Singing, Staph Infections and Kids Who Won't Sleep

So we all made it through the weekend. I was the worship leader this last weekend, so that usually adds a little extra stress, but it seems to be getting easier to take my production hat off and focus on leading the congregation in worship. As usual Austin and his buddy Steven helped me get ready before the rest of the crew and musicians arrived.

Laurel wasn't feeling too hot. She was weak and achy. I'm thinking: Here comes the flu. Saturday night after church she shows me what looks like a bug bite or scratch and makes a note of how big the welt is. The welt is bigger the next morning and there are red streaks making their way up her arm. While we were at church, she and Austin went to the urgent care and they found out that she has a staph infection. The doctor placed her on antibiotics and she has been really tired, but is getting better.

Speaking of tired here are a few other reasons why we might be tired. A couple of times during the last couple of weeks Travis has been waking us up crying hysterically. He will cry inconsolably for 30 minutes before he falls back to sleep. It is as if he is still asleep while he cries. He then is very sensitive to any motion or sound the rest of the night. That is always a lot of fun.

When Travis has a nice it seems like Austin and/or Tamila have homework late into the night. It drives me crazy. They get so tired that they do not think straight and are not productive. A couple of times I have sent them to bed and have them get up around 5:30 am to finish. It seems mean, but they can finish in 45 minutes what they had spent two hours on the night before. With four kids at home Laurel and cherish our time decompressing once the kids go to bed. It used to be we could send them to be around 8:30. Those days are gone.

Enough rambling for now.

Billy