The Weekend (plus a couple days)
+ taking Meg to a birthday party
+ having the birthday boy's grandmother tell me how much she appreciated how I'm always friendly and pleasant to her grandson
+ watching Meg overcome her initial reluctance and go play with her friends instead of hanging onto my hand
- being too sick to move pretty much from the time I got home until the middle of the night last night
+ my wonderful wife taking good care of me and my kids while I was too sick to be of any use
+ my kids being well-behaved and helpful, making it a lot easier for my wife to take care of them and me
+ having the energy to eat breakfast for the first time since Saturday
+ Nicky asking to wear the lovely scarf that Mommy made for her
- Not being able to find the matching hat
+ Finding the hat right where I left it (in my defense, I put it in a bag for my in-laws to use this weekend)
- Unpleasant and inconvenient remnants of being sick
- Being unable to take my kids to gymnastics because of those remnants
I haven't got much energy back yet, but I'm feeling a lot better. Which is good, because as a result of my wonderful wife not being able to go in to work over the weekend, she's probably going to have to work longer hours the rest of the week, so I'll be doing a lot of solo child care this week.
+ having the birthday boy's grandmother tell me how much she appreciated how I'm always friendly and pleasant to her grandson
+ watching Meg overcome her initial reluctance and go play with her friends instead of hanging onto my hand
- being too sick to move pretty much from the time I got home until the middle of the night last night
+ my wonderful wife taking good care of me and my kids while I was too sick to be of any use
+ my kids being well-behaved and helpful, making it a lot easier for my wife to take care of them and me
+ having the energy to eat breakfast for the first time since Saturday
+ Nicky asking to wear the lovely scarf that Mommy made for her
- Not being able to find the matching hat
+ Finding the hat right where I left it (in my defense, I put it in a bag for my in-laws to use this weekend)
- Unpleasant and inconvenient remnants of being sick
- Being unable to take my kids to gymnastics because of those remnants
I haven't got much energy back yet, but I'm feeling a lot better. Which is good, because as a result of my wonderful wife not being able to go in to work over the weekend, she's probably going to have to work longer hours the rest of the week, so I'll be doing a lot of solo child care this week.