2015 - Week 43

Monday…there’s little worse. I mean, it’s Monday. And Monday’s suck. Then, you wake up in the middle of the night with a RAGING migraine, and Monday does in fact, get worse. I took some Imitrex, which I really try to limit, chugged some water, grabbed an ice pack, and crawled back into bed. Until the very last possible minute. My head was still killing me, but I showered, got ready, got the girls up and ready. Still in pain, still nauseous, I had to tough it out. I could not stay home today, so off we went. With Christian still recovering from surgery, I had two drop-offs today. I dropped the big girls off at daycare, dropped Eliza off at my in-laws, and arrived at work. Super miserable. I had some breakfast and slowly started feeling better. FINALLY! By late afternoon, I felt pretty normal again. I’m not sure if it just took that long for the Imitrex to kick in, or it had just naturally run its course, but man it was brutal. I am so beyond done with these migraines! I had a pretty busy day at work, playing some catch up and hitting my inbox, before heading out. I picked Eliza up, picked the big girls up, and we settled in at home. Christian made dinner while Olivia and I made a quick Target run for our weekly shopping run. Christian is doing pretty well. He’s still really sore, but went the entire day without pain medication today, and is hoping he’ll be back to work tomorrow or Wednesday. He’s not supposed to return until Thursday, but he has a hard time missing work. After dinner, I worked on the girls’ reading homework, before sending everybody off to bed. We were off and running on another week.

Amidst my misery this morning, a project manager gave me this awesome "Thank You" for a contract I worked my butt off on. Sweet!

As Eliza and I were leaving my in-laws, and she looked just like this, an older man asked me if this was my son. UGH!!!!

Tuesday started off a little rough, again. This time, I overslept – right through my dang alarm! Oops. Luckily, I did feel a TON better today though, so that’s a bonus. Christian took another day off, so he helped get the girls ready – which is a nice change of pace might I say. Today, I had to attend an off-site training class. All.Day.Long. Training is right up there with meetings when it comes to biggest waste of a day ever at work. I was designated the driver for our little group in the office, and we were given a new, fancy hybrid car. Let me tell you….I’ve never felt so old in my life as I did trying to figure out how to work that damn car! No key, push button start – even shifting gears was the most confusing thing I’ve ever seen in my life! Somehow, we arrived in one piece – and even got back, but that was quite an experience. By the time I picked the girls up from daycare and arrived home, Christian was grilling up some dinner. Gotta love these beautiful fall days when you can still do that! We ate, hung out, did the girls’ reading, and then the girls’ little BFF, Bella, stopped over to play for a while. Christian was doing really well and had decided to head back to work tomorrow. We’re a little nervous, but hopefully he can ease back into everything.

My Girls. Nothing but trouble!

Wednesday was the big day…Christian was back to work. Still a little sore, but he toughed it out and made it through the entire day. While we were all getting ready to go this morning, Amelia picked up one of their books, was flipping through it, and actually read a couple of pages. Yes, it’s a simple kindergarten read-along book, but she READ IT, all by herself. And man was she so proud of herself. My little lady, she’s growing and learning so much every day, I just can’t believe it! I had a pretty busy, productive day at work. That’s not always the case (the productive part anyway), so I like to celebrate those days. After picking the girls up from daycare, we had to make a quick stop at Target for some forgotten groceries from our last trip…I usually avoid taking all three to the store with me at all costs, but luckily we survived our trip this time, with little issue. Christian fried up some taquitos for dinner tonight (YUMMMMMMMMMM!) while I hung out with the girls and worked with Olivia on her reading. We ate, hung out, watched some TV. Amelia and Eliza both passed out on the couch while we watched some shows together – poor babies, just plain exhausted! We transferred everybody to their beds, and settled in for the night. I can see the weekend coming!!!

Today the girls were supposed to wear orange, to stand up against bullying. We don't have much orange in our wardrobes, so we broke out our new Halloween shirts!

Thursday I overslept…AGAIN! I think I need to go back to putting my alarm clock across the room! I simply cannot be trusted anymore. Thanks to the late start, it was complete chaos trying to get everybody up and ready, pack up all of our stuff and get out of the door. Not to mention we had a pot luck at work today, so I had even more stuff to remember (which, I still forgot half of – oy!). Stress….these mornings are STRESS! By the time I dropped the girls off, fought traffic, and arrived at work – of course, I was quite late. Luckily my reward for the crappy start was a delicious pot luck lunch. After picking the girls up, we took advantage of the nice weather and played outside for a while. It’s hard to believe the cold, winter weather will be arriving soon – definitely have to soak up the warmer weather while we can! We had leftovers for dinner tonight, so it was a pretty low-key evening in the house. Eliza started getting pretty crabby as the night went on. We cuddled for a while, in fact she actually fell asleep on my lap…she’s been having a pretty hard time lately, so I think those last teeth are FINALLY coming in. Though, how many times have I said that now? Fingers crossed, this is finally it. My poor baby. Once the girls were settled into bed, I started catching up on some shows. Olivia woke up shortly after screaming and crying. She said she didn’t know why…she hurt, but didn’t know where. It was one of those “she’s awake, but not REALLY awake, so trying to hold an actual conversation with her is pointless” kind of moments. I ended up bringing her into bed with me for the night…but had a feeling that it would be a long night at that point...

