Chellisms

Love of the Game

Can you tell that she is sound asleep in this picture? It lasted for all of about 3 minutes, then she was back to coughing.

I am happy to report that this was taken last week while a nasty viral bug still clutched Bailey in it's nasty hands. Last night was our first official night of being cough and vomit free. I am sad to report that I have washed approximately 32 loads of bedding in the past 9 days due to said viral bug.

While I am glad that the bug has moved along (finally!!) I sure hope he hasn't moved on to you, I wouldn't wish that on anyone.   

Pink, Part II

It's a good thing she looks good in pink, it looks like it might be around for a few more days.

Viral infection, which they can't give her anything for unless it turns into a sinus infection or pneumonia and in that case I should take her back.

Pink eye, which they did give her something for. But it came with a warning that it may not work and might just have to run its course. Now, she has never had it before but Tay and I both have and I have never gotten that warning before. What the hell??

She is out of school for the rest of the week, since next week is President's Week she doesn't go back until February 25th. She missed the 100th Day of School party today and misses the Valentine's party tomorrow, both of which bummed her out.

I was really hoping that the doc would give her something to help her sleep but that wasn't part of her plan. She coughs all night long. Coughing means no sleep. She slept from 8 until 1 last night and then was up pretty much from then on coughing. Nothing helps. We were told nothing OTC helps and not to waste money on it, I almost cried big fat tired tears.

The girl's birthday party is a week from tomorrow. She has to be over it by then, has to. Tired tears, have I mentioned the tired tears?

Pink Cheeks

Remember Sunday's Haiku about vomit? Well, it turns out it wasn't just vomit, maybe it might be the flu. Or a cold. Or some deadly blood-vessel-in-the-eye-bursting-when-she-coughs, ear-wax-draining, low-grade-fever-running flesh-eating disease! Only minus the flesh-eating, at least so far. I hope.

Oh, and wonderful mother that I am? I sent her to school this morning. Ha!

She had no fever. Didn't have one yesterday at all either, just the cough. No vomit since the wee hours of Sunday morning. I thought for sure I was home free. The doctors office finally had a cancellation and was able to squeeze us in tomorrow morning, I figure since they were able to get us in that she should feel perfect by then. Isn't that the way it always works?

Oh, the fever? 99.2, no idea why the cheeks are so pink. At least pink is her favorite color.

Weekend Suckage Haiku

Bailey vomiting

Spaghettios suck ass man

Someone shoot me now

It Just Takes a Little Imagination

Right?

Over the past few days I have been putting together ideas for the girl's upcoming double birthday extravaganza. I vetoed High School Musical and Hannah Montana right off the bat. Themed parties are nice the first time out but we have been to three HSM parties in the past few months and well, quite frankly, I am so over Troy and Gabriella.

So we are going with bugs. Bugs. You heard me. BUGS. INSECTS.

Worms. Butterflies. Caterpillars. Bumblebees.

The girls are pretty darn excited and have gotten into all of the cupcake designs except the... worms!

I have described it over and over and they just can't get  it into their heads so this afternoon I demonstrated. I took a sheet of foil and rolled it into a ball. I had an open container of frosting in the fridge so I smeared some on top and told them to imagine it green, it was white. Then I poked a hole in the cupcake and stuck in a green straw that I had cut into thirds, I told them to imagine that it was a wiggly gummy worm laid out on the imaginary green frosting. Then I took one of Baileys precious Cheez-It's and crushed it and spread it around the worm hole to look like dirt or a crushed Oreo.

Do you get the idea? Does it make sense to anyone but me?