Claire got smacked with the stomach bug this weekend. She seems to be over it already (which was more in line with what he heard about all the other kids at Ollie's daycare) but still. Bummer ( Read more... )

Please cheer me up.

First off, I should preface that I'm okay. But the last 12 hours or so have been utterly, uniformly horrible. Actually, the last week has been really rough and I feel like I hit bottom last night. I'm just completely wiped out, exhausted, and frustrated.

On the brightside, nobody's sick anymore. And Ben Harper has done his best to ( Read more... )

You've been warned ( Read more... )

You know, I thought my family had finally kicked whatever cold/virus thing that was going around for the past I dunnohowlong. But nope. Both Oliver and Claire have gotten colds again, and Ollie even had a slight fever Wednesday night. Then, my throat started feeling scratchy (again! BLAH!) last night, and Emma was feeling chilled. Now I'm full ( Read more... )

My eyes hurt. More precisely, the back of my eyelids hurt each time I close them.

On the bright side, it's been raining pretty good here since yesterday. I like the rain. It doesn't rain here enough. It makes me very much want to go to a coffee shop and stare out the windows, or just sit on the back porch (which was completely sopping last night).

...and I didn't even get anything to drink.  Seriously, I am completely exhausted.  It's been a busy week or so.  Family from the UK is leaving today, but we have another house guest until Wednesday.  I'm also between writing projects, which is making me feel slightly lethargic.  I need to kick start another story or something and soon, because I ( Read more... )