…Wishing everyone a very happy and prosperous 2011…
On Day Two? Really?
Only one of my kids would get sick and miss school on the SECOND DAY BACK!
As it turns out Ray saw his allergist yesterday and has a sinus infection which explains why his sinuses were feeling the way they were.
Alex had a sore throat yesterday and this morning when I woke her up it was really sore and swallowing made her ear hurt! Great. Great. Great. NOT. Gave her some liquid Motrin (FABULOUS for sore throats in adults, by the way!!! Seriously!) and had her go back to bed, at least for a few hours. I figured that a headache, sore throat and earache (whatever the cause) + band class = VERY BAD. Instead when the doctor’s office opened, I called and got her in. She has the beginnings of a sinus infection and all that swelling, fluids and drainage are causing her ear pain and sore throat.
Two sinus infections in the house. Both are on antibiotics and should be feeling fine in a day or so.
Phoebe went to school and had an uneventful day it seems. Getting her to talk about it is like pulling teeth. Seriously, she’s six and a half NOT a teenager! She had gym class today and she found out that she IS allowed to bring her roll up sled thing to school. Oh, yay (did you see the eye roll with that?).
I met some friends for lunch and had a really good time. It’s been so hard to get together since school started in September. We used to be “the Friday playgroup” and got together pretty much every Friday all year (having switched from Tuesday mornings in previous years as our kids got older and school started interfering in our leisure activities).
The rest of the day was uneventful as well. Dinner was “fish and chips” per Phoebe’s request. I had planned on making homemade New England Clam Chowder, but thought I’d wait until Alex feels better. Last time I made it when she was sick (with the flu), she ate some, LOVED it, and then promptly vomited it. Aren’t you glad I told you that?
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Back to the Grind…
Everyone went back to whatever their normal weekday thing was. Ray went back to work, the girls headed back to school. Our morning went blissfully well even.
My day was REALLY quiet. I missed having people home during the day. (I would not have if they had been bickering and stuff all break.) I finished packing up my Christmas Villages which now sit in bins waiting for transport upstairs (and subsequently to the attic — its a walk in attic from the second floor hall). Later, I picked Phoebe up from school and a little later took her to ballet class (she’s had two weeks off!) and she did really well — focused even.
The only excitement happened about five minute before leaving for ballet when the power went off, the million UPSes in the house complained loudly, the corn stove started to snuff out (and began filling the downstairs with smoke) and the ballet hair wasn’t even done yet! Fortunately it was only off for a couple of minutes and the fire hadn’t gone completely out, so we still had heat (and lights and WATER — its a well). Not sure what the problem was, but it sucked nonetheless.
Dinner was a pork tenderloin I had in the crock pot all day with garlic smashed potatoes, peas and raw carrots.
Not terribly exciting or eventful, but a good day overall.
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