Sorry, I couldn't think of a better title for this post! UGH! Just seems to perfectly describe how I feel today! But, even as I type this, I'm thinking that I shouldn't feel that way. We've been very blessed recently.
I last posted an entry here on December 6. Roger had a physical scheduled for that day. His appointment was early, and he had the whole day off, so it was a good day. Roger came home with a good report from the doctor. Then, he spent some time letting the munchkins play outside while he put up some more outdoor Christmas lights. Later, we all watched A Charlie Brown Christmas together, and he beat me at Scrabble AGAIN!
Then, Roger made us a wonderful pot of his homemade chili, and we had a nice dinner and headed out to AWANA/Bible study. It was a really nice day!
Thursday was spent doing laundry and packing for our weekend trip to Pigeon Forge, TN. We spent Friday, Saturday, and Sunday there with my family, and everyone had a nice time. The trip itself was GREAT. The only 'downer' was that Alex (6yo) got sick. She started running a fever, woudn't eat, and was just 'a lump', if you know what I mean. By the time we got home, she had developed a nasty sounding cough~sounded very much like croup.
I expected a long night on Sunday, but through much prayer, Alex slept VERY well Sunday night. But, on Monday morning, she still had the nasty cough and slight fever, and was hoarse, so off we went to the pediatricians office.
The wait was a NIGHTMARE! The waiting room was PACKED with red cheeked, feverish, coughing, whiny children, and their equally whiny, grumpy parents!! UGH!
Thankfully, Alex's flu and strep tests both came back negative. The doctor also said that while her cough did sound 'croupy', she did NOT have the tell tale sound in her lungs that signals croup. She does have the cough though, and her voice sounds hoarse, or 'froggy' as she calls it. So, we left with a diagnosis of an upper respiratory virus, and a prescription cough medicine. Praise be to God that it wasn't any worse.
She was feeling much better, but still was not 100%~still coughing, and not very much energy, so she missed her AHG Christmas party yesterday. I felt badly for her, but she just didn't seem well enough to go out anywhere last night.
So, I had to deal with making the decision about whether or not to let her go, then I had to make arrangements to get Rachel there, THEN I had to let Roger know that I needed him to go to the store for me because Alex wasn't well enough for us all to go, THEN I found out that there was an error in our checking account and I had to deal with all of that, THEN I found out that one of my nephew's 3 dogs had been hit by a car and had not survived. THEN, Roger calls me (again) from work to ask me if I think we can get a sitter for THAT night so we can go Christmas shopping for our kids!! My reply was "TONIGHT? You're kidding me, right?!
By the time Roger got home yesterday, neither of us was in the best of moods. Then, later in the evening, just when it seemed that everyone in the house was finally starting to 'mellow out' and cheer up a bit, Roger got annoyed with one of the children, snapped at her, and made her cry. At that very moment, Noah did something he shouldn't have, and Roger yelled at him, making him cry too!! Then I realized that Rachel had fallen asleep on the couch. This was NOT good. If she falls asleep, even for just a few minutes, and then wakes up again, she doesn't sleep well all night. UGH! again!!
She was up and down ALL night, and every time she woke up, she woke ME up. Roger appeared to sleep through it all, if his snoring was any indication!
Rachel seems fine this morning. I, on the other hand, feel as if I've been run over by a truck!! I desperately need to step back, settle down, relax, and regroup. I SO want this to be a peaceful, joyous holiday season for me and my family, and up until yesterday, it was. Here's hoping that today will get us back on track.
Blessings,
Mom23muchkins