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The great cold of 2011

My head cold has gotten worse. I should spend the whole day sleeping. Juergen is visiting a church to hear a pastor preach. Our pastor will retire in the next few years. The elders are actively searching for his successor. It will mean looking at pastors all over Germany. So I'm not going to be sleeping all day. I have 5 kids. Jessica and Nicole also have this cold. Sarah seems to be getting it too. If she is sick tomorrow, I can not send her to school. That will not be pretty! The timing of the cold could not have been worse. I'm sure Thomas would not mind missing school but Sarah will be devastated! I think I'll let Juergen tell her! She is defiantly the kind that kills the messenger!

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