Monday was another
rough day for me health wise. Not getting any better, AT ALL. I woke up,
attempted to start getting ready, and quickly gave up. I had to give in and use
a day of sick leave, which kills me right now. My headache was finally gone,
but I was still so stuffed up, and I didn’t want to risk passing anything on at
work. Christian was also off today, still using up some leave time, so he went
with me to drop the girls off. I dropped him off to plow the driveway and
stopped at Walmart to get some medicine and a few groceries. I was all set to
pass out, when Christian gave me a guilt trip about the basement…the internet
technician was supposed to come this morning to check our outlets and figure
out why the modem isn’t working. Well, one of the connections is in the toy
room. So, I suffered through the exhaustion, watched some Hulu on the iPad and
plowed through. Christian got everything back under the stairs, and organized,
while I got the spare room, toy room, living room and princess area all back in
order. I also managed to finish up our laundry and put everything away. I was
beyond exhausted by the time I was finished, and I definitely should’ve just
been resting, but it did feel good to have it all done. The technician was
supposed to be over between 8-noon…by 1:00, nothing. Christian called the
company to find out what was going on, and they gave him a new time of
2:30-3:30. We decided, no thank you. First, there’s no reason the equipment shouldn’t
be working, so I’m already annoyed. On top of that, our first interaction with
you is a technician that is not only late, but doesn’t even have the courtesy
to call and let us know? I just cannot stand bad service, and this was a
horrible start. Meanwhile, Charter may be expensive, but we’ve never had an
issue with them, the speed is perfect and I just can’t give up good service to
take a chance with another company. So, we ended up canceling our new account
on the spot. I’m bummed because I was really looking forward to saving that
money, but it just wasn’t worth it. Christian picked the girls up from school,
while I did some final picking up, and started dinner. We ate, watched some TV
together, the girls got a nice, much needed, bath and it was another early
night for all of us.
So Cold...
Tuesday I was
feeling a TAD better, but still pretty horrible. I couldn’t use another day of
leave, and after two days off, I knew I had plenty to get in there and catch up
on. So, I forced myself up, got ready and got the girls ready. Dropped them off
and made my way to work. I caught up on e-mails, did some routing and updated
some information, and I had to call it a day around 10:30. Not only because I didn’t
feel well, but I don’t want to be there spreading my germs to everybody either.
So, I packed up some work and brought it home with me. I had some lunch and got
a couple hours of work in, while cuddled up in bed, until I just couldn’t focus
anymore. I picked the girls up around the usual time, made dinner, the usual.
The girls were pretty out of control tonight…fighting, screaming, just causing
pure chaos. I was in no mood for any of it, so it was a pretty rough night for
us. Again, bedtime couldn’t come soon enough.
A midst the chaos and frustration - they still manage to crack me up.
Wednesday I wasn’t
feeling too much better. This thing will NOT let go of me! In fact, I think I’m
heading back downhill – throat on fire and out of control cough. So, it was a
pretty quiet day. I left work early again, just needing to get in some rest
before the girls come home. And, I was again pretty useless all evening long.
Seriously, you forget how nice it is to just be healthy sometimes…I’d give just
about anything to get rid of this thing!
Thursday was a
pretty rough day. It was just one of those days where it felt like everything
was going wrong. I woke up late, again. Slept through my alarm. This, of
course, because I toss and turn, cough and blow my nose all night long, and
finally fall into a good sleep about an hour before it’s time to get up. We
finally hit the road, in the middle of a blizzard. It took me two hours to get
to work. Again, of course, I cannot leave early because daycare only opens so
early, so I have no choice but to be late. It was hell. I parked at the meters
for the day, not knowing if I’d be there all day and because our parking lot
was a DISASTER, and finally got to work. The day went OK. Still not feeling
great, throat and cough definitely most prominent right now, and voice still
pretty much gone. I was pulled into a meeting this afternoon and thought I was
going to die from a coughing fit. The drive home wasn’t as bad…still a little
slow, especially closer to home, but much better. I picked the girls up, both
with major attitudes, and we made our way home. Got into the car after pickup,
and the “Check Engine” light came on in the car. Just what we need…this does
not help my case for trying to keep the car, and sell the truck, when we get
the mini-van in a couple month. I STILL don’t have our tax paperwork from
daycare, or from the bank (for the house), and I’m really starting to lose my
patience on that. Finally home, I did the usual quick pickup, let the dog out,
run to the bathroom…and within 5 minutes of getting home, Amelia got ahold of a
bottle of red nailpolish, opened it, and dropped it (thankfully, on the kitchen
floor)…all over the floor, all over herself. I was so done at this point. Just
fuming, stressed to the max and DONE! The girls were banned to the couch for
the night, but I did put on a movie to keep them relaxed for a while. I
scrubbed Amelia and the floor with nailpolish remover (and, threw out the
kitchen towels they decided to destroy “cleaning up” before I could catch
them). I finally got them settled in with dinner, made myself some leftovers
and sat down, trying to relax. In the midst of this chaos, Christian arrived
home, plowed the driveway, and took the car to O’Reilly’s to run a diagnostic
on it. Apparently, some heater oxygen level (or something) sensor needs to be
replaced. Of course, for him, that means it needs to be done NOW (even though
I’ve had tons of friends posting about car troubles and false readings this
winter with the brutal cold), so he plans on replacing it this weekend. I wish
he would just chill out and make sure it’s not a fluke, but whatever. I finally
got Amelia to bed, which has been a battle…every night she suddenly refuses to
go to bed, when she’s always been SO easy to put to bed, and is suddenly
wanting to sleep in our room too. Tonight, I convinced her I’m too sick, and I
don’t want her to get sick. Last night, I just moved her to her bed when I went
to bed. Kids! Olivia was finally off to bed, I spent a little time winding down
on the computer, and was off to bed (AKA, off to toss and turn) myself.
