As we were driving home from our weekend at the cabin yesterday, I looked at my husband and I said, "Aren't you glad that we don't have to worry about getting anyone up for school in the morning?" He just looked at me sideways and smiled. Knowing his history with the homeschooling idea, I was just glad he didn't make a last minute announcement that they were all getting on the bus in the morning! ;)
Today felt wonderful. I heard the school bus pass by at some god-awful hour of 6:45am. I snuggled under my covers and went back to sleep. As it turns out, all three of the older kids spent the rest of the day getting sick so being home was truly a blessing.
Their symptoms are funny, but followed the same pattern with each child. First was a very strong feeling of fatigue followed by the chills. Each child snuggled under a blanket and within minutes was fast asleep. A high fever and headache followed the nap, and then came the body aches and pains. It started with Samantha this morning, then Joshua around 2:00pm and then Jeremy around 6:00. There doesn't seem to be much else to it- no vomiting or stomach problems. Samantha is convinced that they have West Nile Virus because of all the mosquito bites they got this weekend. I am giggling at the fact that I have to write down when they get their Tylenol so I can keep the doses straight! Ahhh yes... life with many children. ;)
Being married to my darling husband for 12 years has taught me many things about how to communicate. I have learned that he does not do well when he has to sit down and hash out a problem or issue all at once. I could not say to him, " Come here and let's talk about this new job and let's figure out once and for all if it will work." and then proceed to sit there for an hour and talk about it. Nope. Not this guy. He prefers his discussion to be short and sporadic. We can talk about something many, many times, as long as it is short and sweet. That's how the job discussion went this weekend. We managed to talk a little bit in the truck on the way to the cabin. We talked a little bit over lunch but the kids were listening. We talked a little bit at bedtime when the kids were finally asleep. And we talked a little bit more on the way home.
In the end, nothing was really resolved or decided, and since I have also learned that I cannot push him, I stopped talking about it. He decided that he would call today and ask them if the salary is negotiable. He told them what he needed to earn to make the move and they were going to get back to him as soon as they could. So he gets off the phone and then he looks at me and says,"What if they call back and say they will pay me what I am asking? Then what?" Well my dear, we should have had that worked out before you made the call, shouldn't we? He said he could always tell them that he didn't think moving was going to work out for us and I said he could always look at this like another of life's adventures and just take the job and see what happens. So I guess we'll see what happens! ;) Hopefully they'll have an answer for us tomorrow.
Have a good night everyone!
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Sorry your students were all sick on the first day of school! How much nicer to be sick at home, though, than to have a "disaster" at school (I have some painful memories of these!).
Good thing you have the calm and grace to let Derick deal with accepting or not accepting the job in his own way! I would want to talk and discuss and debate. Sounds like he feels like he needs to keep his options open for as long as possible.
Oh, goodness. Yes, a flow chart does wonders to keep the overdosing and mixed dosages to a minimum, doesn't it? ;-) I hope they're all feeling MUCH better now, and that you're rested up from being the on-call doctor.
Wow, just got caught up on the job process. {{hugs}} I take those things personally, too. "Did ya not see the cape and superhero tights he wears? Whaddya mean he's not what you're looking for? He's perfect for anything he sets his mind to! HMPF!" And, yes, nothing like voicing those things and earning yourself a reputation as "the NEW reason nobody will hire him". ;-) We'll always listen, though, so rant away here and we'll nod sagely and understand perfectly.
Oh, the waiting and the uncertainty (and the small chunks of conversations) make my knees trembly and tingly. Still praying for some resolution. (You wouldn't, by any chance, be coming closer to our neck of the woods, would you? Just askin', you know.)
Kiss those babies extra for me, and enjoy ignoring the school bus this fall!!
Dy
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