I May Have Spoke Way To Soon..

In my last post..Down below this one..I told you that we didn't have H1N1 "swine flu".. Um well I was wrong..It is H1N1..That was a shock to me!! Well I don't think Trevor had it, but Bob, Jenna & I do..I'm about 5 days into it..Jenna is about 8 days into it & Bob just got it..

Now Bob has to be off of work for a week (and school also) & we'll probably be in the house for awhile..

I can look at this 2 ways..Either wine like a baby about it, or embrace it..I think I'll embrace it..Just look at what the Saints went through!! Consumption, TB, the Plague!! They EMBRACED their sickness!! If they can do it (and they suffered more) we can do it..I think this may bring us closer as a family..But I have to be honest..I have wavered..Yes, I have been a baby about it..The first few days I was begging God to help me, but then I had an "Aha" moment and thought about Jesus & how he was humiliated, scourged, had to carry his own cross through the streets, was unjustly crucified on a cross & died for our sins to be forgiven..And I said to myself "How dare you", "How dare you compare this to what Jesus went through"..And it's true..How can I even think this is suffering..People out there are suffering from cancer, and a whole host of other diseases, and here I am snugly in my bed with my tea cup complaining about a fever!! But I am still miserable..I go back and forth with myself about it (as you can see)..

So as soon as we are well enough we can go on with our lives..We're way behind with school among other things..My house looks like a landfill..The laundry is piling up..but those things can wait..

Being sick makes you think..Maybe that's what the whole purpose of being sick is..To make you think about your life, suffering, The Lord, etc..I mean you have enough time in bed to think don't you? Well I think I may be making no sense right now..I'm getting chills & need to go and "think" some more..If you could spare a prayer or 2 for us right now I'd appriciate it..But also pray for all the others out there who suffer for whatever reason & the poor souls who suffer in Purgatory..