Happy Tuesday, friends! I hope your week is off to an amazing start. Only Tuesday, and it's already been quite an exhausting week for me. I do count Sunday as the start of my week, and Sunday is a work day for me, so yes- the week is already passing me by rather quickly.

Two out of my three kids are sick. The one who isn't sick-sick just came home from school yesterday with sniffles again. She's the kiddo who has had four (yes- FOUR) colds since school started seven weeks ago. I feel so bad for her, too... it's like she can't get over one (fully) before she catches another one. She had a really nasty cold with an awful cough and fever two weeks ago, and now both of my other two kids have it. It hasn't been so bad for my thirteen year old, but it's been miserable for my three year old.

My husband and I haven't slept much over the past two weeks. We're both incredibly busy with work, not to mention have a music event to lead and sing/play for this weekend... while a hurricane blows through. We're always very busy. That's just how married life has always been, and our kids are great about just rolling with it. It does seem, however, that the universe knows when something really big is slated to happen in our lives, and the floodgates just open on up. Sickness, bad weather, exhaustion. Somehow we always pull through. It's most definitely a God thing, because there have been days already this week where I have felt I could no longer keep my eyes open. I've kept going- because I have to.

I'm hoping that by this time next week, the big stuff (for now) will be behind us, and we'll be able to rest a bit. We're not really very good at resting anymore, but when we know it's necessary, we break down and listen to our bodies.

What's your week looking like? Are you able to find some time to wind down and rest?