Sick

(note: this was actually written earlier this week- I am feeling much better now.  But will still take any sympathy scraps you throw to me)


I’m sick.

I mentioned this briefly in an earlier post, and, if you have talked to me recently, I probably mentioned it then too.

Also, if you are Brian, I have mentioned it (or moaned it) every 5 minutes since I got the first throat-tickle.


Here’s why I keep bringing it up:   because otherwise you might forget!

You see, I don’t let illness stop me!


The only time that I have taken to my bed and been unable to function with illness (since becoming a mother!) was in the spring when I got strep throat.  That was also the time that my milk dried up and I had to wean poor Isaac cold turkey, but that is another post! (or not!)


I didn’t even get to lie around in bed when I had a stomach bug last year, and Brian had something important going on at work so he couldn’t help, so I spent almost the entire day on the toilet while simultaneously nursing infant Isaac and while Joseph played/read/colored/cried at my feet!  Oh motherhood!  So much different than I dreamt you would be as a little girl!  

So maybe it is more like I don't GET to let illness stop me? 



Anyway, the point is, I hate to brag, but I am kind of a stud most of the time (I had the kids by myself for 14 hours today, which included a zoo trip! shudder.), so I feel like, when I am sick, no one appreciates how much MORE of a stud I have to be!


Like, when I am bent over and searching under the couch for that stinkin’ Playmobil sword for the 100th time that day, I don’t think anyone stops to think, “Gee. I bet it feels like that sword is buried in Caitlin’s sinuses right now.”  (It does!)

Or when I am sprinting after Isaac at the zoo because he can fit under the small fence and walk right up to the mountain lion exhibit, I don’t think people realize how hard it is to run when your lungs are soaked in phlegm!  It’s hard people!  It’s hard!


So, basically what I’m saying is that if I am a big whiner when I am sick, it is not because I am a wimp and cannot function.

It is because I can, gosh darn it, and I am a strong woman, and a good mother who can’t take a sick day and I would like a little acknowledgement!  Sympathy!  A shoulder rub!  Candy! (Briiii-an!!)





That is all.  You may carry on with your day. 
(Like I always do.)

Oregon Visit

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It is kind of a joke around here that every time I travel, something…inconvenient happens.

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But not this time!!

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                       (my niece, R.)

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This time,

I only dropped Joseph’s special blankie in the airplane’s (umm…”filled” at the time) toilet for a minute!

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Joseph’s fever only got up to 102 while we were flying!

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(my niece, S.)

(my nephew, J.)

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And it only lasted for 5 days!

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(my new niece, Bianca, meeting her faaaavorite auntie for the first time this visit!  Isn’t she pretty?  Look at those lips!)

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This time, we only had just that one trip to Urgent Care

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(sinus infection for Joseph)

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My Oregon-car’s license plate only turned out to be expired by 5 months!

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And I just had to try to sort it out with the DMV and explain how the car is in Oregon (for our use on trips), but the license plate is still Idaho, and how I live in New Jersey.

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Also, it only started breaking down once while I was on my way over a mountain to visit my sister.

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Just a few hundred jerks/lunges and non-acceleration.  And (Good news!) I was able to coast most of the way to my sisters house where my brother in law was able to repair it with only a few hours out of his work day!  Thanks again B!

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The kids almost slept through the night once while we were there!

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And I only got pink eye in one eye the day I flew home.

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  (my cousin’s baby, L.  Gaaah!  I die of cuteness!)

(my brother Daniel and me)

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Other than those minor annoyances, and the 9 hour plane ride, it was a FANTASTIC trip!  I love my family- thanks so much for having me!

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(my nephew, R.)

 

Happy Monday!

 

 

Our Thanksgiving Day- In Pictures

 

 

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(Brian mashed the potatoes and entertained the kids.  I cooked the food)

(The nice thing about not having family around for Thanksgiving = sweatpants and crocs at dinner!)

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(The kids requested ketchup for their turkey…)

 

The End.

Thankful

I am thankful for my two adorable, naughty, healthy, scrumptious boys

I am thankful for my wonderful tall dark and handsome husband who can still make my heart go pitter-pat.

I am thankful for our apartment- even if it is in stinkin’ New Jersey a few thousand miles away from family- it is warm, it is dry, and (for now) it is home.

I am thankful for our fantastic families.  It is nice that they are awesome enough that I miss them all the time!

I am thankful for Brian’s job.  Even if it does keep him working longer than I would like (I would like him to retire immediately and keep me company), it allows me to stay home with my children.

And I am thankful for this blog- for reminding me that I do have a brain and the capability of writing more than just a grocery list.

My life may involve lots of bodily fluids, tears, and things stuck to my socks, but there is at least one moment every day that I am really, truly, down-deep-in-my bones happy.  Who could ask for more?

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Now, I am off to snuggle my husband and stir the gravy-

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Happy Thanksgiving!