July 24, 2022 - Sunday



We woke up today and Jonas was feeling sick again. Weird, shallow cough and crazy congestion. We had to look at our day and figure out what needed to change in light of him feeling sick again so soon after us having COVID. We both remember people getting this 2nd wave of symptoms a week or two after their first wave, back in the beginning days of this pandemic, so we're wondering if it's that? Ben decided not to serve in the nursery today so that he could stay home with Jonas and we texted the Shauls to see if they would prefer to cancel. They said that if he had a negative test they'd still come, so we did a test and it was negative. Rapid tests are so often wrong, but it helps? So I went to church with the girls, while Ben stayed home with Jonas and prepped for lunch.

Our time with the Shauls was good, as always. We had a nice time catching up and watching the kids play. It was absolutely SWELTERING outside. Just muggy and humid and gross. And we made about 10x more food than necessary. So annoying that I always do that. I hate waste and yet I cannot seem to ever make an appropriate amount of food when I have guests. I can't eat the leftovers anymore and I need to start adjusting the quantity to reflect that. 

I'm feeling kind of worried about work tomorrow. I feel like Jane hates me right now and regrets hiring me. Maybe she just hates everything right now? But it makes me feel like everything I'm doing is wrong and she's just going to fire me. But I ran into Terracina today and she reminded me that she very much wants to hire me still! I don't think it'll work until Ollie is in school more than just 2 mornings a week, but it's good to know I'm wanted. The situation with Jane still just makes me feel like once I start working for Cina, she'll realize that I'm worthless and terrible at everything. *sigh* 





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