One of “those” weeks…
April 9, 2009Have you ever had one of those weeks were your list of things that go wrong hugely out numbers the list of things that go right? Like when you’ve been awake since 3am because your kid with RSV keeps coughing and choking on phlem. Then when you do finally get up, you watch you cat pee in the bathroom sink and stand there thinking “do I interrupt her and risk getting cat pee all over the bathroom, or do I let her finish her disguisting deed and then clean up?” Then, when you’ve cleaned up that icky mess, and you’re on your way upstairs to pick up your sick kid to nurse him and give him a nebulizer treatment you almost step in cat vomit (yeah, ready to get rid of the cats that day…). After finally getting that cleaned up, you realize that with all of the rain and the spring thaw, your basement has flooded (which is why the cat was peeing in the sink this morning). When your toddler wakes up, you put on a cheery face, pick him up and make some chocolate milk. Then you sit on the couch for a minute with the boy on your lap before you discover that his diaper has leaked – all over your shirt and pants… After another outfit change for the two of you and lots of cajoling, you somehow manage to get out of the house on time (horay! ) You drop one of your kids off at day care (the baby is still too sick to go, so he’s home with dad). Unfortunately, the co-worker that you’ve been commuting with is late (again). He finally arrives 20 minutes later, and you make it to work 5 minutes late (instead of the much preferable 15 minutes early). When the first 3 hours of your day go like this, do you smile because you know it can’t get worse, or do you sigh and wish you could crawl back into bed and hide under the covers until tomorrow?
Somehow, I was back into pre-pregnancy clothes about 3 weeks after he was born. When I went back for my 6 week checkup (I was rescheduled, so it was really 8 weeks), I had dropped 10 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight. This was super encouraging! Without any real effort, I had somehow shed 10 pounds! Of course, I have no idea where those 10 pounds disappeared from, since I was still the same pant and shirt size as I was before.
Parker, Zach and I arrived home on the second. Our first night home was nice and relatively quiet, though Parker woke up 4 times in the night to eat… We definitely don’t have a schedule figured out yet. It was nice to sit on my furniture and sleep in my bed though. Aside from a headache that won’t quit (we think it’s leftover from the spinal injection during the surgery) we are all doing well. After the rough night Parker slept ’till 10am! We relaxed and hung out most of the day. Parker had his first sponge bath this afternoon – it’s never a fun experience, but he survived pretty well and was much happier after he was bundled and had a little dinner 
