Something creative

OK. I did shop online. I bought these. I think they are going in the living room on a wall. We'll see how that turns out.

I did manage to yell at the kids. Does that count as "something creative"? I didn't think so either.

Today I'm working on silhouettes. Just like the kind your mom and dad bought of you at Disneyland so many years ago...

So far we are on version 3. The kids are getting a little annoyed with this project. 

Did I mention that Jack is home sick too?

Sick and Tired

Speaking in Facebook-ese:

JoAnn is tired of sick kids and rain.

Neil is out of school sick. He's had a fever on and off since Friday when I picked him up from school. He was whimpering and complaining of a headache when he got in the car... the rest is a long weekend on the couch with a sick kid on top of me.

We'll be going to the pediatrician shortly.

I need to do something besides sick-kid duty. This afternoon (somewhere before, after or during school pick up, practice drop off  for Jack and making dinner for everyone) something creative is going to happen. Don't know what it is, but it's gonna happen. 

Or maybe I'll just shop online...

Blub, blub, blub

My ears still feel as if they are under water. I can hear, but not quite. There are a lot of mumblers in the world. The fun of torturing the kids and making them speak up has worn off. Now what's a sick girl to do? I just keep plugging away on the antibiotics, eating yogurt and hoping for the best.

I consider it a bad mom day when I have to argue with my 5-year-old on the way home from preschool that he may NOT take apart my mother's day gift that he assembled at school. No he may NOT give part of  it to Jack and part of it to Daddy. No he may NOT do whatever he wants with it. Yes mommy is FRUSTRATED. I'm unsure of the etiquette lines. There's a blur there of the mommy who should teach him correct behavior and the mommy who should not have to defend her own lame preschool gift.

Huh?

I still can't hear very well. The boys are getting annoyed  because they actually have to speak up if they want something. No mumbling. At first I felt bad for them, but now I'm kind of enjoying it. I may milk this for awhile. "Sorry. Mom can't hear you." 

It's Momma's turn to zone you out!

What?

I don't know if I had a sinus infection or a cold. My sinuses were VERY swollen in the beginning and Monday night it felt like my ears were filling with liquid. I could barely hear Tuesday morning. 

When your doctor says "Whoa! Haven't seen on like that in awhile," it's not a good sign. Giant ear infection in one ear and the other ear was working its way to a good one too.

I feel for the little ones who get ear infections regularly. My ear didn't hurt until she poked it with her examining thing. That hurt!

Amoxacillon for mom! I expected the pink stuff that the kids get. But mom is a grownup and gets pills. Yahoo!