Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Whine......

I have been nursing sick children/husband back to health for the better part of a month now. I have religiously been taking my vitamins and Airborne. I was even feeling so proud of myself for staying healthy that I, yikes...... bragged about it. "It has to be my healthy eating, exercise and excessive pill popping that keeps me strong enough to ward off silly things like the cold or uhm the flu. How else could I stay healthy in the midst of 24 four year olds and the peanut here at home." Yeah, me too, I started twitching as soon as the words came out of my mouth. I can still hear the Forces That Be laughing in the background. It all started several weeks ago with hubby and one teen after another falling ill with what I then called a "cold". Mal and I dodged this "little" bullet for three weeks. Then it happened! J, one of the slimy, I mean precious 4 year olds in my class sneezed directly in my face when we were having a little one on one counseling(to put it nicely.)It was more like, "If I ever see you take a lego and stick it........I'm gonna......." Anyway, it was a typical slow motion moment. The replay is still stuck in my head. "If only I hadn't seen him put the lego in...... Why couldn't I have just looked away?" By Friday night I had almost forgotten the episode ever happened. Went to bed as usual but a silly dream woke me up about 3:00 in the morning. I had dreamt that two fist sized rocks were burning on my back all the way into my body. As I lay there half asleep, eyes shut, I could still almost feel the hot rocks on my back. "Hey wait! Those aren't dream rocks they are Mal's little feet!" BTW, she sleeps with us. She was SICK! She had a really high temp, croup, the whole box of bolts. I immediately pulled her out of bed and the doctoring began and is still going on today. But today she acts much better and is actually eating something. While caring for her I was very adament about hygeine. "No smoochies now, Mommy will kiss you on your forehead." Yet something kept picking at the back of my mind. "Never mind, I am super healthy. Right?" Then yesterday the tickle in my throat started and I remembered J and the lego incident. Crap, crap, crap! I took an entire bottle of Airborne.......and prayed. But, sh--, I had basically shook my fist in to the air yelling "Bring it on! I can take it!" So here it is in a nutsell. What I previoulsy referred to as a "cold" is most definately the flu. I am sick. I need drugs and I want my Mom.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

It's 9:30 AM and I'm Exhausted

I can't believe it has been three weeks since I have left a post. Life has been a bit hectic around here. My latest addiction(previous post) has taken up my few spare minutes of "me" time each day. But today......Well today is a snow day. The kids have stayed home from school and I have the day off. Mal has been up since 5:15, going full steam. As for me? I am ready for a nap. unfortunatley, the little one shows NO sign of slowing down any time soon.

My favorite Mal quotes for the day, thus far......

1. Mom. I need you to come in here and keep me company while I poop.

2. Uhmmm, Mommy. I need you to make me cherry cake. My body needs cherry cake. It is really portant for my body to have cherry cake. K? It is a vegetable right?

Update: As I was taking the time to add this posting another major "milestone" took place. Mal was not more then three feet away from me. I was typing and she was cutting lines on paper. I heard a cutting sound very different from the previous noises coming from the paper and the scissors. The scissors were now in contact with her hair. Hmmmm, well she is now missing a chunk of hair over her right ear. The hair that came off her head measures 14 3/4 inches long. When I stop laughing/crying I will post an updated photo of Mal's new look.