My First Spring Break in 14 years.

  So last week I had a pleasant surprise.  One month ago my sister and I decided we would drive to Grand Forks, North Dakota for a long weekend.  I was a little worried how I was going to handle school work, but I was really in need of a long weekend.  So here is the surprise.  I totally forgot you actually get a break in school.  You see it’s been 14 years since school, but I never enjoyed anything but the breaks, so this was a pleasant surprise.  So this was going to make our 6 hour drive with two two years olds and two five year old in one car for 6 hours, just a little bit better, or so I thought.  The drive to North Dakota was quite nice we left on Thursday night about 6:45pm and arrived about 1:00 am.  We made great time and the kids were great.   My cousin has four kids also; she has a sixteen year old, six year old, four year old, and a three year old.  So there was quite the house full.  Friday we didn’t do much, but hang out and let the kids play and take long naps due to the fact we were up so late the previous night.  Saturday we took all 7 kids under the age of 6 to a huge water park.  It was so much fun, even though I had to wear a swim suite. This is where the trip gets a little hairy.  My Five year old started running a fever about 3 in the afternoon, and went to bed early and that was that.  The next day my sister’s daughter woke with a fever, and continued to run one on the drive home.  When we left on Sunday my cousin was running a fever as was her three year old. I woke on the following Monday(first day of spring break) feeling like a had a 10 lb. weight in my chest and had a slight fever, I thought no big deal I have meeting all day at work, I can handle it.  Well it’s the next Monday night and I didn’t go to work today.  I have been sick a full week with bronchitis and some sort of repertory virus.  So this was a much need week off from school as I didn’t leave the couch for more the 4 days.  Yuck, I’m just sorry to say I worked half the week last week when I should have been home taking care of myself.  So once again, God works in mysterious ways.  So this is the first thing I have done in more than a week.