After naps this afternoon, we headed out to run some errands as a family. Just quick ones. A quick stop in at Superstore, renewing the van insurance, picking up free coffees from McDonalds, and then Costco. I was really really proud of the kids at Costco. They were super adorable and listened really well. We recently learned that Costco gives out free cookies to the little kids at the bakery like Superstore does. When we went over to that area, Dekker waited for the person to come with the tongs, and then asked if he could please have a cookie. She was very happy to oblige, and gave him one. As always, I try to get Laela to ask for herself, just to practice her manners and talking to new people. I picked her up and said “What do you say?” to her, and she smiled all huge and perfect and asked “Tookie please?” So she also got one. And even Rowan did 🙂 It still blows me away that he’s big enough to have his own cookie! Eek! So the kids were cute, and did an awesome job.

We ducked back into the city to grab some fast food supper, and then headed back out to go see our house! I love not calling it “the lot” anymore. “The house” is SO much nicer! And guys, they have been BUSY!!!

 

This picture shows the whole place-ish. The garage now has walls, which is SUPER exciting!! Side walls and the front wall are up, and there is an inside doorway to our entrance, as well as the door into our backyard. The heap of materials in front of the garage are the roof trusses, which will go up likely on Monday, and then probably our room will get done! Our master suite is above the garage, hence it being the last to arrive.

This is the best way to show the next part, though it doesn’t really show anything in detail. But we have interior walls!!! We have two kids bedrooms with closets, a main bathroom, and a linen closet framed in.

Aaaaand a pantry, which I am clearly a little bit too excited for 🙂 (Forgive the lack of makeup!! I haven’t worn any since we all got so sick!) I loved having a pantry in our Radisson house. This one won’t be as big, but I don’t care. I am SO excited just to see part of my kitchen framed!

This was easily the best part of our day. The kids were excited to be back at the house, even though they obviously still only get to see it from the van. I can just see the wheels in Dekker’s head turning as we explain to him what will come next and what each part is. I can just tell that he is going to love every part of the building process. He already is. And Laela loves everything that Dekker loves, so she is super into the build as well.

It was good seeing the kids so happy today 🙂 Tomorrow we have a brief afternoon outing planned as well, but otherwise, its going to be a BIG laundry day! Happy Saturday, everyone!

Being that I am 26 weeks along in my pregnancy, its right around this point in time that I go in for my glucose testing. If you don’t know, it tests your blood glucose levels and can determine if I have gestational diabetes. Don’t worry, I don’t. I mean, I have no results back or anything, but I never do, and I would be fairly surprised if I turned out with it! That being said, I have my huge babies, and that is a common thread amongst women who do have gestational diabetes, so I don’t fight the test. Its just a nuisance because you have to wait a whole hour at the blood clinic!! Its ok, though, like I said, I don’t mind it that much.

I wasn’t the smartest cookie, however, and I ate some ice cream cake after lunch. This was the last thing I ate before venturing to the clinic. However, I had a few hours to spare in there so hopefully I’m good to go!

Do you know how sometimes, after having blood taken, you can get a super nasty looking gash on your arm? Like a larger than life type of bruise? Well, I did a bit of shopping after my test, and thought it was strange just how sore my arm was. I don’t much care for having blood taken, but even I know it doesn’t hurt that long at all! Once I got back home, I checked my arm, and sure enough, something gnarly and purple is growing under my skin, making me look like a intravenous drug user. I’m not one, don’t worry.

I did some Value Village shopping and got the kids some clothes before coming home. Brady spent the afternoon fussing with taxes a bit, which I greatly appreciate! Now, we’re going to have some delicious homemade breakfast sandwiches and call it a night! I hope you’re all doing well today. I really enjoyed my outing and am feeling a bit better than the last few days. And tomorrow will be good too!! A bit more errand running, this time with everyone, and going to see our house again! I can’t wait!

Its so hard to know how to blog these days. I’m sure a good handful of you think I’m just fully losing it in my life, and I want to reassure you that I’m not. Keep in mind that there may be stuff going on in our life that I don’t make public on here. In our current life, there is a lot that I haven’t made public, and those are the things that are bringing me down pretty far. Because of this, its really really hard to know what to write, what to blow past, what to share, etc. And while you’re reading and thinking I’m being suuuper negative, know how hard I work every single day to share positives and different perspectives. We are working our butts off over here to stay positive.

