I shouldn't complain.  At least I have my health.

Just this past week, Maryellen and I were looking forward to our first real-live "date" together... we were going to take Valentine's Day off (the kids would be at daycare), and we would spend the day together enjoying a rich diner breakfast and mall shopping. 

Then poor Matthew threw up.  He had caught a stomach virus.

All our lives were thrown in disarray.  We kept waiting to be sure that our little boy would be well enough... after all, this started late last week really... certainly he would be fine by then?

Wednesday afternoon, he threw up yet again.  That clinched it.  We had to cancel everything.

Furthermore, after vomiting one last time today, finally the doctor said he would see him... so that meant I had to take a half-day anyway...  too much confusion. 

Only when he's there does the doctor say that there's nothing he can do but wait for this virus to finally get out of his system.  Something that should have been said over the phone.  Ugh.

Well, there are other good things in store.  I discovered my serious song "Too Late Have I Loved You"--off my Eternal Life the Party Album recording, made a Top Ten Lent List at www.topcatholicsongs.com.  In the coming weeks, we will have lists based on Adoration, Holy Week, Easter, and more.  And you can download the tracks directly from there.

This week I have another serious song, "Holy God We Praise Your Great Name" up, in the running for top Adoration song.  Let's hope and wait and see how far this song goes...  (BTW, if you're interested in the music notation on PDF format, and have a CCLI license, email me and I will send it to you).

Nick