October 31, 2005
seriously, these kids are out to get me
I had a great system going: I woke up at 5:00 every morning and read and wrote for an hour or so, and then had a quick shower; the boys got up around 6:45 and we ate breakfast and started our day. I’ve been doing this for a while, and it has been lovely.
But yesterday and today, thanks to the time change and two head colds, the kids have been up early. Like 5:15 am early. Coughing and sneezing and READY TO START THE DAY. I feel fortunate to have washed my face today, forget any reading or writing. Thank god I’ve committed to write a NOVEL in the next 30 days. THAT should be totally doable if this keeps up, yes?
So both kids are home with me today (even though it is Monday, my ONLY child-free day), because they are tired and snotty and I want them to rest and recover so that they can go back to school and LEAVE ME ALONE for pete’s sake. We have been watching Playhouse Disney all morning, but I think I’m going to have to turn it off here soon and actually DO something with my sick children before their brains start to ooze out of their ears (which would go nicely with all the snot, I suppose).
The saddest part is that I had a lunch date today with my lovely friend Caroline, who I used to see three or four times a week, before she went back to work full-time. Caroline is about to have a baby, so her lunch date days are limited, and we lost this one to the colds. I am starting to fear that this baby will be in kindergarden before we’re ever able to get together.
I am even more sad about this as I had a fabulous Mommy lunch yesterday with the very very lovely Crayonz. She was my first blog friend, and it was funny to ‘meet’ her in person at last when I already feel like I know her so well. Sadly, she’s at home today with her sick baby, too. Crayonz, we could ditch all these sick kids and go shopping . . . I have a discount coupon at Old Navy . . . think about it . . .
Koala Brothers is over. Time to go play with pirates! Dear god, isn’t it nap time yet?
Posted by Susan @ 9:54 am • Uncategorized
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October 31st, 2005 at 11:53 am, daysgoby Says:
Maybe, just maybe, they’ll go to bed an hour earlier??
Good luck!
October 31st, 2005 at 12:00 pm, Missy Says:
Hope they feel better, and you don’t get it.
October 31st, 2005 at 12:18 pm, M&Co. Says:
I’ve got one with the cough and the snotty, runny nose too. I’m hoping it’s just his allergies and that we all aren’t getting ready to have another terrible round of head congestion/sinus drainage too.
October 31st, 2005 at 12:24 pm, theyellowwallpaper Says:
Hang in there…I know what you mean about having time to yourself. I purposely took the long, long way home today from the park in the hopes it would cause my kids to fall asleep so I could have some actual alone time. Fortunately, it worked!
October 31st, 2005 at 3:58 pm, adria Says:
I am so sorry to hear about the sickness.
The important question:
Are you going trick-or-treating tonight?
I hope your weather is dryer than ours - it has been raining ALL day long. Can’t wait to go walk around in it.
October 31st, 2005 at 9:15 pm, ieatcrayonz Says:
Don’t tempt me. I was thisclose to stopping at Old Navy on my way back home today. I finally got to leave this morning when the projectile vomiting stopped.
Mmm, yum.
October 31st, 2005 at 11:34 pm, Jenorama Says:
Thank you. I read this, and I understand why I am finished having children. It’s not the children. It’s just the endless days like this.
No offense.
November 1st, 2005 at 5:25 am, Susan Says:
Jen, it’s days like this that remind me why *I* am finished having children.
Although we did get most of Harry Potter read, which was fun.