ow. [248.365]

Muscle relaxer, for my poor neck. M had asked me to carry her on my shoulders on Thursday evening, so I complied: It wasn't that bad carrying her around, but when I went to get her OFF my back, I did something funky to my neck and woke up the next morning in a ton…

ow. [216.365]

I realized I hadn't taken a photo for the day just as my migraine was taking off, so here's me in a horrendous amount of pain and struggling not to barf. Fun! Monday was actually a pretty decent day, except for the increasingly bad sinus headache that turned migraine as the day went on. I…

basketheads. [158.365]

M decided we needed "hats", so, she dumped everything out of her baskets and put these on our heads. Heh. Saturday was a rough day - M was being really difficult most of the day, and I was just hit with a wall of exhaustion and frustration. Some days I still really struggle with the…

view from my desk today. [73.365]

I got to work at home, by myself, today. It was glorious. I wish I could have had all 5 days of this that I was supposed to have, but I'm grateful for the one. I hadn't realized just how badly not having a window in my office was affecting me this year. I almost…

at the ER. [68.365]

So yeah, turns out that if you puke for 27 hours straight, you get extremely dehydrated. Getting myself to the ER turned out to be quite difficult, given that just as I was realizing I needed to go, A started feeling "not so good". I knew exactly what that meant, having started down that path…

watered-down gatorade. [67.365]

I think this might've actually been taken Sunday morning and not Saturday night but I can't remember and I just don't even care. I've been so sick, y'all. I caught M's stomach bug and instead of 7 hours of puking, I had 27, and a trip to the ER (see next post!).

sunday bread. [47.365]

I was well enough today to bake my usual Sunday bread (though I did need to rest on the couch for quite awhile after each step - definitely not anywhere NEAR 100% yet). M and I have been enjoying making cinnamon toast from the remains of last week's loaf - nice and gentle on our…

hello from the couch. [46.365]

The couch was a slight improvement over the bed, where I was stuck for several days! Yesterday was all about trying to just get some fuel in me so I could start getting my strength back. I wasn't feeling up to my usual "Cheap Chocolate Day!" (which is what A & I usually celebrate, the…

snuggling with grandma. [45.365]

Very low-key/non-existent Valentine's Day here. So glad that my MIL is visiting us this weekend - there is no way we could have managed things with how sick I've been. M has been so happy to spend time with her grandma! My Valentine's Day was celebrated with a trip to the doctor's office, where I…

hello from my sickbed. [44.365]

So, if you were ever wondering how I'd look if I hadn't showered in 2 days, and in those two days, had also only managed to keep a grand total of 2 saltine crackers plus probably-not-enough watered-down-Gatorade in me? Now you know. (I made it black-and-white because HOLY CRAP you do not want to see…

view from the bed to which sickness has confined me. [43.365]

I have some sort of stomach bug/fever/chills/shakes business going on today (I suspect I caught this from M, who was having similar issues this weekend) and I feel half-dead. This is my view. I'm bored out of my mind, because what I really want is to just sleep all day, but I can't sleep when…

at the doc. [34.365]

M and I both had doctor's appointments today. Fortunately, her ear infection actually IS cleared up (yay!), and the pediatrician figured that the fever and ickiness yesterday was just a mild viral thing - she already seems a lot better today. They did a quick strep test while we were there and it came back…

sleepy schmoo. [17.365]

It was a sickly, sleepy day at our house. We spent today convalescing, with M alternating snoozing on mama or daddy, while we watched Beatles movies and Planet Earth. We've both been taking our meds like champs. I'm really proud of M. Had a few more scary coughing spells today. The sensation of having fluid…

OMG, today was a day. [16.365]

Yeah, the post title pretty much says it all. Y'all, today was just TOO MUCH. (That's me, resting in the car while A ran in to pick up M from school). So, today. First day of classes for me. My writing class went fine - one of the nice things about a writing class is…

sicky sick sick [15.365]

Poor M joined me in sickitude today - we kept her home from school and she just wanted to rock on me, with her face on my bare skin. Poor bug. But poor mama, too - I went into campus for a doctor's appointment and found out that this respiratory bug that I can't kick?…