I wanted to clarify that because yesterday especially, I was at some of my lowest moments. I felt like I was just ready to break. Everything yesterday made me cry. I was a flat out disaster. Today, I worked hard from first thing in the morning on to have a better attitude and to make the day better, even just for the kids and not myself. And you know what? Its paid off. We haven’t had the most seamless day ever, but I don’t expect perfection. They’ve just been happier, more cuddly, and they’ve all played better together. They’ve shared more, without prompting sometimes even. Laela is a much more willing sharer in our daily life, but today, Dekker is doing what he can to make her happy because of how happy its making me. We’re all learning and figuring, and I’m constantly amazed how my kids continue to thrive in such hard circumstances. They are rockstars.

Since all of the sickness has been through our house, we’re all still very tired and dragging most of the time. The one pro from this is that we all rest at the same time. I love this quiet time. It leaves me time to do this, doze in bed a bit, watch YouTube, and currently, eat popcorn twists. I’m going to take that relaxing time now, and hope that none of you think I’m insane. Thanks for your love and concern. We’ll get this all together soon enough.

Today was one of those silly days where I found it almost impossible to turn my tears off once they had started. It was in the mid-afternoon that my mom sent me a picture of how our house was looking. It was the biggest positive thing I had seen all day. Of course, it made me cry just thinking about it. We knew we needed to go see it in person. So we did! Once Brady got home, we dressed everyone and headed out the door. It wasn’t long before we were at our place!

It was SO surreal walking through OUR house! I may have cried. It is just truly unreal to see how much has happened and while there is still lots to do, its incredible to see how far into the process they already are!! I can’t wait to be able to walk through it when its more than just a shell with no roof. This was amazing, though. I have not a single complaint about how its all looking today. Not one.

We left down and hit up Walmart for some quick grocery shopping. The kids love Walmart. They love shopping. Because of our stop, we ate supper pretty late at home, but they were happy kids to have had an outing. Before bed, I asked Dekker and Laela what their favorite parts of today were. Dekker said he liked going shopping at the store, and Laela clarified “Ya, mart mart.” Dekker asked Brady and I for our favorite parts and we both agreed that seeing the house had been the highlight of the day. Then they went to bed, and I phone dated with my mom while Brady fed Rowan some milk.

Now, we rest. We are tired and down trodden, but working hard to find positives each day. I just wonder where the point is that we peter out. I feel like we’re dangerously close to reaching it. As always, prayers are appreciated.

We had an event or two up today and I had high hopes of posting some great positives things this evening, hence the lack of day blogging. However, I am feeling incredibly discouraged at the moment and I fear I won’t be able to squeeze out any positivity this evening. So instead, I want to thank my mom for sending some delicious turkey broth our way the other way.It really hit the spot for me this evening, and the kids loved the grilled cheese sandwiches that went along with it.

Thats all you’re getting for today. I hope you’ve all had a happy Monday and that you continue smiling this week. God is always good. Hold onto that, even if you have nothing else. Especially if you have nothing else.

I think I’m feeling slightly better today and yesterday than I was during the previous weeks. The improvements I’m seeing are nothing earth shattering, but I’m SO very thankful for them! Dr. Guselle was right. Nothing was going to make this incessant cough go away with actually suppressing it. No other sickness was bringing it on or making it worse. Coughing was making my cough worse. How stupid, really.

The last couple of days, I’ve rested my voice more than I am usually able to. I whisper as much as I can, so my voice is saved for phone calls, or being out where I need to speak up, or those moments where I have to raise my voice because the brawls just get too loud. Besides that, though, I have physically rested, and its been amazing! We are fever free, at the moment, but the kids still have colds and no one is at 100% just yet, so we all sleep in nice and long. Then I whisper as much as I can in the morning. The kids go down to nap, and Brady and I keep things low key while they’re sleeping. Better yet, the last couple of days, I’ve fallen asleep during their nap time, and thats been a LOVELY rest for everyone involved!! I never nap. Ever. But both medications I’m on right now are very very drowsy. I take the worse one at night, and the much milder one in the day, but they still both put me out pretty well. But that was a chunk of the reason they were given to me. Because of these meds, I’m able to sleep a bit better, and deeper, and I don’t wake up with every little tickle in my throat. I sleep through most of them, therefore resting my throat. Its been lovely! My throat still feels awful when I do have a coughing fit, but I have some of my voice back, and I’m not as miserable as I was a handful of days ago. For that, I am VERY thankful.

