Can you get a bug over the internet. . .?

I've been looking forward to conference for a while now. I was pretty happy that it finally arrived. However as I sat before the TV, an itch began in the throat. Then a sinus headache slowly came on until I was in MISERY. Double my misery because the kids began to whine from not getting enough sleep the night before. Triple my misery because I really wanted my peaceful, spirit filled awe inspiring conference weekend.

Jess was NOT happy about the fact that I hadn't bought candy for conference bingo. I figured that the 14 page activity packet would be interesting enough for a change, but she is quite set on our year old tradition and decided during Saturday morning to have a melt down about it. Good grief.

By the afternoon my head was spinning and the medicine I took for it knocked me out. I really didn't get much out of the second session at all. When my husband left for the priesthood session, I put the kids to bed (7:00pm) and fell miserable into my bed.

I must have really needed the sleep, because my husband found the girls awake when he got home and they watched "Shark tales" together. I was completely oblivious to all of this.

At the midnight hour, I woke up to feed my baby and had the most miserable nausea hitting my stomach. I thought of my blogging friend's post about soda crackers and Sprite and wondered if I caught something from reading her blog? I thought back to little kids mentioning that their stomachs hurt and I trying to decipher what kind of pain they were referring to. Perhaps I was plagued with this so that I would know? Did I eat or drink after one of them unknowingly? Could it have been that noodle that I suspected of going bad and tried out just to be sure? I vowed to throw it out the next morning to avoid this again. I finally fell asleep again dreaming about the source of my pain.

Fortunately, Gavin was gracious enough to sleep in until 7am after I fed him. I woke up feeling MUCH better and found my bed filled with kids that trickled in as they woke up.

Today was better. We rewatched the second session of conference before the 11:00am session. I'm glad we did. I missed some valuable counsel yesterday and especially loved Elder Holland's talk on the ministering of Angels.

The video of Pres Monson brought tears to my eyes. I hope that I can be so obedient to the promptings of the spirit some day. Wow. What a man of God! I love our prophet.

During the morning session, the girls disappeared to play in their rooms. When they came back, I informed them how disappointed I was. Jess asked me why. We had a short discussion on the importance of listening to the prophet despite her perspective of how "boring" it is. She repented and tried her best to listen in the afternoon. Lily obediently took a much needed nap.

I feel like I've feasted today. I hope I can implement the counsel in the days, weeks, and months to come. Happy conference, everyone.