The longest week on record...

Let me recap my week for those who haven't been here to witness it.

Monday, 9pm, Delaney emerges from her room with a tummyache. I walk in the door at 10:30 after a workout to hear, "It's everywhere." After a lengthy clean up and little sleep, it's Tuesday and I'm at school with Carson doing my lesson plans. I spend a day home with my princess, who pukes again in the car on the way to pick up Carson. So the 24 hours until she can go back to school starts over again. Matt is preparing to go out of town for a conference, so staying home isn't an option for him. Lesson plans done again, this time in the evening so I don't have to go in when I drop Car off and Matt can get to work on time.

Wednesday morning, Delaney sits up in bed, pukes, lays back down. By this point, I'm weary, I won't lie. I know Matt is leaving after work and my throat hurts so bad I can barely swallow. I decide while I'm home, I should take Carson to get the green snot and yucky chest congestion checked out. I don't need her to look at the rash that has taken over his body, I know it is Fifths disease. Everyone at school has had it, he's one of the last in his class to get it. Delaney manages to stay vomit free all day, we go grab Carson from school early and take him to the doctor to find out he has bronchitis. My throat feels a little better, or I seriously would have asked their pediatrician to look at it, she's a friend too. :)

Matt leaves after dinner, we get ready for bed, I announce everyone is going to school tomorrow, puke or not!

Thursday goes without an issue, but my throat is aching again. My parents offer to have dinner with us, I think it's lovely to have adult conversation and I'm thankful they love us enough to not be scared of whatever we all have going on!!

I don't sleep well Thursday night because my throat hurts so bad. I have to leave school early Friday to take Delaney to the eye doctor because her headaches have come back, so there is no time for me to go to the doctor for myself. After the eye doctor, we come home, take care of all the cats, and then go to rent videos, swing through a drive thru for dinner, and come home to eat in front of the tv.

After the movie, Carson informs me he wants to make a leprechaun trap. I wind up in tears in the kitchen floor because I need my husband. He would have been able to figure out how to make this all work, and I just couldn't do it. As I've said before, Carson is the sensitive one, so he realized I was a mess and encouraged me lots. We made an awesome trap....where he caught all of the green candy the leprechaun could find on such short notice. :)

By Saturday morning I just want relief from this aching. However, Carson has bowling. We head to bowling, where he did a great job, then to immediate care where no one acknowledges that I'm standing there. We leave, I'm frustrated. After some whining to my parents, we decide to come home, take care of the cats for the day, and then head to Brown County with them for some fun and distraction. Matt should be home around bed time and I can't do all day alone. I don't feel good and I'm exhausted! I decide to run by the minute clinic at cvs on the way to my parents, full house there too, we leave again.

We have an awesome day at Nashville.....eating, shopping, walking, talking, and getting a surprise call from Matt that he was on his way home 6 hours early! He met us in Nashville. Upon our return home, he sent me, childless, to immediate care to see what was going on....strep. :( Bonus is, I walked away with a prescription and feel tons better today.

What I learned this week: I am so thankful to have the family I have....my parents chipped in anyway they could, my children were SO well behaved, and my husband is my better half!

These are my days....

Okay, I realize the above picture shows that I don't always parent, but isn't that fun?!? His clothes don't match.....or fit.....but look at that face. The kid is having blast enjoying a springlike day in early March. He is all boy (so active and rough and tough), but he is the first one in the house to notice when mom needs a hug (and to deliver it!).

And, for those of you who haven't met this guy on facebook yet, this is our newest addition to the family, Fluffy Gus. He came to join us after his owners (our next door neighbors) were (wife) killed in a car accident and (husband) died from a broken heart. He has adjusted marvelously to our family and is WELL loved by certain members!! He handles that with grace and flops over her arm like a ragdoll and takes it all in. He has a great personality. Unfortunately, we are also still caring for the other 3 cats that they left behind. So, if you live in the area and know of anyone looking for a cat, we have 3 with very different personalities that we'd love to have you meet. We, however, won't be taking in anymore of them....much to Mrs. Gray's disliking as she frequently tries to sneak in the house with Gus!!

Today, I am home with a sick girl, just tiptoeing (is that a word, because it doesn't look right?!?) around the house trying not to wake her up. She is not perking up as fast as I'd like her to, but she has managed to keep liquids down for 5 hours now....big improvement! And, because this is an unexpected day off and the laundry is actually caught up, I am managing to be productive with some fun things.....sewing, blogging, making a menu of dinner for the next 2 weeks (yes, that IS fun!!!).

And, finally, for those of you keeping track at home, I am 25% of the way through Kentucky in my run to Florida. Last night my sister and I went from my house to my parents house. It was a nice journey of almost 4 miles. I will say that next time, maybe we should do it when the sun is out, there were a few dark stretches along the way and we've decided we're kinda getting wimpy in our "old" age.

I suppose I should go put on some clothes that don't look so much like pajamas and start waking sleeping beauty so we can go grab her brother in the car line. That is a HUGE deal for him because they always just go to my classroom after school. He's SO excited to get picked up with his friends and without his sister.

Until next time, if you live near me, enjoy this weather. I've opened up all the windows and am enjoying the breeze and the birds.