All three kids still have colds, but they’re just messy, and not as much miserable for them. Just snotty noses. They’re ok 🙂 Brady is almost all the way back! He even has a voice, which we swore would never come back! Tho while he’s feeling good, I think he’ll still be pretty tired going back to work tomorrow. Thank goodness Monday won’t be a super long day for him!

Rest and naps aside, I am still bushed, and I feel weirdly sick to my stomach. Brady is out fetching me the ranchiest BLT he can get his hands on (YUM!) and I will watch YouTube now until he arrives. Kids are in bed but not sleeping yet. I’m sure we’ll all get our chance soon enough.

Wish me and my voice good luck tomorrow! Having Brady home has helped so much in my very gradual healing. Pray it doesn’t stop today!

1. We DO NOT have whooping cough!! What an enormous relief!! The kids are till snotty and fevering on and off, but I see improvements that are making me hesitantly hopeful that we are on our way out. Please, Lord, let this be it! Dr. Guselle actually called with our results last night already. She laughed at how bad I sound (if you’ve talked to me on the phone in the last week, you get it) and then before even giving us results, she asked if Dekker’s nose bad bled anymore since she did his swab. I think its so sweet of her to be concerned about something so small in the grand scheme of things. I thanked her for remembering, told her he hadn’t had any issues, and then we got our results. This woman deserves a pretty significant gift when this is all over!! Anyone have any ideas?
2. Our house looks INCREDIBLE!!! We drove to see it today and I just felt overwhelmed with excitement and gratitude and every other emotion under the sun. Its a bit confusing, but the part that is framed at the moment is the raised basement. The main floor joists are now all up, and the floor sheeting is on. It doesn’t show in the picture, but the wall that will be the back of the house is already assembled and is just laying flat on top for now. Its crazy to think that main floor walls will be up soon!!This picture shows me standing inside our front entrance. Of course they leave the stair installation until the end. Probably to keep all of the nosey homeowners, such as ourselves, from messing around where we don’t belong. But it was truly surreal to see so much of it together. I think I will likely be feeling this way a lot in the near future, with every step of the process.
3. Last but not even close to least, this happened today!Does anyone else feel like crying?? Haha! Probably just me, yet I support this movement 100%. Doesn’t he look SO handsome?? We finally bit the bullet and I ever so generously told Brady that I would continue to love him, even if cut his hair off. So he did. And he feels like a million bucks, anyone can tell. Here’s to toques that fit, sleeping without a ponytail, fast showers, and eventually, less neck pain. You look smokin’ hot, hubs. I hope you know it!!

Thats it for updates today, I believe. When we got home this afternoon, we put the kids down for a nap, I took some of my medicine, and promptly fell asleep myself! Now that I’ve had a nap and rested not only my head and body but my throat and voice as well, hopefully this evening will be somewhat smooth and we can all keep improving health-wise!

Hope you’re all having a great Saturday!

I wanted to throw out some honest feelings about yesterday now that its over and done with.

For the most part, everything I wrote is still how I feel. I feel like yesterday was productive and positive. I feel like we can now say, with confidence, that we have done everything we can to get our household feeling better.

What I see more significantly today that I didn’t see yesterday is just how “fight or flight” we are out here. We are in survival mode, and have been for a while. Today marks four weeks since this sickness walked into our family. Yesterday was successful, but looking back on it, it was HUGE, and EXHAUSTING. We spent the whole afternoon putting our kids through some hard stuff, and then celebrating as big as possible when the hard things were over. And then more hard things, and more celebrating. Lots of tears and information and blood and snot and, as I’ve said a solid thousand times in the last few weeks, LOTS of powering through.

The other day, I finally had a bit of an emotional break. Outside in the hot tub, I had a little cry with Brady beside me. Conveniently, the hot tub is the gentlest place for me to cry because my throat was at its best, and my body was relaxed. So I had my cry and felt slightly better. It was shortly thereafter that we went inside, where I dried off and went downstairs, crying the whole time, and finally plunked on the bed and wept for probably a solid 10-15 minutes. I have not cried like that in a very long time, because I haven’t needed to. But now I have had that need. Its been an interesting time.

