Today was kind of a rough day. Christian was working some overtime this morning, so it was just the girls and I. Olivia was up at 4:00AM, complaining that her eye hurt, and never really slept well after that. Both girls were up for the day by 6:30, and I was feeling the worst yet. Olivia continued complaining about her ears, and with the way I was feeling, I figured we both might as well make a trip into Urgent Care to get checked out.
It was a difficult morning for me. The girls were pretty much crying and whining the entire morning. Nothing I did made them happy - they were exhausted, in pain - Olivia with her ear, Amelia with her teeth, and just in bad moods. They weren't listening to anything I said or cooperating at all. I got them settled into their chairs for a somewhat late breakfast (because they wouldn't cooperate with me up to that point), and I ended up locking myself in my room to have a little scream and cry myself. I hate to admit that, it seems completely ridiculous to say outloud, but I didn't feel like I had any other option at that point. I finally pulled myself together, and we all ate breakfast. Things calmed down for a little while, but started right back up maybe 30 minutes later. So, it was off for naps, for both of them. WAY early compared to their usual nap time, but much needed. Thankfully, they took a standard, long nap. Waking up shortly after Christian arrived home from work.
He handled their lunch when they woke up, and then Olivia and I were off to Urgent Care. She did indeed have an ear infection, so I picked up some meds for her at the pharmacy. Unfortunately for me, I just have the standard, really crappy common cold. No strep, no ear infection and nothing they can do for me. As for my eye - I simply have a stye - again, nothing they can do for me. What I wouldn't give to have something that can actually be treated! The eye stuff sucks too. No makeup and no contacts until it heals....no makeup, in the real world? I think not. And, no contacts would be fine - if my glasses weren't broken and 3 prescriptions out of date! Ugh. Warm compress as much as possible this weekend, that's for sure.
Olivia and I stopped into Target after the appointments to grab some more over the counter medication for me. Then, it was home to do a little light cleaning, and get ready for tonights events. Shortly after I arrived home, my Dad stopped over to help us out. Tonight "we" - really, me not included at all - pulled up the carpet in the basement. We had to move all of the furniture and stuff out of the living area. Christian is going to clean up the floor, bleach it and seal it over the week now that the carpet is up. It's probably not TOTALLY necessary, but the smell down there was SO bad, we just have to do everything we can to make sure it doesn't come back.
My Dad hung around to chat, watch a little Wipeout and eat some dinner before taking off. Then, the girls were off to bed, and Christian and I were literally right behind them. EXHAUSTED! Here are some pictures of tonights floor work.
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