Spring will come...

I know spring will come eventually. This past week we saw the sun- it was FABULOUS! My crocus took advantage and bloomed in full. It gave me such hope. The long rainy days of winter are hard. (Yes, I know that we've got great winter weather compared to most of the world). But this past month has been hard... on top of all the rain, it's been an emotional roller coaster with adoption stuff and we've all been fighting the sickies which means NO SLEEP for anyone. I'm not usually an emotional person but I feel on the brink of tears for the past month. And then I got sick this past week with something that knocked me out for a few days and has left me voiceless, with a killer sore throat. When you start to feel overwhelmed even the tiniest things seem to be monsters. I'm not kidding the tiniest things like, ANTS- they have invaded my kitchen. I'm at war with a tiny bug and it's winning both physically and emotionally. Seriously, today after I left the house I found one in my hair, on the kids lunch bag, and on Siah's toy... how dare they follow me. They are tormenting me. Jeff can attest... I pulled out the jar of honey yesterday and just about lost it when I found then on it and crawling on my hand. Thankfully he offered to clean up and suggested numerous ways to torture them- it made me laugh. Sick, I know! Another tiny thing that pushes me over the edge- Josiah, dumping all his toys off his shelf. I feel that it's a personal affront- his way of saying, "take this Mommy!" I know it's not, but my tired brain translates thing incorrectly lately. Here's another one- Tori points to the laundry and excitedly shouts, "Mommy, the pile is almost as high as ceiling!" Ugh... I'm defeated by the laundry! I'm also deFEETed by feet and paws... dirty ones all over the floor. What's the point of trying to keep them clean? I don't know, I've given up on that battle.

So there they are... my recent stuggles. You know what? It makes me feel a lot better to blog about it. I know that my friends and family that read this understand and have "been there". I know it's all trivial and that spring is soon here. We'll all be healthy again. Eventually I'll sleep through the night. The ants will go marching on and I'll accept the fact that the laundry will never be done and my floors will never stay clean. I'm also hoping and praying that we'll know more regarding our adoption soon. The 8 month old was placed. The newborn went to a family we know and we couldn't be happier for them. We're still waiting to hear about the 4 month old and the Haitians.

In other news- we were very happy to get our addition permit signed off yesterday. We still have some work to do before we can move in but that was a huge hurdle and it's over! The final inspection guy was literally here for 5 minutes. What an answer to prayer!