Whatta New Year!

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I've been away from mylot for a month. I thought I am just going to be away for the Christmas and new year break. But I was surprised there were a lot of things in line to happen to me... Week before Christmas my 10 month old baby got sick, and I had a week of less sleep because he was so fussy and irritable with his cough and colds, together with high grade fever. So he kept on crying in the middle of the night. But he got well before Christmas. After new year, our dear good helper did not came back as agreed. She went home to their province but we told her to come back on January 1 or 2 in the morning because we already have work. She cannot be contacted because there's no signal in their place. She came back January 5 saying that it rained a lot in their place and had difficulty looking for transportation. Oh well, how could you believe that?? But still I'm thankful that she did came back. But my leave plan was already distorted because of those unplanned absences. 2nd week of January came, my baby got sick again and this time he needs to be confined in the hospital because he got pneumonia. We stayed there for 3 nights. Thank God he easily recovered before the estimate period given by the doctor. 3rd week... my 2-year old also got sick. He also have high grade fever for 5 days, and dry cough and colds. He was also weak but the doctor did not advised him to be confined (Thanks God!). He was only treated at home. I was again on leave for days... Then last Sunday, my husband woke me up with his frightened voice while reading his text message. He received a message from his niece that their house was already underwater due to flash flood. His parents also live there. But they were saved by their neighbor who has a 2-storey house. But for 5 hours, they never saw any rescuers yet. My husband and his brother went there and tried to rescue them, but the water is already at 10-feet high and the current was already strong. Luckily, when they arrived (by swimming) to their house, the rescuers with the rubber boat also arrived. To make it short, they are now staying in our house and I think it will still take some few days before they can come back because they have not yet finished cleaning them and there is still no electricity. Sometimes, I feel like I am floating... maybe because I still haven't got enough rest for more than a month now. I just hope next week, everything will already run smooth... Though I feel this way, I am still thankful that it is the only thing happening to me... I still feel blessed because we are still capable of helping others, rather than being the calamity victim who needed assistance... I am just happy that I got the time to peek here today. I hope I can already spend more time here in the coming days. I missed mylot.