Sick and tired...

It's been a rough week for me this week.

One of our students was killed this week. She was only in fourth grade. Her older brother, who is one of my students, was driving the vehicle. This family has already gone through so much. Mom died a few years ago from cancer. A very close aunt died last year. And their grandpa is dying. And now they've lost little Emilie. Our little tiny community is very shook up. We've been lucky, and things like this never happen. Please pray for the Millers. The funeral is tomorrow, so school has been cancelled in order to allow the staff, students and their families to attend.

On the bright side (or, less bleak side), I've been amazed at how our students have responded to this tragedy. They started praying for the family Monday, once they found out. Tuesday almost the entire high school met during break around the 'prayer tree' to pray for the family. The students have held a bake sale to raise money for the family, and brought in over $300 just from one bake sale. They're doing another at the football game tomorrow. They have a car wash planned to raise more money. And the junior class is donating all the money raised by their tri-tip dinner fundraiser, which was originally going towards their senior trip, to the family. The students have done this all on their own. It amazes me how much they love and care.

The other reason it's been a rough week is that I'm sick! Like, sick as a dog, sick. Really, really, sick. Almost went to the hospital sick. And it all came on in a matter of hours last night. I had a headache yesterday, but I attributed it to the fact that my classroom smelled like skunk (some of our genius boys thought it would be a good idea to try to shake a skunk out of a tree). I went to worship practice last night with a headache, but otherwise feeling fine. When I got home just before 9, I wasn't feeling great, so I took my temperature, but it was normal. Within two hours, my temperature had gone up to 102.5, and then continued even higher to 102.8. And then the throwing up started. :( Kyle had to come home from work, because we weren't sure if I would need to go in to the hospital. He had to come in and wake me up every half hour or so to make sure my fever hadn't gone any higher. Kyle also had to make calls for me to arrange a sub, and went down to the school bright and early this morning to get everything out for the sub. I am so thankful for my husband! Thankfully, my fever started to come down, and by this morning it was in the mid 101s. After I got up and took a bath, I journeyed out the the couch, and slept there until after 2. By that point, I no longer had a fever! My head is still pounding, though, and I still can't eat much, so it's not over yet. But, at least the fever is gone. I had to be under tons of blankets because I was so cold. My teeth would chatter so much that the thermometer would fall out of my mouth, and every muscle in my body was in extreme pain because I was so tense from shivering so much. Soooo not fun! And now I'm missing high school youth group. Hopefully I'll be better by tomorrow so I can go to the funeral and the football game, but we'll see. And hopefully I don't get anyone else sick!