Doggone tired

Y'all? It's 6:47am and I feel exhausted.

It's the worst feeling in the world to wake up from sleeping and feel like you barely slept.

THAT is exactly how I feel.

So once I drop the kids off at school? I am going to crawl back into bed and sleep.

I pray to the sleepy goddess in charge taht I'll be able to fall asleep. Typically when I wake up for the day I'm up.So hopefully I'll be able get to sleep.

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9am update

Right after I wrote that last paragraph, the Hubs walked by me.

Me: Honey. I feel horrible. I'm so tired
Hubs: Then go to bed.
Me: You'll drive the kids to school?
Hubs: Yeah. No problem.

Halleluia! I slumped into the bedroom, took off my clothes, and got into bed. NO. I wasn't naked. I was in my bra and underpants. Since the kids were still home there was still a bit of commotion. And where there's commotion? I couldn't sleep. But once they left? I must have drifted in and out of sleep. Because all of a sudden it was 9am and I was fully awake.

I'm still a little tired but not that hazy fog tired where you can't focus. I may go back to bed around lunch for another hour of sleep.

[sigh]

Illness has struck

Oh no. Not me.

Oh no. Not the kidlings.

Last night, the Hubs told me that he was feeling sick. I knew he wasn't feeling well when he grabbed his pillow from our bed and told me he was sleeping in the guest room.

Uh-oh!

This morning I knew that when I didn't hear the Hubs walk into our bathroom at 5:30am that he was not going to get up. I washed up, changed, and got my coffee started. But as I was pouring my water into the reservoir I heard something up stairs. It was the little Bear peaking downstairs at me.

Hi Bud! Daddy's not feeling well, so Mom is getting you ready for school all by herself. Okay?

When the kids hear this, they know that they have to walk downstairs on their own power. The Hubs carries each of them downstairs every morning. Yes. He does! He usually gets the kids and makes sure they have a good breakfast. Anyway, the Bear walked downstairs and I cuddled on the couch with him for a minute. I turned on one of our bright lights and went up to rouse the Princess out of bed.

The kids were great. They didn't complain. They didn't fight. They cooperated really nicely. And we got to school on time.

The Hubs was still asleep when I came back home. I thought since the kids were at school that I'd let him sleep as long as he needed. And he stayed asleep in the guest room for a LONG time. Can you say 11:30? Uh-huh. It's true. He stayed in bed until ELEVEN THIRTY in the morning. Whew! But he did feel much better when he emerged from his little sleep coma. He didn't really eat the rest of today but he was feeling better.

[sigh]

Just think...it's only the beginning of cold and flu season.

Special time with my girl

Our trip yesterday was for the entire afternoon/evening.

After we visited our nephew and the rest of Hubs family, we went to the mall near our old house. We had dinner together at California Pizza Kitchen. This was a restaurant that the Hubs and I used to go to when we were still dating. There were at least 3 of them that we'd visit.

After dinner, the Hubs and the Bear went to a college football game.

The Princess and I? We stayed at the mall and walked around a bit. I had to buy some more face cleanser -- the new brand I'm using since the one I'd been using for 15 years suddenly stopped keeping my oily face under control. We also took some time into looking at things at Barnes&Noble and the new Lego store. It's always interesting to see what catches her eye.

But the main reason we were at the mall? To watch High School Musical 3.

Yes. I took her to see the movie. We ate popcorn and drank lemonade. It was fun. The movie was good. Definitely a conclusion to the series. Just me and my girl. I loved every minute of being alone with her.

Check out my nephew

My oldest nephew is a great guy.

He's intelligent.

He's got a big heart.

He takes good care of his younger brother and younger sister. He supports them to a T.

He's also GREAT at football.

One main thing about that I miss about not living near my sister is that I miss all the sports my sister's kids play.

Here is my oldest nephew in action.

Check out his touchdown!

Check out how he pushes the guy who is coming in to tackle him. His one arm push, while his other arm is firmly holding the football. Can I hear a woo-hoo?

Making Mommy Laugh

We drove up to meet our new nephew.

We left just after lunch. So the kids were fed and were watching a DVD in the back. At one point I turned around to see how they were doing. If either one had fallen asleep.

What did I see?

I saw the Bear. With his head tilted to the right. His opening of his polo shirt was pulled down to his upper arm. And his head was on his shoulder.

Me: Hey buddy. What are you doing?
Bear: Making music.

