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We made it through finals week with our health & our sanity still in tact . . . well, our sanity anyway -- our health, not so much.

It was a tough week. Satan has a way of kicking you when you're down. It was obviously an important week for Jason. It was imperative that we stick to the schedule & give Daddy plenty of uninterrupted study time. Ha!!! On Tuesday night, Peyton's eyes started looking a little pink . . . eerily reminiscent of Thanksgiving day. By Wednesday morning, it was pretty obvious that our weekly trip to church (5 hours of study time for Daddy) was not happening. So Jason was trapped in the house with us all night . . . not the most conducive environment for studying. Things went from bad to worse pretty quickly on Thursday morning. The seminary was officially closed due to the weather, so Jason's 4 hours of studying in the library also went out the window. The planned babysitter for Thursday evening also became a fleeting dream as Peyton's eyes got worse. Our evening ended with a trip to the doctor's office . . .

Now, this section is only for those of you who can handle children & their complete & utter grossness.

I called the doctor on Thursday to request an office visit. He asked me to explain what was going on with Peyton. I said, "This is really gross, but this is the best way to describe it. It looks like snot is coming out of her eyes." When the doctor saw her in the evening, it turned out that I was right!!! Apparently, the congestion in her nose is traveling up into her tear ducts & coming out her eyes!! And it's just nasty!

Friday morning ushered in yet more sickness as I woke up with my throat on FIRE!! I think the doctor jinxed me. He made the astute observation that everyone had been sick except for Mom. Thanks.

But finals are over. The semester is over. And we have Jason all to ourselves for 5 WHOLE WEEKS!!