Quick things meant to post Fri, Sat, Sun but now here’s Monday!

Dude. Unexpected sickness can really blindside you, did you know that? Wednesday I woke up with a burning throat and by lunchtime I was down for the count. 2.5 solid days in bed, left really only for the doctor on Friday and occasional trips to the bathroom and/or kitchen. I thought it was strep but it turned out to just be a nasty case of bronchitis. I’m not fully over it, but I’d say 85-90% better.

1.       So my meal plan didn’t go exactly as planned, being derailed by sickness.  I was honestly not as bad as expected though – I made my husband get me soup Wednesday but I sucked it up and made dinner Thursday and Friday and both weekend nights, which never happens. I don’t put anything on Sundays because we so often go to Disney that I leave it up in the air. Since we didn’t go anywhere this weekend, I just slid over my meals. So Saturday night we had Wednesday’s meal, and Sunday we had Saturday’s.

2.       I’m hesitant to mention this due to the issue of internet jinxing, but Henry has been back in underwear for sleeping since the new year with no accidents. He’s excited; we still have half a pack of pull-ups in case something goes awry but so far so good. I think it was a developmental issue – he was going through something there for a couple months that he just couldn’t stay dry at night. Hopefully we have moved past that.

3.       We had another death in the family this weekend, this time in my husband’s family. I know we’re just at that age, but when I think back on the past three years, there have been so many funerals. So many goodbyes. I don’t want to say any more goodbyes.

4.       Hey, I finally finished a book! Two, actually! However, I spent those 2.5 days watching Gilmore Girls or sleeping, so there was still very little reading. It’s okay. I’m okay with it. I’ll get there.

5.       Even though I’m feeling better, my head is still a dead weight from the sinus pressure and I have that funny tickle in my ears that you can’t reach no matter what you do. I took Mucinex, but I think I may have taken something I shouldn’t in the daytime or something because I’m feeling a little loopy. At least I have 5 hours before I can go anywhere because I’m at work. It’s also possible it’s just the sinus pressure that is making me loopy in which case, ugh. I have officially used my brain more today than I have in five days and maybe it’s ready for a break.

6.       After I started feeling a little better, I took the kids out to Chuck E Cheese – did you know they got rid of the nasty hamster tubes, and now they have bumper cars? It’s new, yours might not have it yet, but it was a big hit with the boys. The only issue I have with this is that the hamster tubes were free whereas the bumper cars cost 4 tokens for each kid for each ride. But they loved it and that was worth it. We got there near opening and I bought $20 worth of tokens and that was it, they played until they were gone. It was a good (and exhausting time), and afterward I bought myself a Starbucks coffee and sat while they played in the mall play place and yes, I think I’ve won Saturday morning mom of the year. Then we went home and I needed to be back in bed for a bit.

7.       The other thing of note this weekend needs a little backstory. Henry is shy. Super, overwhelmed even by people he knows well, shy. So since neighbor boy moved in a couple months ago now, he loves playing with him but he won’t go over there because although he *knows* F’s parents, he isn’t comfortable with them and just won’t go. Saturday afternoon, after I had a little rest, the boys all wanted to play so I went over too. I sat and talked to the mom for a bit and was Henry’s security blanket for almost an hour while he played crazy with the other boys, and then he let me go home to start dinner while he stayed over for awhile longer. Sunday morning when he woke up the first thing he said was “remember yesterday when I went over [F]’s house?” with a broad grin. He was proud too. Sunday he went back over BY HIMSELF (not even with his brother, bc he wanted to play video games a little before going out) and then went over again later with the other boys and I realized that dad was the only one home. So even though he got used to being there with mom, he was okay with dad too. You don’t know how proud I am of him – this is really big for him, and it also means more for school. It means we might be able to do this. He’s going to be okay.