I’m not telling you guys this stuff so you feel sorry for us. I’m just trying to be flat our honest. Brady and I work really hard to be strong for our kids, but I also see the value in being honest about how I feel with my kids. Dekker and Laela know I’m scared and sad and tired, and they’re not uncomfortable with it 🙂 If mommy has a cry, they come and tell me they love me, and then they just keep playing around me and bringing me the toys that make them happy when they’re sad. They whisper to me when my voice is gone. They know which medicine goes to who, and then bring each other water bottles and kleenex. Its been a learning curve for all of us, and in some strange twisted way, its been good for us?? Ugh. This is another desperate attempt to find positivity in all of this, haha! How am I doing??

Ok, scattered post over. I know this was totally jumbled, but I wanted to give you a post with less details and facts, and more just about the emotion around here. We miss seeing people. I haven’t seen my mom or my friends in SO long. It chokes me up just writing it. We’re lonely, but we do have each other, and I positively adore this crew we have here! One day, we will be better, and we will celebrate!! I don’t know how, but we will. I cannot wait!!!

Thanks for the continued prayers and concern and love. Please keep it all coming! We’re not out of the woods just yet, but every encouragement is greatly appreciated!!

I have to say, today was easily the fullest day we’ve had since this whole bout of sickness began. We had a plan for the afternoon, and we knew it would be somewhat busy, but it got quite late without even getting everything done, and we had all of three places to hit. Pretty pathetic, I know, but believe me! None of it had to do with us being slow pokes because of our sickness. The day just went super long!

The house Brady was supposed to be in today is running behind, thanks be to God, so he was off for the day. We could not have survived without him! Once the kids were up and had eaten breakfast, Brady played with them so I could have a much anticipated date with hygiene. I won’t get into details, but it had been a while for a LOT of things, and it felt really really good to get clean. It also helped because we had plans to venture out this afternoon to see the doctor, and with the amount of coughing/gagging/nose blowing going on, there was no point to wear makeup. So this way, at least I’d be clean.

The cleanliness didn’t last long. After nap time, we took our freshly cleaned, dressed, brushed selves to my doctor at our clinic. She was a complete saint and made us an appointment at the very end of her day. We ended up staying for over an hour! Which is nuts, I know, but she is exceptional, and took very careful notes about each and every one of us. A very brief breakdown on the kids reveals that she’s thinking, for the most part, they all have a super duper nasty virus, as we suspected. Today is our first fever-free day in quite some time, so she’s hopeful that this is where our upswing begins. A couple of extra concerns did lie with Laela, however. Her right ear was very red, she said. She said either she’s getting an ear infection, or she may have had one thats working itself out. She said only time will tell. Laela is a very clear communicator and would easily be able to relay to me if her ears hurt, so we wait for that.(She even said that, if we thought she was worsening over the weekend, to call the clinic and have them contact her directly, that she’d have no issue coming and quickly opening the clinic up and checking Laela’s ears. What doctor does that???) But other than that, from some of the history I shared with Dr. Guselle, and some of the coughs she witness, she asked if we were caught up on vaccines. I sheepishly told that we were actually horrendously behind on Rowan, and a little bit behind on Dekker. Something I didn’t know was that there has been a pretty significant outbreak of whooping cough in the last few months, and with Rowan not vaccinated, we are less protected than we could be, anyway. So after we did weights, ear checks, throat checks, neck checks, and lung listens on all of the kids, we tipped them back to laying down positions and I held them down while Dr. Guselle did the dreaded nose swab. Guys, that thing looks AWFUL. Dekker went first and freaked, but his poor dry little nose couldn’t hack it, and it bled. This was completely new and equally as terrifying to Dekker, so I held him close while Dr. Guselle apologized and scrambled to clean him up. (That is how I came to be wearing blood all over my shirt for the rest of the day. “Don’t worry folks, its just from a whooping cough swab gone wrong!”) Laela bounced back from her swab really fast, which was a treat, and Rowan actually did too! Side note on Rowan, while we had him laying down on the table, I pointed out how he popped three new molars in the last week or so, but still hadn’t finished up popping all eight front teeth. But then sure enough, there was the eighth, popped thru!!! That kid has been WORKING!

