The sickness is coming out of my eyes.
OK, so I know someone who was sick a few years ago, and upon getting over her virus/ cold/ whatever it was, said, "I was so sick that the sickness was coming out of my eyes." I'm not kidding. She really said that.
Well, I laughed then and I laugh now, although, I do feel bad for laughing, because what goes around comes around, and now...
I'm sick (although nothing is coming out of my eyes except sad little tears).
Actually, we all are/were. Jack is doing better. He had a mental breakdown of sorts on sunday, physically flipping out (as in physically uncontrollable) and crying for us to help him. We were scared out of our minds... he had never behaved like this and we had no idea what was wrong with him. We took him to the emergency clinic who verified two very bad ear infections. I had been scared that he was in pain from his cyst or was having some kind of major sudden health issue... But, no, just ear infections. He's been on antibiotics ever since and is slowly improving.
Keith and I also have some kind of upper respiratory nightmare. He seems to be getting better, and I seem to be getting worse. I am going to the doctor tomorrow because I am starting to worry that I might end up with bronchitis or pneumonia if I don't get this taken care of.
Anyway... so that's where we're at.
Jack hopefully is returning to "school" tomorrow.
My last day of work was today, I start my new job on Thursday... hopefully I won't be feeling like I'm going to die by Thursday.
Keith also had some kind of freak "I've got something in my eye and I just can't get it out" thing last night, which rounded out the day nicely. We now think it was some kind of wayward deoderant glob or something. That would not feel good, so I definitely felt bad for Keith.
And so the anticipated long string of colds/ illnesses from having a child in day care officially begins. Not cool.
Success!
Jack is an official day care goer! The first day went great, as far as I could tell. No crying at the big drop off (well, I cried, Jack didn't) We got a great report from the teacher and by all accounts, it sounds like he hung in there really well. He hardly napped, which was too bad, but the teacher gave him a little extra attention while the other kids slept, and she said he seemed to like that.
Yesterday, we kept him home because we've all come down with a pretty minor head cold and he was really coughy and phlegmy. We also wanted to make sure he got a decent nap and didn't wear himself out, so with the help of Grammy and Aunt Sunny, he was well taken care of.
Today Jack (and myself, although Keith said he feels worse) was better, so it was back off to school. Just like the first day, he walked right in with his little lunch box and went to play with the toys. I hugged and kissed him goodbye and he seemed just fine. I am planning to pick him up in about thirty minutes. Hopefully it was a good day like Wednesday. On Wednesday, when I walked in, he was sitting at a table, playing with a car (of course) and just kind of looked up, smiled, and said, "Oh, hi Mommy." Very calm, very smiley. That felt good. So, I am hoping today's pickup is like that one.
Keith and I were both pretty emotional, but I can say that I did better today. Also, poor Keith has not been able to be at school during the drop off/ pick up because of having to go to work so early, which totally sucks and I know has been hard for him. However, when I start my new job next week, Keith will probably become the main drop-offer because I'll probably have to leave even earlier for work than he does.
Anyway, so we are off to a good start and are hopeful that it will continue this way. My job feels like it's starting to wind down a bit and I'm getting excited about the new one. We are hoping our colds clear up this weekend so we can start fresh next week.
I'll keep you posted on Jack's school adventures....
The longest day of my life
Well...
As of last Saturday, at 10:01 am, Jack officially became a two year old. Happy Birthday, Jackie!! I think he had a great birthday. We took him to Cocoa Beach at stayed a funky resort where we got to play on the beach and go swimming all weekend. The best part was that we threw him a Fire Truck Birthday party in our room and had all sorts of family come. Jack got crazy amounts of toys and immensely enjoyed his fire truck birthday cake. He also enjoyed everyone singing "Happy Birthday", he actually applauded when it was over and told everyone that "That was great."
The highlight for me was the appearance of Jane and Rich andLittlejeans and family at the party. It was so so so good to see Jane and Rich again and making the drive up from Miami was not an EASY task for them but they did it anyway. I will always be grateful to them for being there last weekend.
