peelosophy

My whole family has been M.I.A. for the last 10 days because of a cold.  It wiped us out completely.  We’ve been living at Walgreens, spent over $100 on doctor’s co-pays and have drunk more McDonald’s shakes than we have all year.  For some reason, they just sounded that good.

I was sick for most of the duration and it turned into a sinus infection.  I would say the #1 drawback about being a stay-at-home mom is what happens when you get sick.  It really sucks.  I can’t send the boys away anywhere – like daycare if I worked.  I hate asking John to stay home when I am sick, he totally does it when I am can’t function, but it still is not a perfect plan.  So I won’t moan about it anymore, but there were a few times this week when I thought back on when I got sick before kids.   It was pretty sweet; the house was quiet while I was sleeping, I could usually catch a good Lifetime movie midday, I didn’t have to worry taking care of anyone else but me…

Besides John, I did get some great help from my family and friends.  My mom, mother-in-law and sis-in-law (Katie) took the boys for me several times — so helpful! And some friends checked up on me regularly and brought me dinner a couple nights (thanks olivers and kuhns!).  I am so thankful to be getting up to speed a little more each day.  Now, it’s on to repairing the damage that it took out on my house; I am slowing tackling the Mt.Olympus-size laundry pile, the emails I need to return, I can’t even see my kitchen counters right now and just getting back into the swing of things.  Oh, did I mention that our sewer backed up twice in our basement during all of this???  Onward and upward.