Snowmageddon

After Esther had the stomach bug, I woke up at midnight with it and threw up until 8:30am. Then I was pretty much comatose and weak until around 7pm--it was hard to walk, I was dizzy and definitely dehydrated and still just sipping water. The only thing I ate that day was homemade applesauce. Anyway, I'll spare you the gritty details, but we all ended up getting it, with poor little Esther having a relapse the next day--poor thing, she got it twice! 

It has now been over 24 hours since anyone has thrown up in my house and I am so so so grateful. The stomach bug is awful. May it never return. 

Everything is locked down this week. We have not been able to leave our home, well, even if we hadn't had the stomach bug. There was about 6 inches of snow and it all turned to ice! We missed church, cognitive brain development, two piano lessons, and picking up our raw milk. Our second cognitive brain development we did try today via zoom but it's not anywhere as good as in-person. 

The snow is beautiful. The kids are having a blast sledding on it--kids really bounce back much easier than adults from sickness. With below-freezing temperatures all week I don't know if we will get out until next week? I don't want to miss swim lessons and I really want to pick up my milk! Brian is going to try to get out tomorrow...It's been so crazy being cooped up inside doing laundry and recovering from, well, throwing up everywhere. At least we had electricity or I really don't know how we would have survived? 

This is our road Tuesday. Packed snow. It has not been plowed and we keep waiting for it to be but...I'm still waiting...

This is our road Wednesday. It's basically just ice. I'm not sure if the picture does it justice...It's terrible and I don't know how they will plough it because how can you plough ice?

This is my happy snow bunny. 

We start school back tomorrow because this homeschool, at least, only takes breaks when we are sick. Or have too many appointments...or if I want too. And being stuck at home is a perfect time to crack open some books and read on. 

God is so good and I'm glad to see the beautiful snow even if it does mess up all my plans.