Sick Saturday

Nothing like waking up in the morning with your throat on fire. What was just snuffling and sneezing yesterday decided to take up residence in my throat also. I had next to no voice this morning and every cough and swallow felt like there was broken glass in my throat. Thankfully some soothing tea and some DayQuil drove the pain back to the point I could semi-function today. At least I know this is just a cold virus and not something more since I'm already taking antibiotics for my tooth removal the other day.

Since I was (and still am) sick, C decided to take the kids to see a movie today. He planned to take both kids to see Disney's Monkey Kingdom but then J got a call from his friend inviting him to come with him to see Paul Blart 2, so J went with his friend and C and S went to their movie and I stayed home and dozed/watched TV on the couch. It was nice to have the rest time but I still feel like crap.

To help me hopefully feel better, I pulled some chicken out of the freezer and made a big pot of chicken soup. It tasted really good and I'm hoping the magic power of chicken soup will get to work and tomorrow morning I will wake up nice and healthy. I can hope, right?

C and J are off to an evening hockey practice so it's just me and S in the house right now. She's in her room reading Dr. Seuss' One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish to her stuffed animals. She is doing an amazing job reading the book. I know it isn't from memory because at times I will hear her get stuck on a word or just make up something when she's not sure what it says. Her reading skills are really flourishing this year.

Okay, that's all for tonight. I could right more but I'm tired and sick and I can feel my latest dose of DayQuil wearing off. I don't want to take more now because I play to take NyQuil at bedtime. So the next few hours will involve lots of sneezing, snuffling, and probably a lack of voice. Good night!

5 Year Olds Like to Share

Well, our snow total was 80 cm which is 31 inches for all you non-metric people. It's a hell of a lot of snow. It was more snow than fell with the storm dubbed "White Juan" back in 2004. But our street has been plowed, the driveway has been cleared thanks to our awesome snow removal people, and C was able to get out to the grocery store to restock us for Thursday's storm. Oh yeah, more snow to close the island after it just reopened. Yay?

I'm thankful C was home today because S decided it was only polite to share her sickness with me. Saturday and Sunday she was running a fever and had a nasty cough. She's better now but yesterday evening I started feeling bad with a sore throat, cough, and general fatigue but no fever thankfully. Today I'm still feeling craptastic. C worked from home, J was at a friend's house, and S was happy to sit and draw pictures next to her daddy so I was able to get some sleep. It helped me sore throat feel better but I still feel like someone sucked all the energy out of me. The sofa and I have become good friends this afternoon.

The kids and C are outside sledding down the monster hill that is our backyard. Traffic is moving on the main road behind our fence so no cannonballs off the fence today. We want everyone to be safe! It's a beautiful sunny but cold day. I just wish I didn't feel like someone ran me over with a snowplow.

I'm hoping that a good night's sleep will help me feel a whole lot better. I hate being sick. Mommies aren't suppose to get sick but we do occasionally. And in case I don't feel better tomorrow it's looking like the kids will be back in school tomorrow (or at least I think they should be) so I should be able to get a lot of good rest. I've been sorting out the next part of my story in my head while I've been resting so I should be able to get it down on paper tomorrow. At least that's the plan. This cold/virus/general ickiness may change those plans. For now, I'm off to rest.