Monday…

Sydney is still not feeling 100% so she stayed home with me today. And nothing seemed to be right no matter what she did. She is the kind of child who is very sweet when she feels great but she has her little temper tantrums that last about 2 seconds and then she is all smiles again. Today was a day where every time I turned around, we went through those moments, where she would say, “go away!” and then she would be fine in less than a minute. I sure hope she gets over this soon…

I received my first birthday card in today’s mail… from JCPenney. Isn’t it great when they give you 15% off on one purchase during the month of your birthday?! My birthday isn’t until next Saturday but I have a feeling this year will be a good one. My oldest, Ashley, is coming to visit me for 5 days over my birthday, in honor of “me”. And my hubby who works every weekend ended up switching with someone for two weeks so he has two weekends off, including the weekend of my birthday. Now, if only I could go back a year instead of moving ahead a year I would be extremely happy this year!

Last year for my birthday, Ashley gave me a gift certificate for a one hour therapeutic massage, which was awesome but since we were in the middle of moving and you all know how stressful that can be, I never got the chance to use it before we moved. We moved to a place 4 hours away from there and the movers packed the gift certificate in a box that I just recently unpacked (after searching through many boxes over the past year). The expiration date on the gift certificate is February 29, 2008 and I was worried I wouldn’t be able to use this gift and that Ashley would be upset with me. Well, I called the massage therapist and spoke to her about it and she agreed that I could still use it and that in April or May sometime this spring would still be fine with her so I am really grateful and can’t wait to make use of last year’s gift too!

So, today turned out to be a pretty good Monday except that Sydney wasn’t feeling like herself just yet. Now, if I only had all the things done on my “to do” list, it would have been a great Monday. I don’t ask for that much, do I?

No School Today…

Today was a wonderful day for me as a Mom. I don’t get a lot of time to myself as a work at home mom with 3 children at home. Eric is 15, Charlie is 7 and Sydney is 4. Today there was no school for the kids and that meant that Eric was able to babysit and I could take some time for “me” today. It was a perfect day for it too. It was sunny and in the upper 30’s. The snow was turning to slush. I had scheduled a hair appointment for 11 AM and then a leg wax this afternoon. After that, I went shopping, some window shopping and some layaway shopping and some actual purchases too. I arrived home in time to make dinner for them all but it was the most precious day I have had in a long time. Just so you all don’t think I am terrible mom, this is how my week has gone. Sunday morning I woke up at 6:30 AM and ran to the bathroom, not sure if I was going to puke or worse. Both Sydney and I had picked up a stomach virus of some kind and were sick for a couple days.

Monday was not fun. Eric had a choir concert on Monday night and I wanted his hair cut before he went but he decided he was going to take a stand on this one and refused. So my husband and my 7 year old went and got their hair cuts instead and my husband refused to go to the concert if Eric refused to cut his hair. I felt terrible that I was too sick to go. Eric ended up walking to the concert and the rest of us stayed home. That was Monday.

Tuesday, Sydney was feeling better, so we went to her dance class and things seemed pretty normal. However Wednesday, the preschool called me and told me that she had gotten sick (diarrhea of all things) and that I should come pick her up. So I spent the rest of the day with Sydney.

The boys were out of school early on Thursday. Thursday night Chuck went to work and came home sick (not the same virus we have had but something entirely different, not sure what).

And then today (Friday), I finally got some time to myself. However, during the week, I have been working on mission organization, laundry, taxes and all sorts of other things for my business, Amy’s Office. Chuck worked on shampooing carpets earlier in the week on his days off, which was really great but he worked on it so late at night that it was hard to get any sleep with all the noise. Our landlady called this week and decided to inform us that she is raising the rent by $25/month. She also had our dishwasher checked out and this is a great thing for us since the one we were using was very old and apparently could have burned our house down with the bad wiring. So, we will be getting a new dishwasher very soon. It was a really busy crazy sort of week and I hope that everyone starts feeling better soon and things mellow out a little for all of us.

Oh, and in the middle of all this, Eric informed me that he has a new girlfriend named Cat.

I am now looking forward to a relaxing weekend with the family.