Strep Throat

I am so upset by the fact that Bria and I have strep throat once again that I had to blog about it.  I cannot believe that our family has been so sick all year and we somehow keep getting this nasty bug over and over again.  All of us, except for Chadd have been affected by this illness and I have had quite enough of it! 

Growing up, I got strep throat a lot.  I feel like it was pretty much constant in my younger years.  I remember having the sore throat, headache, tummy ache, sometimes vomiting and feeling downright terrible over and over again.  Lying on my mom's lap and having her scratch my back always made me feel better.  She had these awesome nails that were perfect for this type of TLC.  When we had ear infections, I can still picture this burnt orange Tupperware container that she would fill with steaming water to let us lay on.  We always took baths as they too have magical healing powers.

Now that I am an adult with children of my own, I find that I am the mommy filling up that water bottle(heating a fleece rice bag), scratching my kids backs and giving them snuggles and baths when they are feeling under the weather.  The only bad part?  Having the illness as well.  Where is my back scratcher? Bath giver? Water bottle filler?  Oh yeah, she has a life of her own and lives an hour away so coming over to scratch my back isn't necessarily on her list of top priorities.  In all honesty, if I asked her I bet she would come.  Sometimes being an adult stinks!

I ended up with strep throat for the first time in my adult life last summer.  Since then, I have had it four additional times.  What is with that?  You would think that my body would say, "Oh you again, yeah, well I recognize you and I am going to kick your ass right on out of here."  Wishful thinking, I know.  I wash my hands and use sanitizer like crazy and yet I still get sick.  Blast it all!

I am going to heat up my own hot pack, watch some movies and snuggle with my kids on the couch.  If you have had strep throat as an adult, you know how badly it can make you feel.  Too bad I still have kiddo's to hang with otherwise I would be lying down resting right now.  I feel badly for Bennett who has been building Lego's all day long.  I finally let him make some Jello instant pudding because the guilt of allowing him to watch movies and play Lego's essentially by himself all day long was too much for me to handle.  Ah, such is life.