I spent the day holding and catering to the every whim of a two year old. He was coughing and had a runny nose and a fever. When he went to sleep it was in my arms and every time I tried to put him down he would of course wake up and cry. <\/p>\n
Yes, these are the joys of motherhood. I was up with him at least 3 times in the night before he climbed into our bed and demanded “MOVE, Dad!”, so he could get close enough to me to hold my hair at 6:45. <\/p>\n
So, when Ryan came home too tired to do anything fun, and I saw an opportunity to escape with the 3 older (non sick) kids (yes, Jenna’s got this cold, too), for an FHE activity, I jumped at it. We gathered up all the library books (going to the library was on my list to do yesterday, but with sick child I didn’t get out of the house), and headed to the library. We had a fun outing, with everyone getting their allowed 4 books (I know it doesn’t sound like much, but with 6 people to get books for…). I even splurged and got a movie to watch later (Raising Arizona). <\/p>\n
When we were done at the library, we made a quick stop at Kohl’s to see if I could convince Megan to ditch the scroungy looking boy’s hand-me-down levi jacket that she wears all the time for a cute coat I had seen there the other day. It’s pink cordoury with a fake fur collar. I thought it would be right up her ally. She tried it on with such a sad look on her face, I said never mind and took it off her. No clearance price (60% off) is worth it if she won’t wear it. But Natalie came to the rescue. “I like it, Mom!” Even though she doesn’t really need a new coat, I got that one for her, and Megan found a leopard print furry coat she loves. I told her I would only buy that coat for her (it’s not really in her size, it’s a 14, and a bit big on her, but she likes that baggy look) if we threw away the denim coat. She agreed!<\/p>\n
So, we came home happy with our purchases.<\/p>\n
(here comes the brain dead part…)<\/p>\n
When I was getting ready for bed, I got a phone call from Melinda, who got a phone call from her library, who got a phone call from my library to say that some idiot had returned a book to the wrong library. OOPS! You see, Melinda gets the book club books from her library (since it’s a county system and they can get 10 of the same title). I had just tossed that book in with all my other library books and returned it. Duh. Now I get to go back to my dinky smalltown library and confess that I’m the idiot who returned a book to the wrong library, and could I please have it back.<\/p>\n
And I’m looking forward to another day being shackled to–I mean caring for–my sick children, with my few precious brain cells quickly slipping further and further away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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