Yeah. Day Ten or Something
So I'm squeaking in right under the wire, but I'm actually posting for my tenth day in a row. Despite continuing to suffer through the cold from hell. Let's start with the positive stuff, though.
This morning, Sophie slept very very late, and this allowed Julie to come cuddle in bed with me and Joe for a long while - long enough for me to slowly wake up, get some good Julie-cuddles in, and have a little conversation with her about a few things. Then she started saying she was hungry, and she asked if we could have pancakes for breakfast. And a lightbulb went on in my head - a happy lightbulb - and I said "Yes! Yes I will make you pancakes. And we can all have wheat pancakes for breakfast together!" So I got right on it.
And there were many pancakes. Julie ate more pancakes than I though her little tummy capable of holding.
And then she asked for even more. That was the best part of my day.
Next best was hanging out with some great ladies at the yarn store knitting socks. Today was our last class, and they all agreed to share some of their results.
Normally, I bake some kind of treat for my last classes, but I was so polluted with insidious germs, I decided it was better if I bought something. Nobody seemed to mind.
The worst part of my day? Poor little Sophie woke up with her face crusted with dried goo. I had to go in and wake her up at way past ten in the morning. She had a fever, and she spent the day limp and sleepy. It was quite sad. So sad that I felt a little guilty being away most of the day, but that didn't seem to stop me. By this evening, her fever had broken. She was still very tired and didn't eat much dinner, but I am really really hoping that she will get a good night's sleep and wake up hungry and perky in the morning.
Now, instead of going to bed early like I should, or working on that charity blanket like I should, or reading parenting books like I should or all the many other things I "should" be doing, I am going to sit here and watch an episode of Grey's Anatomy from the Internet and knit on my new selfish little project.
This morning, Sophie slept very very late, and this allowed Julie to come cuddle in bed with me and Joe for a long while - long enough for me to slowly wake up, get some good Julie-cuddles in, and have a little conversation with her about a few things. Then she started saying she was hungry, and she asked if we could have pancakes for breakfast. And a lightbulb went on in my head - a happy lightbulb - and I said "Yes! Yes I will make you pancakes. And we can all have wheat pancakes for breakfast together!" So I got right on it.
And there were many pancakes. Julie ate more pancakes than I though her little tummy capable of holding.
And then she asked for even more. That was the best part of my day.
Next best was hanging out with some great ladies at the yarn store knitting socks. Today was our last class, and they all agreed to share some of their results.
Normally, I bake some kind of treat for my last classes, but I was so polluted with insidious germs, I decided it was better if I bought something. Nobody seemed to mind.
The worst part of my day? Poor little Sophie woke up with her face crusted with dried goo. I had to go in and wake her up at way past ten in the morning. She had a fever, and she spent the day limp and sleepy. It was quite sad. So sad that I felt a little guilty being away most of the day, but that didn't seem to stop me. By this evening, her fever had broken. She was still very tired and didn't eat much dinner, but I am really really hoping that she will get a good night's sleep and wake up hungry and perky in the morning.
Now, instead of going to bed early like I should, or working on that charity blanket like I should, or reading parenting books like I should or all the many other things I "should" be doing, I am going to sit here and watch an episode of Grey's Anatomy from the Internet and knit on my new selfish little project.
posted by Shelly Kang at 11:12 PM
3 Comments:
Good for you for spending some time on your own good things!! You take such good care of your family and I'm glad you take care of yourself too. I think that "self care" is becoming my new soapbox speech... now if I could just do a little more of it myself!
I am sad to hear that Sophie is still sick:( So, how soon did Julie's symptoms from the wheat allergy show up before? I recall reading that she had bad nights... but no specific details. I am so hoping that the allergies are a think of the past!
Parenting books, schmarenting books. Those things drive me crazy.
I have a friend with a daughter exactly Julie's age who has a wheat allergy (they're just discovering it, unfortunately), and meanwhile she is eating them out of house and home.
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