1) Olivia has been sick since late Saturday night. Poor lil' stinker woke up around 2:00 am Sunday morning just crying & crying. Her throat hurt & she was running a fever. After a trip to the Dr yesterday morning, we still aren't sure what the deal-i-o is with that girl. Fever - check, Sore Throat - Check, Swollen Glands - Check, Strep Throat - nope. I thought for sure that is what was wrong. The poor lil girl won't eat anything but popsicles. And I can't get her to drink "lots of fluids" as the Dr recommended. Motrin around the clock for her, if we miss it - like at 3:00 am Monday morning - she wakes me up crying. I feel bad for her & her chubby little bulging glandy neck. Hopefully today she will be able to rest up & get recovered well enough to return to school tomorrow.
2) Rachel is healthy & experiencing some of the terrible two-ness that I was anxiously awaiting. Just yesterday morning, while I was in the shower & her ailing older sister was laying in bed, Rachel managed to knock the star off of our Christmas tree & about 60% of the ornaments. Don't ask me how she did it, I have no idea. She got a stern talking to about the incident & responded to me with "Hello Mama". Yea - Hello, don't jack with the tree anymore, you little turd (that's not what I really said.) "Yes, Hello Rachel. Please don't mess with the tree because you could get hurt & that would make Mama very sad." ---- did it sink in??? Ummm, I guess not because she was crawling under the tree last night trying to get to the outlet. This child has never ever messed with any electrical outlet in her life. But for some reason, the one our tree is plugged into is like a magnet drawing her in.
3) Jarrett has consistently been working 12 to 15 hour days since October. This includes the weekends. He leaves the house around 4:00 am & comes home around 7:00 pm or 5:30 pm on a good day. Which means, I am doing a great deal of the house crap all by myself. Don't get me wrong, I am totally happy that he is working. And I am totally happy that the weather has finally straightened out enough for all of the farmers to get their crops out. But it really sucks the big cheese that I don't have my tag team partner to help me to tackle a) our crazy kiddos, b) the mountain of laundry that has become our bedroom, & c) every other thing in the world. I guess I should have expected this, after all, I have been a farmer/trucker's wife for over 7 years now. However, in those 7 years I have never had both a 5 year old daughter & a 2 year old daughter running wild.
4) I have only been getting about 4 hours (on average) of sleep each night. This is not good, I repeat, not good. I am having trouble functioning on that little of sleep. Therefore, things around my house have gone neglected for much much longer than I would like. So, in the event that you come to my house, avoid the hall closet at all costs. That has turned into a catch-all for every single stray piece of crap in my house. That's your warning. Jarrett isn't even allowed to open the closet door. I am ashamed of what it has become. Picture if you will, on Friends - Monica's closet/room that is nothing but crap piled upon crap. This lack of sleep is also contributing to my inability to shed the pounds like I was before. I need sleep folks, or should I say - Rachel & Olivia, Mama needs some sleep! If we all 4 could sleep through the night it would be FANTASTIC m'kay.
Now onto the good crap...
1) I took advantage of my lack of sleep this morning. I did a quick thorough cleaning of the kitchen & bathroom this morning. And I am pleased to report that all of my dirty laundry is now where it belongs, in baskets in the basement ready to be washed. Whew, maybe my lack of sleep isn't so bad after all. I had a good hour & half this morning & I used it wisely. I am proud of myself for taking care of that crap this morning so I won't have to tonight.
2) My crazy kids make me smile & laugh every single day. They say & do the funniest things. Olivia loves school & she was a little disappointed that she could not go back today. Rachel loves her daycare & was happy to be there yesterday. And truth be known, I was slightly happy to send her. This made it easier to get Olivia to the Dr & home. And we were both able to rest some yesterday afternoon. Plus, Rachel was super excited that her Daddy got to be the one to pick her up yesterday. And today, both girls are at Jarrett's mom & dad's house - they both were pretty excited about that move too.
3) I decorated the outside of the house somewhat on Saturday. I strung some Christmas lights & garland on our picket fence. I love how it looks (I took pictures but forgot to upload them to the computer). I need to get my hands on a big ladder because I want to put lights on the actual house. But I am going to need to enlist the help of someone more coordinated than I to achieve that. Rachel & Olivia both are obsessed with Christmas lights. Last week, we spent a good 45 minutes driving around town looking for houses that are decorated. I guess this would fall into the category as a positive that Jar is working such long hours - we were able to do that since we weren't rushing home for dinner right away. We just got Taco Bell & cruised Clinton. We were laughing, pointing, oohing & aahing, and listening to Christmas music. It was fun quality time.
And just because no post is complete without some pictures...
1 plus to Olivia being sick...cuddle time with the girl that refuses to cuddle with Mama anymore.
1 of the reasons I laugh at/with my kids.
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Cooper did this same thing on my post from Wednesday of last week. I guess it is something with the age! :)
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