…so it’s been a rather unpleasant week with sick (and grouchy) children coupled with an ant problem that required rearranging the house to help address that issue. With all the disarray, I’ve been misplacing things like my phone, wallet, and computer, which really drives me nuts because I try to be diligent about putting things in the same spot so I can find them the next morning.
Today was a particularly bad day as my youngest stayed home with a fever, thus I didn’t get the house back in order and didn’t get other work done that I’d hoped to do. To top it all off, I lost my work phone right when I had a call to make. After searching on and off for over an hour, I finally gave up and used my personal phone for the call – something I don’t like doing because I like keeping work and personal life as separate as practical.
By night time, I was ready to put this day behind me. As the kids crawl into their beds, my youngest says to me, “Daddy, you left your phone in here,” and he pulls my work phone out of his bed. I realize then that it must have fallen out of my pocket when I lay down with him earlier in the day – he was horribly uncomfortable with his fever so I snuggled with him in his bed until he was finally able to go to sleep.
As I take my phone back and put it securely in my pocket, I smile to myself, happy that in the midst of all the chaos, I was able to keep my priorities straight.
Don’t Give Me That SH..
After being home with the kids for five years, I fear my threshold for what’s considered inappropriate/downright disgusting has been altered…
(scene takes place in a medical clinic laboratory)
Dad : Here’s the sample for the tests the doctor ordered for my son – it’s an hour old.
Lab technician (putting on rubber gloves): Thank you sir. Now would you please put the sample into the bag we gave you.
Team Sequeira Gone Viral
Team Sequeira has gone viral, and I don’t mean the “ooh-that’s-a-cool-video” viral, I mean the “mommy-why-does-my-poo-look-li
ke-barf-and-my-barf-smell-like -poo” kind. I’d rather be watching funny cat videos right about now.
It started on Tuesday when Ben got home from school. I could see he looked off. That evening he started barfing. Mick kept an eye on him that night and I slept in the kids’ room with the two healthy ones since it was Mick’s turn in the barrel.
The next morning, we took him into the doctor where he got an IV to combat the dehydration. Twenty-four hours after it started, Ben switched to the diarrhea. At least he had his appetite back. He’s been in diapers since then (it’s now Saturday).
Harry had a couple of liquid burps starting on Thursday. Most of it was because of Team Sequeira’s allergies that cause my gang to wake up with a lot of phlegm in their mouths/throat. They’re not good at coughing it out so it upsets their tummies, hence the barf. It looked like Harry might avoid the virus but, alas, he switched to the diarrhea on Friday.
Lil has been the strongest to resist but on Saturday afternoon, she barfed up as well. At least at her age, she’s able to stay focused enough to run to the bathroom, whereas Ben and Harry just get a sad look on their face as they sit where they are and barf onto themselves, the couch, our bed, etc. We’ve gone through probably fifteen loads of wash these past few days, mostly sanitary cycle.
On the bright side, this couldn’t have come at a better time. I have recently been lamenting how fast time has flown. Lil just turned six and we’re all set for Ben to start full day pre-K and Harry will start two half-days in the fall. As much as I’m not a fan of being covered in barf and shit, these are my babies and I truly enjoy taking care of them. I remember the last time Lil was sick and she and I camped out on the bathroom floor all night so she could wake up and barf into the toilet. That was only a few months ago and I am already fond of those memories. This week has dragged on, painfully so, but as I sit with them as they barf on me, I think about what a precious time this is.