Eliza was spending time with this guy today. Throwback to their playdate this time last year!

Friday was a rough morning, as last night was indeed a rough night. I came to the conclusion that Olivia is having some growing pains again, so she woke up a few times. A another point, I found Amelia in the hallway crying, because she had to go to the bathroom but “couldn’t find it”…ummmm, it hasn’t moved. And, of course, Eliza’s teething was a nightmare. With the long night, and slow morning…and two drop-off’s again, I of course was late for work again. Oh man, cannot catch a break! It was  along, quiet, rainy day today, which just made the day draaaaaag. I was the only person left in the office for a good portion of the afternoon. No bueno, ya’ll. No bueno. Luckily it was my “early” day, and I booked it out of there as fast as I could. I picked Eliza up from my mom’s, picked the big girls up from daycare, and we stopped at Target quick to get the big girls some Halloween shoes (technically, they’ll be Holiday shoes, but they’ll work for their Halloween costumes). Finally, we settled in at home. Olivia and Amelia were immediately at each other’s throats, bugging each other all night long, fighting about everything. Eliza was clingy and whiny – it was pretty much a nightmare as soon as we arrived home. Therefore, Christian was forced to stop and pick up some “cheer me up” Thai Food for dinner. My silver lining of having a hard day. With all of the drama, the girls were off to bed a little early, and I settled in with Hulu for the night, catching up on some shows. Some MUCH needed peace and quiet and alone time!

Saturday was a busy day. Shocker. Christian was off to work bright and early, while the girls and I spent the morning hanging out around the house. We had some breakfast, watched some movies, played for a while…we did some cleaning and picking up, the girls took a bath and Eliza went down for her nap. While she napped and the girls finished a movie, I started packing up for our evening. Christian was home earlier than usual, and one by one we started getting ready for the evening. Once Eliza was up and ready, we were off to our first event of the night…Zoo Boo at Como Zoo! We were so lucky to get some beautiful weather again this year. I took some pictures of the girls in their costumes before we made our way inside for the festivities. Seriously, it’s pretty lame…I don’t think I would ever actually pay to go to the event, but we end up getting free tickets every year. And, it’s something that I went to growing up, so it’s kind of a nostalgic thing. After making our way through, we loaded up in the van and were off to our friends’, John and Michelle, annual Halloween Party. The girls played with the other kids…video games, watched a movie, ran around like crazy…while we caught up with some friends and had lots and lots of laughs. It’s so rare we get to spend time with our friends these days, it’s such a welcomed relief. Eliza even got to have a little playtime with our friends’ little one, just a few months older than her, and it was so cute watching them wander around, copying each other. The big girls eventually passed out on the couch in the basement, and I was getting pretty exhausted, so we finally packed it up and made our way home. We arrived home at 11:00 and I swear, it felt like it was the middle of the night! Exhausted!!!! (and, old!)

Sunday was another pretty busy day. We actually got to sleep in a little big. Eliza and Amelia woke me up, while Christian and Olivia were still passed out. I woke up with a pounding headache, so I took some medicine and rested on the couch for a while. Olivia woke up short time later, so I got them settled in with some breakfast snacks and a movie while I  rested off my headache. I finally started feeling better, and got to work on the usual Sunday chores…picking up around the house, laundry, dishes. Christian’s lazy butt didn’t get up until almost noon….so, he was put on lunch duty. Eliza went down for a nap after eating, and the big girls played outside for a while, so we got a little peace and quiet. I continued working on laundry, finished some cleaning and watched the Vikings game. It started off rough, but ended up being an awesome game! The big girls and I ended up ditching Christian and Eliza, and spent a little time at Pah’s Market…they have little fall activities for the kids, and we buy any extra pumpkins that we need there every year. The girls played in the corn pit, ran through the hay maze and picked out some small pumpkins. They have a big pumpkin bounce house, and the girls were DYING to go in…then, we were told that Olivia was too big for it. WHAT?!? I cannot possibly have a child that is too big to do something…they are my babies, all of them, just BABIES! Needless to say, she was super upset about it (though, she did think it was pretty cool that she was too big, so that eased the blow a little bit). As upset as she was, Amelia was even more upset because I told her it would not be fair to let her jump, while Olivia sits there and watches. To compromise, we rushed off to swim class early, so they could play at the park for a while. After playing, and swimming, and showering, we picked up some dinner on the way home, and settled in for the night. The girls were up “late”, so I had to wait until the later showing of The Walking Dead this week. Christian couldn’t hang, so it was just me, myself and another super crazy episode to end the weekend. Man, I seriously love that show! Makes my heart race, every week.

Until Next Week! XOXO