I've been nursing a slight cold for a few days now. We went on an Easter retreat with church for 5 days with about 50 people, and by the end, several of them had colds. I had sort of a sore throat during the night, but was fine during the day. Now I have a runny nose, but nothing else. I like to imagine that I have a very mild reaction to the virus. :-p

 

William is sick, though. He said at lunchtime that he had a stomachache and didn't want to eat any lunch (although he did drink a glass of Vitamin C), but then he felt well enough to go to school in the afternoon. He went to his friend's house after school, but at 5 his friend called and said William was sick and wanted to come home. I went and picked him up, and he complained of a terrible stomachache and could hardly walk. He'd been to the toilet a few times and had diarrhea. At home, he went straight to sleep on the couch, after I forced a few sips of sweetened fennel tea into him.

 

I hope I don't get whatever he has!

Things have been going well for the past couple of weeks. I have been having some sleep disturbances, though. I have woken up later than usual on a couple of mornings. Yesterday, I didn't wake up until 7:30, which would have been bad if it had been a weekday, but it was no big deal being Saturday. I haven't been going to bed later than usual; in fact, I usually fall asleep within moments of going to bed. But I have been sleeping pretty badly during the night: waking up often, lying awake for an hour or more. Last night, I had several very vivid dreams and woke up after each one. I am not sure of the reason for this. I don't think that there is anything different going on during the day. There are no new stresses at home or with the kids. The dosage of my Levothyroxin is the same. I am eating the same diet and exercising the same. Well, I have pretty much stopped having the night-time snack before going to bed, but that should make me sleep better, shouldn't it? Maybe I should go back to having a bowl of muesli with milk before bed. Or maybe it is just because it is getting toward Spring and the weather has been weird (wind-storms, drastic temperature changes).