A Day In The Life . . .

My wonder and revelry in watching my children play so lovingly together has screeched to a halt. Now, I feel I spend my day reprimanding Daniel (rather loudly at times) as he repeatedly pushes, jabs, knocks over and yells at Coral to get away from him. On the other hand, I can understand his frustration as Coral's new found freedom in movement has resulted in her playing the "tag-a-long" game. This can be fun at times, but Daniel grows weary of his sister's infatuation. I've attempted numerous tactics to dissolve the problem, but none seem to be working. And through it all, I keep thinking about my younger years- my older sister fed up with me tagging her around every where while I just wanted to be a part of her life for one minute. It's amazing how one's life and perspective can be so different from another all due to birth order.

Passing on the Illness

Yes, we are alive. Daniel is doing much better. Thanks for all your worries and prayers everyone. Unfortunately, he did get Coral sick and myself as well. Someone had a fever all last week, whether it was Coral or Daniel.

I was among the walking dead Friday thru Sunday. I am not a good sick person. The world is over. And the whole time I kept thinking, "WHY DON'T MOMS GET SICK DAYS." Did I get my point across? How are you suppose to take care of your kids when you can't take care of yourself? So, I threw cheerios on the floor for Coral to eat and Daniel ate the food he could get himself- yogurt, crackers, Coral's floor Cheerios. I wasn't feeling so much like a good mom, but frankly, I didn't care at the time. Poor babies.

On to other things . . .I had a Wildtree presentation to give last night. I always hate it when you have to speak for an extended amount of time and you sound like a frog and can't even hear yourself speak. It turned out well though, and if anyone wants to place an order, I am putting it in on Saturday.

That's about it. Now to getting back to putting my house back together! The whole world (at least the house) falls apart when mom is sick.

And thanks for all those who blog- a peek into your world kept me sane while dealing with sick children and myself. You really start to understand that everyone else goes through the same things and you might never had known through verbal conversation, but through blogging . . . it's a whole different person.

The Five Minute Shower

Now, I've been thinking about this for awhile and wanted to share- maybe you can take an inventory. Before I had children (and became poor), I had quite a lot of products in my shower. Let me list them for you.

1. Clarifier
2. Shampoo
3. Conditioner
4. Face Wash
5. Loofah
6. Regular Body Wash
7. Fancy (date night) Body Wash
8. Bar of soap
9. Razor
10.Shaving Cream

That's at least ten things I could think of that I had in my shower. Now, let me list what is in there.

1. Shampoo
2. Conditioner
3. Razor
4. Bar of soap

Well, that about sums it up! Pretty sad, huh? My showers also take five minutes instead of twenty. Hmm. . . good thing or bad? Perhaps someday I will be able to get all the perks back.

In the meantime, Daniel has been really sick. He has had coughing fits with a 103 degree temperature. Yikes! And, as it always is when your kids are sick, he has the hardest time at nights. I think the night before last, I had three hours of sleep. And in the midst of that night, Daniel weakly asked, "Can I give Coral a hug?" It was a tear jerker question. He just wanted his baby sister.

Unfortunately for him, I have quarantined him. We have no health insurance at the moment and I don't need Coral hospitalized with RSV. Daniel has been good about it and has hung out in his bed watching the TV I brought in there from our room. I seem to be getting more done than usual too! I think I really like these sick days- now that he can comprehend "bed rest." For now, breathing treatments, liquid and rest. He hasn't had a fever today, so I'd say he's on the mend!