Once the kids were all swabbed and done, Dr. Guselle asked to check me over a little bit more, mostly my throat. She said my tonsils are perfect and small, all looks good, but then to double checked, she shoved that tongue depressor in there to make me gag, and apparently by doing that, she saw something contract in a certain way that gave her more answers. She said the only thing we can do for me is to suppress my cough, because every time I clear my throat or speak, I’m pissing my throat off more and more, and I wont get better without a suppressant. I’ve never been so happy to gag in my life! She wrote me a prescription, and one for Laela in case her results do come back positive for pertussis, and she said we could go! She offered the kids stickers, and they both picked Clifford. She offered for Rowan, too, but we told her he’d probably just eat it. The last thing she said to us before leaving was encouraging us to get up to date on vaccines. I told her I’d go and make the appointment right then.

When I went to the desk, the receptionist informed me that there was a drop in immunization clinic going on right now, and only one person was ahead of us. Now, normally, we’re very strict on never doing shots if our kids are sick. Ever. But this just needed to get done, and Brady agreed. Why not do all of the damage in one day, right? So we waited. But in the first few minutes of waiting, we heard talk from the desk of their system being down. Thats what kept us waiting probably a good 45 minutes before actually getting in. But when we did, our nurse was exceptional.

I was very embarrassed at how far Rowan was behind in shots, but she was very gracious, and said we could make some of them up. We discussed it, and I decided I was comfortable with it, so we just went for it. Dekker got his shot first. We were very nervous about that, since he hadn’t had any for a while, and he’s not particularly fond of new doctors, and he had already had that bloody (literally) nose swab. But right before she put the needle in, I made sure he could hear me, and I said “Just a little pinch, ok Dekker?” He said “ok” back to me, she counted to five, and it was done. I expected him to explode on her and wail, and he didn’t. He was totally quiet until he realized what had happened, and then he cried. But he just cried in frustration, you could tell, he was right ticked, but he was more than fine. We praised him up and told him how proud we were. I was beaming!! Poor Ro was next and he got one in each arm and each leg!! But he did great, honestly. He cried, and was pissed off, but once he was dressed and being cuddled, he was more than fine. The kids were TOTAL troopers! We all left the doctors office very very impressed with them. Fabulous job, kids!

We were let out by the security guard (apparently we were there late. Oops!) and ran to get the kids some supper. Grilled cheese from McDonalds. They didn’t eat much, but thats just the story of our lives right now. We made a quick pit stop at Costco so I could drop off my script to be filled, and then we drove to see our HOUSE! Not the “lot.” The HOUSE!!

In case you’ve been wondering where the updates are, this is whats been going on at our house this last week!! We’ve had loving friends and family go take a picture for us every single day this week, which is SO wonderful!! But we have a basement! We have floor joists, and some floor sheets on top. We have a power metre, a breaker box, and our first outlet, lol!! Sounds silly, but I’m SO excited!!! I stood in what will be our front doorway today, and saw a whole legitimate basement before me, and it was just flat our incredible. What a pick me up!!!

We drove back to the city, and I grabbed my prescription as well as a few staple items from Costco. We headed home afterwards, and the kids were TRASHED. They’ve been going to be early and sleeping a ton these days, and tonight they went to bed over an hour later than their normal bedtime! Yikes, it was a crazy afternoon and evening.

We were expecting a full blown Costco shop in there with the whole family, but there was not time AT ALL. Yet I don’t feel unproductive. I feel like we did a ton today! Just a lot of big, scary things. I can’t believe the kids are getting checked for whooping cough 🙁 It just makes me feel like crying, like I will have failed so badly if they do have it. But I’m trying not to go there, mainly because it would be an overreaction, and secondly because my throat couldn’t handle the sobbing that would come with it. So we try our best to stay super strong while being as restful as possible, and we pray that we’ll all get well very very soon. If you care to pray for the same for us, please don’t hesitate to do so. It feels like we’ve been paddling to stay above water for so long now, and we’re getting weaker and weaker.

In our weakness, He is stronger!!!

Sometimes, writing posts like todays make me nervous that people will think I’m not a good mom, and that everyday tasks are too hard for me. Please don’t think that about me. I work incredibly hard to be an incredible mom, and in blatant honesty, I do not ace it very often at all, if ever! But none of us are perfect, so please refrain from judging, if you can, and rejoice in our small victory this morning.