The kid was making music with his ear on his shoulder. MUSIC!

Doesn't take much to keep my kid occupied, eh?

3 Blind Mice...

Listening to the Hubs talk to his sister or Mom about stuff on the phone reminds me of....

The blind leading the blind.

Not to insult those of you who are visually impaired. I am legally blind myself, so I'm a kindred spirit.

Anyway, like I said....listening to them sometimes makes me cringe. Like tonight.

We heard the wonderful news that my BIL and my married-in SIL had their baby boy at around 6pm. Yeah! Unfortunately, he had a hard time breathing. We found out around 6:30pm that they were going to put a tube down his throat and also put him on a sugar drip solution. In my own mind, I figured he got some fluid in his lungs and was possibly diabetic.

Not 10 minutes ago, my SIL (the Hubs sister) called again. This was her 5th call since 6pm today. And she said that the little guy was in the NICU. Once the Hubs got off the phone I questioned him.

Me: So what's going on?
Hubs: They've got him in the NICU. And they've got a tube in to help him breath.
Me: Is he sedated then? Since there's a tube down his throat?
Hubs: I don't know. But they've got a breathing tent on him along with that sugar drip.
Me: Do they think fluid got into his lungs? Or are his lungs just not fully developed? Is the tube down through his mouth? Or is it one of those that goes down his nasal passages into his throat? And did they testing him for diabetes?
Hubs: I don't know.
Me: I mean, he was over 10 pounds.
Hubs: Don't know what to tell you.

The Hubs had a 10 minute conversation with his sister at 8:45pm and gave me same information that he gave me at 6:30pm. There are some basic questions that need answered, don't you think? If you're going to call 5 times in less than 3 hours then you should get me some new information. What is the root cause of his breathing problems? Could he possibly have diabetes?

Talk about a simple item

We all know the fact that our governmental representatives rejected the first finance package that was put together. And then they approved the second financial package that was WAY more elaborate.

Here is a proposition that my state is voting on next month.

Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in this state.

That's it. That's all the verbage in the proposition. Nothing added. Plain and simple.

You like it?

I'm not necessarily touting that I only define marriage as something that is entered into between one man and one woman. I am amazed that this proposition is so simple. 20 words. TWENTY.

Wouldn't it be something if all the items that our government voted on were so simple and clear as this proposition? Wouldn't it make things more simple? It's oftentimes the items that are 'tacked on' that mess up items that are being voted on. [sigh]

More teeth are coming

Last night during dinner, the Bear had a tooth pop out.

Don't be alarmed. It wasn't due to a cavity. He's been working on it for a while. I had just looked at the status of the tooth before dinner and told the Hubs that the tooth was WAY loose. That he should pull it before putting the Bear to bed.

But alas! The tooth was so loose that when the Bear was chomping on some pasta, it popped right out. YEAH! The Bear placed the tooth under his pillow after dinner to make sure he wouldn't forget about it.

This morning? He was ecstatic about the money he found. It's only his second tooth that he's lost so it's still a new thing for him.

Also this morning was a visit to the dentist. Yes. It was time again for the kids' 6-month cleaning. The Princess did fine with her cleaning. The gal did mention that the two teeth that are loose and are "hanging on for dear life"still in her mouth are holding gunk at the gums. Gunk that could possibly affect the two adult teeth that are coming out. ARGH! I made a point in my head to continue to remind the Princess to shake her "snaggle teeth."

The Bear had issues with the cleaning. He cried and kicked and made a commotion. I tried to step in and hold his hands. But NO! He wanted to hold my head on his chest. Yes. He wanted to hug my head! Oy! But even as he held my head he kicked his feet and cried.

The dentist came around after the kids had their teeth cleaned. He let the Bear know that his two new bottom teeth looked "awesome". Of course, this made the Bear feel all warm and fuzzy inside. The Princess got her inspection second. The dentist took a quick look at all the Princess teeth. And then he commented on the two teeth looked like they were ready to come out. I said that I tried to pull them with string but they didn't budge. So what did he do? He took some gauze and grabbed the looser of the two teeth and twisted that sucker out. YES! He twisted it out in less than 5 seconds. HA! Then he took some more fresh gauze and grabbed the second tooth, which wasn't as loose. The Princess was uncomfortable so she was saying "ouch, ouch, ouch" when he was twisting the tooth. And it popped out after about 15 seconds. YEAH!

So it's been a couple days filled with teeth. How is it going with your young kids and their teeth?