Monday is right around the corner
I just had three days off but it was a tough weekend at home so I'm starting a new week feeling stressed. I'm really hoping that I will get a full night of sleep to reset my mood.
Charlotte has been sick with a cough and fever. My plans for a Friday off were all cancelled as I needed to keep Charlotte home from school and try to tackle housework while emptying a barf bucket and tending a fever. Self care - hah. I was up every 2 hours with her all Friday night.
Julia put up a good fight all day Saturday about chores, and Saturday night Charlotte gave me quite a scare with her fever and constant coughing - more than two hours straight of coughing without being able to just take a normal breath in or out. She wasn't cyanotic, no stridor or wheezing, but she just could.not.stop. coughing. I got my stethoscope from my car, tried honey, warm apple juice, steam, cold air, and finally called the health line who recommended that I take her to emerg if she's been coughing for two hours. Eventually I put her in the shower with the exhaust fan OFF and steamed her thoroughly for more than 20 minutes, then I went to a 24 hr pharmacy and bought a humidifier. Her cough calmed down enough to sleep for about 4 hours before it started up again.
Saturday I managed to make pork chops in the slow cooker and an apple crisp too, then made rice and veggies this morning before heading out to meet up with Jack for a mid-week visit during his week of work.
Julia took out her earrings, so excited that it had been 6 weeks since she got her ears pierced that she didn't take time to put different earrings back in. Soooo, now she can't get any earrings through the holes. Yeesh.
3 more days of solo parenting. Now for a few deep breaths and hopefully a good night of sleep. And it would be awesome if I could bleed and send this hormone storm out to sea.
Charlotte has been sick with a cough and fever. My plans for a Friday off were all cancelled as I needed to keep Charlotte home from school and try to tackle housework while emptying a barf bucket and tending a fever. Self care - hah. I was up every 2 hours with her all Friday night.
Julia put up a good fight all day Saturday about chores, and Saturday night Charlotte gave me quite a scare with her fever and constant coughing - more than two hours straight of coughing without being able to just take a normal breath in or out. She wasn't cyanotic, no stridor or wheezing, but she just could.not.stop. coughing. I got my stethoscope from my car, tried honey, warm apple juice, steam, cold air, and finally called the health line who recommended that I take her to emerg if she's been coughing for two hours. Eventually I put her in the shower with the exhaust fan OFF and steamed her thoroughly for more than 20 minutes, then I went to a 24 hr pharmacy and bought a humidifier. Her cough calmed down enough to sleep for about 4 hours before it started up again.
Saturday I managed to make pork chops in the slow cooker and an apple crisp too, then made rice and veggies this morning before heading out to meet up with Jack for a mid-week visit during his week of work.
Julia took out her earrings, so excited that it had been 6 weeks since she got her ears pierced that she didn't take time to put different earrings back in. Soooo, now she can't get any earrings through the holes. Yeesh.
3 more days of solo parenting. Now for a few deep breaths and hopefully a good night of sleep. And it would be awesome if I could bleed and send this hormone storm out to sea.