Entries from February 2007

February 27, 2007

Hello, Flu.

(Hell. That’s what I typed first for the title, just “Hell.” And that pretty much sums it all up.)
My daughter came home from school around noon yesterday. Her teacher called and said she was crying and coughing and complaining. So I went to pick her up. And she was just [...]

February 26, 2007

Sick…

again…with the sick.
I’m really hating the fact that someone has been perpetually sick here at our house for, oh, I don’t know, 3 weeks now? It’s like a very cruel way to slowly drive me insane and crush my spirit. It’s just not fair, I tell you, it’s just not fair.
Right now [...]

February 23, 2007

Birthday!

Yesterday was my daughter’s 6th birthday. As is tradition here at our house, we decorated all up, ordered a cake, and had ourselves a party. Normally we have what we call a “family party” which is just our fancy way of saying “It’s just us kid!” But after attending her first round of actual birthday [...]

February 22, 2007

Giving a whole new meaning to ‘laying out on the beach’.

Scene: Son doing his homework at the kitchen table. Assignment is to read a book and write about the setting and main characters.
Son: (speaking aloud while writing) “It takes place on a b*tch.”
Me: (who is only half paying attention while I get another child a drink) “Say what?!”
Son: “On a b*tch.”
Me: (trying desperately to figure [...]

February 21, 2007

Hello conundrum. Nice to see you again.

I think the house can be removed from it’s quarantine now. My daughter is officially no longer contagious now that she’s been using the eye drops for her pink eye for more than 24 hours. We all seem to be holding down food (and eliminating it in a normal way.) (Ewwww.)
I haven’t [...]