The fam jam is still down for the count over here. I was feeling a little bit of relief yesterday, on a few less meds, and then in the evening, I don’t even know what happened but I coughed and choked like I have NEVER before. I swear, if this sickness doesn’t give me a hernia, I am officially unbreakable. Unfortunately, because of that, I woke up in much more pain than I was in yesterday. It wasn’t a great start. But we all slept in nicely, so thats a win. Dekker and Rowan weren’t fevering, just both very snotty and coughing a lot. Laela had a pretty solid fever, yet again, and is also coughing and snotty. All of that being said, though, they ate good breakfasts, and their spirits seemed to lift with food. As I fed Rowan and the big ones ate, I considered what jobs I should do around the house. I’ve been feeling way too gross these days, and everything housework-wise has kind of taken a hit. So I scanned the rooms and saw stacked dishes, a dirty floor, laundry, and everything else. And I decided to tackle something that, in our house, is WAY bigger than housework.

Baths.

I you’ve been reading long enough, you’ll know that Dekker was TERRIFIED of baths and water and anything related to the matter. We tried every angle on how to make it better, but it just didn’t improve. It became a wrestling match every single time, while he screamed bloody murder and flailed and fought. Anything he had ever learned about respect and listening and obedience flew out the window at bath time and Dekker would just panic. It was awful. It has very gradually improved, but he still hates the bath. None of our kids much care for the bath, honestly, but they all prefer to bathe together. Somehow, that helps. So thats what we do. Its very cute, but its an undertaking. Because bathing Dekker became too difficult for me back in the day (I was very pregnant with Laela and could no longer really physically control Dekker in the tub) Brady had taken baths over, and he’s sort of just been the bath man of the house! Its a lovely gift that he gives me, for which I am SO grateful.

But today, I figured I should give it a go. Since our kids hate the bath as much as they do, we haven’t bathed them much since they’ve been sick. I know its really good for them, but it would be awful for them, and we just haven’t wanted to work them up enough to get them all hot and bothered and fevered. It sounds like I’m making excuses, but I’m not. They need no embellishment.

So after breakfast, I gave them good warning, and informed them that we’d be having a bath soon. Whining all around. Thats fine, I rolled with it. We talked options. Would Dekker rather bathe by himself? No. What about a bubble bath? I don’t waaaaant that! Fine. Once it was clear I couldn’t really please him, he offered up “I guess I can try” and that was it! I ran the tub, grabbed diapers and fresh jammies, a comb, glasses cleaner, etc., and hauled everyone into the tub.

Three words. Ready? Tear. Free. Bath. That is an ENORMOUS achievement, if I do say so myself! It was amazing. They all laughed and smiled and no one fussed or struggled. They played toys and we shaped their hair into funny shapes with the shampoo. They poured water on Rowan and he sputtered defencelessly. It was actually fun! They loved it. They cried when they had to come out, but my one hangup was that the longer they stay in, the colder they are when they come out, and I don’t want to mess with fevers. Especially Laela. Not playing favorites here AT ALL, but I was very prone to fevers as a kid, and she appears to take after me in lots of ways. She fevers long and hard, and she’s also very slight, and gets chilled fast. Her lips are often blue when we pull her out of the tub. That was me. So I got Rowan out, changed, dressed, and combed first. Laela was next, which she was VERY upset about, but she recovered once she was dressed and combed as well. Dekker came out last but he wanted to drain the tub and put the toys into the basket first. Then he came out and towelled himself off and we talked about how fun the bath was that it wasn’t so bad at all. He assured me “I liked the bath!”

Finally, all three kids were washed and dried and in fresh underwear/diapers, jammies, with their hair combed. No more boogers plastered to their faces or in their hair. All clean. And happier than before! Win!

After baths, they had lunch, and shortly thereafter they went down for naps, all fresh.

I hope they sleep so well, because at least for me, it feels like a ran a marathon. I know I didn’t, I just bathed my kids, its not a huge endeavour. But it is, kind of. My body positively aches from being sick for so long. My legs, and rib cage, and back, and everywhere else. And then, I spent I don’t even know how long on my hands and knees, washing my kids in the most pleasant and funny way possible, dressing them, and keeping them entertained and happy. I feel incredibly accomplished to have completed such a big task and come out on the other side with happy kids!

Now that they are in bed, though, my body is already screaming at me for doing what I did, so I will go rest it in bed. But I will rest happy. I am achy, but its a good rewarding ache 🙂 I earned this one.