Ann, I like your menu!  

I'm sick.  I actually think I have been sick since like Wednesday or Thursday, really started feeling it on Friday afternoon and yesterday I was barely moving and today I'm slightly better?  Despite being sick (some sort of stomach bug perhaps?) I made the most of it and trudged through life like most mothers do....and stuck to the "plan" but man, my house was a disaster and I felt like CRAP.  IT all started with having the chills on Wednesday or maybe Thursday - I just couldn't get warm, and my back hurt.  I tried to blame the Yoga I did on Tuesday or the flu shot I also got on Tuesday for the achy muscles but whatever, I knew in the back of my mind I caught something.  Friday we had plans to have dinner, I was dragging - I ended up buying a LITER of diet coke to keep me awake during the party.  I stayed awake but wasn't feeling great.  I was up all night with stomach pains...super mom, here we go!  The next day we had plans to meet up with our friends in Hastings to go play at the park and hiking.  My lovely husband helped me out in the morning by getting my youngest out of his crib and making them breakfast - typically a chore I do daily.  Thank goodness for him.  I slowly rolled out of bed, got dressed, got a bag packed, loaded up the car, got the boys dressed and headed out on our hike.  I ended up carrying John on my shoulders for a good portion of the 2 hour long hike and helping Jaime with a huge long log he found in the woods the rest of the time.  My pockets, of course, loaded with kid snacks and not one tums or any tylenol in sight.  Sigh.  Then I had to stop at my parents where we stayed the rest of the day.  We came home I sat on the couch for 30 min before I had to get ready for my Birthday Party Dinner - it was in MY honor, I couldnt cancel and we were already celebrating 3 months late!  So, popped a few advil - my head is throbbing - kissed my kids goodbye and headed out to drink wine, eat italian and have great company with my friends (we've been doing this for 10+ years, I had to go!).  It started out just fine, my headache went away but then my stomach ache returned...right during dinner, busy busy tiny jam packed somewhat ritzy restaurant, its 8pm and our food still hadnt arrived.  My friends ordered dessert and I didnt eat any, I barely ate my food.  But I was there, for MY birthday, being a superhero, not having a great time :(  I stopped at a grocery store for some Zantac and tums on my way home.  That seemed to help a bit.

Sunday: Grr...its "mom" day for the kids since Paul studies all day on Sundays.  I'm still feeling like Crap, my house is a wreck from being sick since Friday - there's nothing I can do.  Paul helps me again this morning get the kids going - then I'm on my own.  They pulled out ALL their toys today into the living room, whatever...whatever.  I'll deal with it another day and I didnt have any energy to get them to pick it up.  Jaime is potty training so I'm doing my best to get him to pee only on the potty but for whatever reason he chooses not to pee on the potty at all today, only in his pants - back to pull-ups, I couldnt handle it.  JOhn is sick so he's crabby and is snotting up everything in sight and crying because Jaime is crying because he got mickey mouse wet again.  OMG.  Lunch went well...everyone ate everything so time for a nap.  John fell asleep, Jaime, as usual isnt tired.  I needed to run errands - still feeling shitty I took Jaime with me to Herbergers and Target while John slept.  I came home from getting my weekly groceries and John is awake, Paul is still studying and Wilson is looking at me like he is going to lose it any minute if I don't get him some exercise.  I put my cold grocery items away and take the boys and Wilson to the dog park, grabbing another zantac and some gatorade on the way out the door.  come home, make all my boys hamburgers, still have a stomach ache and a minor headache.  They ate very well.  Jaime smells like pee from peeing himself all day so they needed baths - did that, folded laundry, washed my bedsheets, washed the boys bedsheets and pillows, did three more loads of laundry, pet my dog, cleaned up the toys and dishes, cleaned the kitchen my floors, etc....feeling pretty shitty right now.  Time for another Zantac and bed.  I really, REALLY hope tomorrow brings me more energy and my headache and stomach ache go away.  I'm so tired.  I needed to run 10 miles today and that didnt happen, either did a LOT of other things I wanted to get done.   But my kids were happy, my dog was happy, Lola was happy, Paul was happy - everyone was fed, everyone will eat tomorrow (Beef stew in the crock pot, ready to go!).  Just another day in paradise!