And Littlejeans is my cousin and she's married to a great guy with a little two year old of their own. We hadn't met their son until the party, and let me just say that he is AWESOME! So cute, so funny, so smart, etc, etc, etc. All the great things she says about him in her blog are all true. We were so lucky and happy that they made the trip. I only wish we'd had more time to hang out... I always mistakenly underestimate the time it's going to take to: decorate, open presents, clean up, etc, and inevitably I end up frustrated, exhausted and out of time to actually spend time with people. Anyway, so I'm hoping that the two little fams can get together again soon. It was too cool watching the two little guys playing with the new toys together.
Since I'd already hinted at the tougher parts of the weekend, let me just say that Silly us, we thought it would be EASIER to have a party out of town, thinking, I guess, that we're getting out of the house, there's lots for everyone to do (beach, pool), etc, etc. However, we failed to factor in that we were still going out of town (massive amounts of planning and packing) and throwing a birthday party (massive amounts of planning and packing) at the same time! Duh. Oh, well, like I said, I think Jack had a great time and a lot of really special people came to celebrate with him and that's all that really matters.
Moving on... guess where the big two year old is right now? His first day of school (day care)! Ummm... this has been hard. For me and Keith. Jack seemed fine when I left him there. I am picking him up at 2:00 and I am literally counting the minutes until I can go get him. Torture. This has been the longest morning of my life.
However, I have pretty much cleaned the entire house already. That's nice.
Better and Better
OK, Some updates...
well, Wednesday was a bad day... I was tired, overwhelmed, worried, emotional, all that stuff. Keith and I talked that night and I felt better. I woke up Thursday feeling much better and thought, "I'm going to try to make Wednesday my last bad day." I know that's a little unrealistic in light of all this chaos, but I thought it would be good to be optimistic.
So... yesterday and today have been good! Jack's doing well, and we found him a day care. He (for the moment) seems excited about "school". We met his teacher today and the other kids and that went surprisingly well.
Keith is getting better and better. Some days are almost totally normal (despite the cast), and some days are not so great, but definitely big improvements are being had... and he's back at work, which is good.
Keith and I have made the decision to close our business. This is great news! It was so stressful and time consuming lately, and with me going back to work full time and Keith recovering from everything, it just started to feel like too much and just not worth it. We talked it over, and decided we'd had enough and would both feel better having our evenings free to be together and with Jack. Ahhhh. Maybe one day, in the future, we'll try again, but I just feel so much better not having to worry about it anymore that I don't even really care if we do or not!
My car suddenly started starting really slow the other day. this was, I think, what started me on my downward spiral earlier in the week. It is now with the mechanic being looked at. The car thing caused a "I need to vent" call to my stepdad, who being the angel that he is, offered us the opportunity to buy my mom's car. She was driving a 2003/2004 Hyundai Santa Fe that is in great shape. In light of the new job and the fact that we will soon have more money, we have decided to take him up on the offer. It will be a little weird driving my mom's car, but I think, kind of nice, too. I know that him selling us the car is a win win for everybody, and I know my mom would have felt good about it, too.
I'm getting excited about my new job! I still have several weeks to go, but I find myself thinking about it more and more and I'm really looking forward to the change.
Jack's 2nd birthday and birthday beach party are next weekend... we cannot wait! We are very much looking forward to celebrating with family and close friends all weekend. Two years old. Sheesh.
Speaking of Jack, that kid not only drinks from his favorite cup like a champ (which looks a lot like a bottle, but still is technically a cup) but today he officially mastered "Picking up a juice box all by himself and drinking the Juice out of the Straw ALL BY HIMSELF!!!"
Now, I've seen much littler kids do this, but Jack just kind of took his time learning this skill. Well, I can tell you that I'm so glad he finally got it. And before going to day care, too. That will make things easier for everyone.
So... good times. We are hoping for a good weekend, but know it will be busy. We have birthday stuff to do and car stuff to work out, but that's cool. Hope everyone is doing well.
