*Sigh*
Never a dull moment I tell ya.
The cold weather continues but at least there have been a few warm days thrown into the mix to keep our spirits up. There is hope of spring arriving.....eventually.
Mom continues to struggle with her health and I've spent a night or two at her house just to provide her the comfort of knowing she isn't alone while she feels so poorly. She's had some more tests done with still no answers as to what's going on with her stomach - but on the bright side, having the procedures done seems to have disrupted the cycle of pain and queasiness which is a bonus. She is still battling the sinus cold from hell - and to some extent so am I. You'd think after 2 months it would get the hint that it is unwanted and move on.
As if trying to get her to a healthier state isn't fun enough, my own children are giving me a run for my sanity too. The younger two have become walking plague-monkeys and we have been doing our very best to contain the spread of their Chicken Pox to the unsuspecting of the world. I sure hope we succeeded. Mr O fell victim first and in huge dramatic fashion he wasted no time in being totally covered in spots. Just as quickly as they came, they crusted over and he was on the road to recovery. The true drama didn't begin until a few days later when Miss Em began to show signs of spots - tiny little spots that showed up one at a time, with the worst possible timing --- the day of Malanka. This princess LIVES to dance, to perform, to get up infront of people. Her universe revolves around it and there she was - quarentined and unable to go. Adding insult to this was the fact that her little brother who 'has the chicken pox too!' was already into the non-contagious stage of the pox and he was allowed to go and dance. How Unfair! She took it like a trooper though and her and I spent the evening at home. Since she'd just started breaking out, she wasn't uncomfortable and we had alot of fun spending time together. The fun didn't last long though. While Owen wasted no time in breaking out and healing without much discomfort, she has taken the opposite route and it has been a long week with alot of tears and advil and calamine lotion and benadryl and the last day or two has also included her breaking out in huge patches of hives whenever the benadryl wears off. My Poor Princess!
In other health news - my van is ill too. Very ill. Expensively ill. Well, not really expensively ill, just too expensive to want to deal with, considering all the other issues that tired old piece of crap has. Is it really worth it to soak that much money into a vehicle that really isn't worth it. So what does Al do? He drags me to a dealership and has me fall in love with a new(er) van with some cool bells and whistles...including dual sliding doors - a dream of mine! Our financial health is in even poorer health - to the point where I'm almost ready to put it on the DNR list. Pending unemployment kinda has that effect on ones bank account. How the heck we are even considering that we will get financing for this new van is beyond me - but we don't have many other options so keep your fingers crossed.
1 comment:
Hmm it was like that when we were kids too. My big sister would get one spot and promptly faint with a touch of the vapours, then she'd contaminate me with a dose of the plague.
Had to laugh at the DNR, but I know I shouldn't.
Fingers crossed dearie.
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