandah while we sort of watched the children swimming. That was real food for the soul! Am so blessed with great friends!

We celebrated our homegroup leader’s birthday when we met together on Wednesday evening – it was a very impromptu celebration organised by the lady whose home we met in. It was great fun! It was special be able to pray with Eugene and share scripture and encourage him.

Jed was ill a fornight ago and is much better. He’s just a very chesty cough still and its overstayed its welcome, long ago! Last Thursday Ryan developed an ear and throat infection which was so sore that he actually cried in pain. I made some eardrops using coconut oil and garlic which worked very well and also doused him with tea made with honey and coconut oil. Lots of prayer of course, too! He’s doing a lot better, but his cough has also overstayed its welcome (and its new!). Ethan woke with a very sore head yesterday morning and we chose to spend the day resting and watched a couple of movies. He vomited twice in his sleep last night but then slept well for the rest of the night. He was very weak and sore still today and spent most of the day on the couch resting. This afternoon Dieter ‘crashed’ after lunch and needed a nap. We both felt exhausted and weak, but he needed it more than me. He woke feeling like a bus had run over him and feels he too is coming ‘down with something’. This is our week of nasal drops, ear drops, warm teas, honey, lemon and coconut milk. So, we’re just lying as low as we can and trying to recuperate.

Its been a busy day, we spent the morning making over 50 tubs of playdough and this afternoon I’ve been playing Mom’s taxi. Am looking forward to a good night’s rest and another semi-chilled day tomorrow.

PS: I typed this last night but never got a chance to post it. This morning I made another 50 tubs of playdough with Ryan and Jed, fun! Dieter is lying very low and feeling yucky but Ethan is on the mend. Ryan is desperate to get back to football but I have managed to convince him to wait one more day! Still lying low ......