Being Sick

Two nights ago, Hatice was with high fever. Her temperature just wouldnt decrease. We tried everything...from giving her a bath to soaping her body with wet cloth...to giving her ibufen .....we even considered of bringing her to the hospital. But luckily after midnight,she was almost normal...in addition to that,her ears hurt... ear infection definitely...Baddin has flu. That night halil waited for the kids till 2.30am..while i waited for the kids (just in case hatice's fever re occur) from 2.30am till 6am... They woke up at 7am

Yesterday,Halil and i got sick too...In the morning we brought Hatice to Yaakub amca to check on her ears. Yup. antibiotic,claritine etc etc..the normal medicine for her ears.....later halil went for the cuma prayer. He came back and slept.He was feeling lousyly sick..tylolhot..the usual prescription for him.....i was not feeling great either. I was trembling the whole day but i refused to stay put since i felt sicker that way. I knew that the best way to get better is to sleep. But with two sick kids..how can i sleep? Baddin kept needing his nose to be wiped...Hatice kept having pain in her ears from time to time.....Baddin kept crying out of nothing...both needing my attention...and you know what i did instead??? I let the kids play with the eating knives to learn how to cut potatoes and squash...They were very happy...And i...what did i do?i tried for the first time in my life to cook fresh pasta for dinner!! it turned out terrible of course. Experimenting with cooking while i barely had the mind and the energy to do anything??Hatice refused to even eat it hehehehe.i didnt blame her.They just ate their kofte but not the pasta.Even i abandoned my dinner. Luckily,i cooked tarhana soup with garlic...loads of garlic..that somehow saved us..later,Halil bought me ruffles. We ate that. A few hours after that i started to feel better. The magic of garlic i would say. Before sleeping, I took minoset. That knocked me out totally.But it did the magic.

Today, i feel much much much better...Halil has 3 lectures to give today. I hope he wont get too sick...9 hours of lectures..and not feeling well ...i hope he can endure it. Hatice still has pain in her ears occasionally. Baddin is still with the flu. But things are looking up. At least i feel better. If i feel better,then it is ok. I can manage the household...the rest who are sick....But the pleasure of being sick..to be able to sleep -undisturbed- is a luxury no longer mine.

The conclusion is: BUY READY MADE PASTA..speghetti..macaroni..whatever!! JUST DONT TRY TO COOK IT especially if u R SICK!!!