Today, I was supposed to go to a twelve hour crop at our local scrapbook store. I was supposed to get all sorts of projects done, pages in the album and trinkets to sell on ebay and whatnot. I was supposed to enjoy a whole day of no kids bickering while my muse unleashed her creative fury without having to stop and change loads of laundry in between ideas. I was going to relax, and I was probably going to go to “lunch” at Baker’s Choice and come back with an entire lemon meringue pie instead of a meal. In other words, I had big plans.

Fast forward to this morning. I. Feel. Like. Poo. I had been hoping the tickle in my throat and the mild congestion was from my allergies, but, as is evidenced by the massive white pile of tissues on my night stand and my glands, which have swollen to the size of small peaches, I am dealing with a virus. Eech. What’s the deal with this? It seems that every time I have something planned lately somebody gets sick. And if it’s not me being sick, I’ll catch it and ruin the following week’s plans. Because of this, I can usually predict when I’m going to be sick. This one snuck up on me since I got it first. I don’t even know who to blame. I suppose I’ll just blame my crap immune system which has really let me down since I’ve become a mother. Mom’s aren’t supposed to get sick. Perhaps my immune system missed the memo about the pregnancy and childbirth and resulting “Mother Status.” It’s still functioning on “Skipping School Status.” Karma? Definitely.

I don’t think we will be attending church tomorrow, either. Most of the people I know would prefer chocolate bunnies over a cold on Easter, so I’ll stay home and spare them. Bummer for me though, I usually enjoy Easter services.

I think we will do the Easter Bunny routine today. In my family the Easter Bunny always came at random and almost never came on Easter Sunday. Due to Chris’ crazy work schedules and a desire to keep Easter Day a little more spiritually focused, we are following suit.

The kids have really awesome baskets this year. They are both getting Thomas the Tank Engine stuff, and I’m sure they will flip over the new engines and destinations I’ve worked into the tracks. I had the train set packed away for about a month, and Jonas has asked almost every day for me to put it back up. This morning I put it together, but I left two holes where the Clock Tower and Quarry Mine Tunnel will fit. Jonas can’t figure out why I’ve put the track together so stupidly, but he is thrilled to have it up anyway, and I know I will be enjoying a peaceful rest of the day, which is nice, since I’m sick. Even though I feel crummy, I am actually looking forward to this quiet day at home with my family. Chris went to bed early last night (early as in three am, he’s been on night shift lately.) so he could be up in time to watch the kids when I went to this crop, so I assume he’ll be up soon, and it will be nice to see him.