We came to Dubai with our team for a bit of relaxation and fun.  I was very excited about a week full of fun and rest - the beach, the pool, a water park, and shopping for some much needed items.  Unfortunately, our second day here EB was throwing up, listless, and had a high fever and scary cough.  A visit to the doctor confirmed our suspicions that EB was pretty sick with bronchitis.  After several days administering 6 different meds, the fever dropped, the throw up stopped and the cough subsided.  EB has been sleeping alot and day by day perking up to her usual self.  We are thankful that we were here in Dubai for the sickness where there are good doctors and reliable medicine.  Unfortunately for us, DB and I have not gotten to do most of the fun stuff planned for the week.  Even as I type this, the whole team is at the water park while EB naps away in the other room and DB and I download things from the internet.  

The thing is, I just get really excited about things.  I always have.  I think that looking forward to things is about half the fun of them.  But then I get SO disappointed when they don’t turn out the way I had imagined.  I remember not being able to go to the New Kids on the Block concert in the fifth grade with my best friend Morgan because I got strep throat, and not being able to go to some Christmas lights celebration when I was six because I was sick.  Clearly, I have been traumatized by these occurrences.  This time I am not traumatized - mainly I am just glad that my little girl is going home tonight healthy - but just a little sad.  I think as a mother, my expectations need to change drastically.  Instead of looking to the next BIG thing to make a special family memory, I need to constantly look out for precious moments to treasure - like spending two whole days cuddling with my sweet baby girl while she recovered, or riding a roller coaster inside a mall with my handsome husband.  This trip was not what I expected, but still will remain a marker in our lives, I hope, as a much needed time of rest and rejuvenation before we return home to real life.