I've been sick more in the last year than I've been in the last 5 years put together. I can't imagine why, either...I mean...2 pregnancies back to back CAN'T POSSIBLY be bad for your health, right??? and the constant stress that I live in...that can't possibly take a toll on my body, could it? Siiigh.
I went to Atlanta with my BFF to visit my mother & to retrieve some of my (dead) dad's things from mom's house...and while we were there, the bestie came down with a wicked stomach virus. So I played the good friend and held her hair while she projectile vomited all over everything -- up to and including mom's girlfriend's rug, blanket & extension cord! -- and fetched her gatorade & vitamin water & alka seltzer...and then drove her Mini full of children and dead dad's belongings from Atlanta to Columbia in dead silence (so she could sleep like a head-wound victim in the passenger seat) and starving TO DEATH because i know that the smell of food in a confined space would make her hurl into her own glove box. And what do I get from this? Why...the same goddamn stomach virus!! AWESOME! Now then...while little miss pukey pants had me (and my mother) taking care of her...what did I get? My oh so sympathetic husband says "you'll be ok" while he rode his bicycle off into the sunset (or to his job, rather...jerk) and...yeah...so I got to battle the stomach virus of the fucking century while juggling 2 children that couldn't understand why mommie just laid on the couch sweating and moaning when she wasn't hurling children across the room in order to run down the hall to the bathroom. SUCKED.
So that was last month.
Then a few days ago (Thursday, to be exact...) I got all allergy-gross. Snot, itchy eyes, sore throat, the works. Well APPARENTLY my snot was an inviting place for a virus to come hang out, because from the allergy, I got a BITCH of a head cold. It got so bad that I actually went to the doctor, convinced that I had Strep. I didn't...but I kind of wish I did, because at least when you have Strep, you can get some antibiotics and feel better in a reasonable amount of time. Instead, I get Flonase and fucking Ibuprofin. Yay.
All of this is following the laryngitis I got after leaving the hospital with Liam, and the weird food poisoning/possible stomach bug that I got in the 2nd trimester. This has not been fun. And I'm generally a healthy person...like seriously, I just don't get sick. Until this year. Balls.
So I've been MIA, I've been a bad mother, I've been a bad wife, and I haven't played with my dog. Overall, I've just been a shitty person lately, I guess.
But Brad's birthday was Tuesday, and as I am not gainfully employed outside of the home, I told him flat-out that I wasn't going to even pretend to buy him anything, but since it's his 40th birthday (and seriously...when did we get so old?!?! When I met him, he was 21!!) I told him that I'd cook him whatever he wanted. He decided that he wanted Sauerbraten. Of course. So I marinated it for about 2 1/2 days and cooked it along with some Oat Bread, asparagus with brown butter & balsamic sauce, and beet risotto (because he totally LOVES that stuff!) and he was appreciative! I then totally copped out and made him a Devil's Food cake out of a box. Slacker, I know! Then I got a mini get-together for him with a few of his friends which I've never done before...and he had a blast. Then my birthday was Friday, but since we'd blown our wad on HIS birthday, we spent my day shoveling dirt in our garden that we're constructing, then went to dinner while my amazing uncle watched our kids. Then I got sick again.
So yeah. It's been an interesting week. I haven't really done anything. The house is a disaster, the kids are neurotic because I haven't done anything with them, the dog is a train wreck because I've been neglecting her, and my husband is overworked and stressed out. Ahhhh yes...being an adult is a fucking blast.
So that's my update for now. I'll write more when I'm not so bitter!
