Thursday, August 11, 2011

one of those days.

{image from pintrest.}

i woke up sick this morning. like throwing up, head pounding, everybody please just SHHHHH! kind of sick. 'cept i have a house full of kiddos so there is no quietly sleeping it off. i did nap on the couch in between getting up to attend to matters that simply could not be ignored.

{baby on the dining room table, he's a climber. harper swinging a golf club on the back porch right next to the sliding glass door. finally talking the kids into watching a movie only to realize 10 minutes later that they had the jersey shore on. you know, that kind of stuff.}

i was also jumped on, smacked in the head with the remote and completely soaked when the lid came off luca's sippy cup while he was jumping on me. my cozy couch bed was also very wet.

esme made breakfast {toaster waffles} and lunch {pb&j sandwiches} for herself and her brothers. when dinner time rolled around i actually thanked the universe for the two cans of spaghettio's hanging out in our pantry. two minutes in the microwave and dinner was on the table and mama was back on the towel covered couch.

after dinner luca had a horrible messy diaper. the kind of messy diaper that requires an immediate bath and an improptu laundry session. so i bathed the boys and got them into jammies. and i was starting to feel much, much better so after bath i loaded everyone into the car and drove them to the dairy queen drive-thru for sundaes. it was kind of a "yay! we all survived the day!" celebration.

now the kids are all in bed and i am eating a pear and blogging while trying to dismiss the current state of my house. like the spaghettio's stuck all over the dinner table and high chair, for example. 

being a mommy is such hard work. being a sick mama is even harder. but being nurtured back to health by the little people in your life is a magnificent thing. and i am going to tell them all just that first thing in the morning.

goodnight friends! 

3 comments:

Katidids said...

Oh, we all have days like that! Glad your feeling better. Thank goodness for children old enough to help (PBJ's)

Heidi said...

Oh my gosh, I have been there! Actually I have had days like that everyday since the beginning of July. I have severe all day vomiting realted to pregnancy(Hyperemesis) and I have had 6 weeks of that kind of day. Food preparation for my kids is just awful for me and my house looks like something from the show Hoarders! I am so ready to be better and weel enought to scrub my house and cook for my kids. Mothering is hard enough when your feeling well, but when your sick and still dont get a break it is so overwhelming. Thank goodness for movies...and cans of spagetti o's.

Heidi said...

Oh my gosh, I have been there! Actually I have had days like that everyday since the beginning of July. I have severe all day vomiting realted to pregnancy(Hyperemesis) and I have had 6 weeks of that kind of day. Food preparation for my kids is just awful for me and my house looks like something from the show Hoarders! I am so ready to be better and weel enought to scrub my house and cook for my kids. Mothering is hard enough when your feeling well, but when your sick and still dont get a break it is so overwhelming. Thank goodness for movies...and cans of spagetti o's.