Seriously, I can’t wait to feel better again!
One light nobody ever wants to see...
Friday was a pretty
standard day. It was my working Friday, and I actually put in an extra hour (I
usually get off an hour early on my working Friday) to make up for some of my
sick time off. Luckily, the day still went pretty fast. I picked up the girls
after work and we made our way home. I’ve been having some Braxton Hicks
contractions for the last week or two (they started earlier with Amelia, but
were never SUPER strong, started later with Olivia, but again, were never super
strong), and today was a pretty rough day. Not painful of course, just really
uncomfortable, and way more often than usual. When Christian arrived home, we
did take a family trip to eat at Davanni’s…we hadn’t eaten there FOREVER, and
it’s been stuck on my mind. YUM! The rest of the evening was pretty quiet. The
girls were off to bed, Christian and I watched a little TV together, but I
didn’t last long, just way too tired!
Snack time...I chose a cupcake, she chose carrots. Hmmmm
Saturday was a
pretty lazy day. Christian was off to work for a while, but not until
mid-morning. We had some breakfast, hung out for a while, and the girls and I
were off to swim class. This week went much better…they had more teachers with
Amelia’s class, to handle the crying, tantrum-throwing kids, and Olivia’s class
was doing some actual swimming and things they were supposed to be working on.
I was relieved they actually had it together this week. My mom ended up coming
to class, and offered to take the girls for the day, overnight, so I could get
some [much needed] rest. I was still so stuffed up, coughing like crazy and my
throat is still killing me, so it was definitely a welcomed offer. So, she took
the girls with her, I made my way home to have some lunch and curl up in bed
with Hulu. I caught up on most of my shows throughout the day and just relaxed,
doing nothing, as much as possible. Of course, there were a million things I
could’ve been doing (cleaning, laundry, some grocery shopping), but I just
needed some long overdue rest! Christian had to stop at his parents’ house
after work to help them with something, and arrived home around dinner time. We
ate, and settled in for some movies…getting an early start, we actually watched
two whole movies, AND some of Saturday Night Live – living on the edge! We
watched “The Internship”…I’d heard some bad things about it, but we both
thought it was actually pretty funny. We LOL’d quite a few times, so I’m not
sure why it had such a bad rap. We also watched “Mud”, with Matthew
McCaughey…it’s a much different movie for us…slow paced and more raw, but it
was actually really good. We both liked it. So, it was a successful movie
night! In the end, it was a good, relaxing day, and I was looking forward to
sleeping in!
I hit double digit days to go today! WOW!
Sunday was a pretty
good day. Still not feeling great, but each day is a little better. And, I was
able to sleep in a bit with the girls away – although, being up on and off all
night long, I don’t know that you can really say I “slept in”, LOL. Once up,
and able to breathe and move, I started doing our weekly cleaning…picked up the
bedrooms and bathroom, cleaned the kitchen and did the dishes, picked up the
living room. Meanwhile, Christian vacuumed and cleaned up the entryway. We were
just finishing up as my mom arrived home with the girls, so it was perfect
timing! Shortly after, Christian showered and got ready for the day, while the
girls went down for their nap, and I settled in for some rest myself. Christian
was then off with his friend, Lorenzo, to get some food and snacks for the
Superbowl. We don’t go anywhere, and we haven’t hosted our party in a few years
now, but we still like to eat some junk food and watch the game/commercials.
So, we had some pizza, some BBQ meatballs/smokies, chips…all the good stuff,
watched the game and the girls played downstairs for while – AND, actually
cleaned up after themselves. Hallelujah! The game wasn’t too exciting…unless
you are a Seahawks fan…if was quite a blowout, so not very interesting to
watch. The commercials were a bit of a letdown…although I love the “America the
Beautiful” Coke commercial (which, of course, is causing all kinds of racist
controversy, Ugh) and the Puppy/Horse Budweiser commercial – so cute! The
Doritos commercials had us laughing, but that’s about it. The halftime show,
with Bruno Mars, was super awesome! I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Bruno Mars…and, I was getting
so annoyed with everybody putting down his being chosen as the halftime
act…that he was too boring, such a “ballad” singer, and wouldn’t be able to
pull it off. Well, he more than pulled it off, and is probably the best act
they’ve had in years. Loved it! The girls were off to bed shortly before the
game ended, and I called it a night shortly after. Another week down!
And, of course,
today also marks Week 26 for me and baby! I’m not sure why it differs, but
according to some sites, entering the final week of my 2nd
trimester. Moving right along, and so exciting! Pregnancy wise, I’m still
feeling good – it definitely makes it hard to deal with these illnesses, but
I’m surviving. Without crossing too far into the TMI realm, let’s just say a
pregnant woman should NEVER have to deal with a cough like the one I have going
on. It’s so cruel, seriously. Baby has been very active, and very wiggly
lately, moving all over the place. I think we’ll definitely be crossing into
the alien movements here in the next few weeks. I’ve noticed this one is VERY
sensitive to anything resting on my belly, so hopefully that’s not a sign of
things to come. And, I feel like I’m entering into that “cute” stage…where, my
belly is finally starting to grow out more, rather than being wider, but it’s
not super huge yet. I love this point! All in all, things are going great! A
little over a week until our next appointment, can’t wait to hear the little
heartbeat again!
Until Next Week XOXO
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