it's a down week

I had already planned in my mind that this would be a low-key week. Our out-of-town visitors are off visiting other family and we are in between trips...a perfect time to regroup, get the laundry under control, and hopefully get some reading done.

Of course, I had never planned on laying in bed for two days straight. Well, laying in bed, punctuated by trips to check on sick children and empty their vomit bowls. I thought we were through the worst of it by last night...only to have Jordan start throwing up just as the other two had stopped. I looked at Sterling, who was just in from work, and told him he would have to empty her bowl...I'd had enough of vomit. Turns out she is old enough to empty her own bowl. And, as luck would have it, Jordan had a seriously abbreviated version of the bug...only throwing up twice in comparison with Parker's multi-hour dry-heave fest.

I have reports of at least two cousins down with the same bug. Hopefully, those left unscathed will remain so. As for me, I've lost 6 pounds in the last 5 days. I'm not complaining...but I'm just not feeling myself. I'm operating on 1 cylinder, which boils down to only accomplishing the basics. No laundry...minimal dishes. Since no one is eating the dishes are more manageable than normal. Still, I'm anxious to get back to my old, full-pressure, all-cylinders-pumping self. I'd like a few family dinners, and some quilting, and heck, possibly even some of that reading I keep promising to get to.

As for today, Parker is all a-buzz about getting some older Pokemon DS games so he can "migrate" -- whatever that means. And Becca is cashing in on a pedicure I promised last week while the big girls were gone. Game Stop and pedicures...that sounds about right. Food...that still sounds so wrong.

Comments

[Julie]

Oh you poor thing. I HATE it when my family is sick. Honestly, it is the only time when I truly think that having a big family sucks. Otherwise, I'm pretty happy being the hen to this rather unruly brood. I hope that poultry reference didn't just turn your stomach.

I just did a quick review of your posts and realized that I have a lot of delightful reading ahead. I am especially interested in the quilt. Your fabrics look awesome. I can't even picture a day when I can again work on a project for "fun" and not some desperate house fixing. Oh well. I guess that is what my 50's will be for.

Get better soon.