It can only get better from here, yes?
Posted 20th December 2007 by Lylah M. Alphonse
As if this week wasn't stressful enough...
Eight more inches of snow (and still falling!) outside, and no sign of the guy who plows out or street and driveway. After last week's storm debacle, there is no way I'm going to haul my bum out of the house and into the office, 38 miles away.
Small mercy: My coworkers are OK with this. They all live much closer to the office than I do. And I'm already shoveling edited stories as fast as I can from home, so they don't feel like I'm slacking. Much.
My 1-year-old is puking up everything he ingests -- even water -- and has been since 2 a.m. I am taking a break from wiping up watery juice vomit to write this. I have already done two loads of pukey laundry, and probably should have thrown this sweatshirt in when I was doing that last load. Lovely.
My 3-year-old has a croupy cough -- what's up with all the croup now, anyway? Whenever I hear the word "croup" all I can think about is that part of "Anne of Green Gables" when Anne saves Diana Barry's little sister when she was about to choke to death from croup. No one uses ipacac nowadays, do they? Because I'm not going to run out and buy any, no matter how well it worked for Anne.
My husband is fevery, so he's at home, too. The deal was we'd both stay home and alternate taking care of the sickies, so that one would be on kid duty while the other worked uninterrupted. Um... guess what hasn't really happened?
Did I mention the snow? And that the 8+ new inches are on top of about 18+ inches that fell last week? And that it's all icing over? And my big, huge, dumb-as-a-bag-of-rocks dog wants to go in and out and in and out every few minutes? Note to dog: You are a black lab. The snow, it is white. I can see you, even if you pretend you can't see or hear me. Get back inside now, please.
9 comments so far...
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Jacqueline on 1st January 2008
(We won't discuss whether they SHOULD know you're bugged when they don't live up to an agreement. Nor will we mention those less-honourable souls who know you're bothered but don't step in because they're happy to get out of whatever it is. We will just assume your husband is not in this camp!)
Glad also to hear that shirt got washed!
Hope everyone sleeps soundly tonight and is on the mend tomorrow.
Flag as inappropriate Posted by MaryP on 21st December 2007
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Mandy Nelson - Dandysound on 21st December 2007
as for the not keeping down water - a lot of times water on an empty/upset tummy will cause vomiting (at least in my family lol) and usually do better with a semi-flat clear soda or pedialyte (sp?) instead (i think the pops are gross by my hubby loves them LOL)
enjoy the snow!! *ducking snowballs*
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Kate on 21st December 2007
Thank you for your supportive comments! I will do something to take care of myself today, I promise.
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Lylah M. Alphonse on 20th December 2007
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Victoria on 20th December 2007
Get everyone else feeling better and then make them take care of YOU! And come back here if you need another break.
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Florinda Pendley Vasquez on 20th December 2007
Give yourself a break now and then today!
(And go wash that sweatshirt!)
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Naomi on 20th December 2007
I'll stop complaining now about the endless snow...
Flag as inappropriate Posted by Nataly on 20th December 2007