Sickness and a Crown

In the wee hours of Friday morning, Jordan woke up with a temperature. I was hoping all would be well by the time I got around for work, but unfortunately, Carter, Jordan, and I all felt awful, with full blown colds. I have been fighting a cold for a week now, with my nose running non-stop. And waking up on Friday, I felt so much pressure and congestion, I knew I couldn't make it through a day at work.


Nik has actually missed the past three Fridays at work due to his own sickness, Jordan being flu sick, and missing for youth stuff at church. And next Friday he is taking the youth kids to Dare 2 Share in Columbus, Ohio. My point is, he thought it would be unwise to miss yet another Friday from work, and I agreed. So what do you do, but call you mother to the rescue. Thankfully she had nothing else going on yesterday and she came right in to help out. We all went to the doctor and it turned out Jordan had bronchiolitis, Carter had Strep and ear infections, and I had a sinus infection. So we all got much needed medicine and are doing better. Although last night was rough. The boys are both majorly coughing now and Carter has been waking up with goopy eyes, which terrifies him to no end. But during the day today, the boys were literally bouncing off the walls. I don't know what they put in that medicine, but they were beyond hyper, which I guess is better than whining and crying from being sick.

Spoiler Alert: If you DVRed the Miss America Pageant, don't read the rest of the blog. I already ruined it for Chasity. Sorry Chas!!

Also, I happened to catch Miss America 2009 on TLC tonight right around when they had picked the top 12. Miss Indiana was in the running and they were doing talent. She sang a well known song called Via Dolorosa. Here is a link of Sandi Patti singing it.


http://www.tsrocks.com/s/sandi_patti_texts/via_dolorosa.html



Here are the lyrics.



Down the Vía Dolorosa in Jerusalem that day
The soldiers tried to clear the narrow street
But the crowd pressed in to see
The Man condemned to die on Calvary
He was bleeding from a beating, there were stripes upon His back
And He wore a crown of thorns upon His head
And He bore with every step
The scorn of those who cried out for His death
Down the Vía Dolorosa called the way of suffering
Like a lamb came the Messiah, Christ the King,
But He chose to walk that road out ofHis love for you and me.
Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary.


Obviously I immediately became a huge fan of hers and was cheering her on till the end.


She made the top 7.


She made the top 3.



And then they announced Miss America 2009 as Miss Indiana, Miss Katie Stam!! I have to admit I cried when she won. I couldn't believe it. What an awesome role model she will be!!

Miss Indiana Katie Stam