Dude. I am SO SICK. My kids are almost 100% better, to the point where I would have cheerfully met up with Ragan and her family, except that I now feel like shit on a cracker, and far be it from me to expose an innocent family to Typhoid Mary and her occasionally snotty children.

I spent ALL DAY lying down yesterday. I asked Kayley to help entertain the kids so I could rest a little, and she was doing an okay job, I suppose. I’m sure I’ve mentioned how lately she acts as if she’s doing us a giant favor by including us in her presence for any length of time whatsoever. Between that, and the fact that her head is perpetually in the clouds, it’s hard to count on her for much, and yesterday was no exception. She was doing GREAT entertaining Mallory. The two of them were sitting at the computer in the kitchen, playing with some online My Little Pony Game, completely oblivious to what Pablo, Lexi, and Nikki were up to. And what were they up to? Well, when I finally woke up enough to hear some evil giggling, I noticed that two of them were naked, and ALL of them were in the bathroom. Not a good sign! I jumped off the couch and ran in, just in time to see them flood the toilet and soak the bathroom carpet. (YES, we have carpet in our bathrooms. Bleck!)

I was SO FURIOUS!! I guess I imagined it would be okay for me to try to rest just a little on the couch, while all the kids were RIGHT THERE with Kayley, watching Caillou. Evidently that was not meant to be. So, I plunged the toilet - thank God it was just regular old toilet water and not poop water - still gross, though - and then I soaked up the floor with a bunch of towels. After that, I managed to get some lunch for everyone and put them down for naps without dying or anything. I was so dizzy every time I stood up, it made it hard to do anything!

So, I slept the whole time they were napping, and then I woke up about 4 to call Paul and beg him to come home early so I could keep sleeping. He was on the other side of town in his state car with a flat tire! So he had to fix that, and then head all the way back over to his work to get his own car before he could come home. So, he wasn’t home until about 6:30, which meant that I still had to get the kids up and entertain them for awhile, and I did so while lying on the floor, moaning. Ha! Dramatic much? Once he finally got home, he told me he was planning to do a brake job on his car because his pads were completely worn out. I was like, Uh, no. I’m going to bed. Bye!

Paul was Mr. Mom all night, feeding the kids dinner, playing with them afterwards, and putting them to bed, while I slept the whole time! He also broke out the Kirby and soaked up all the rest of the water from the bathroom carpet and set up a box fan in there to dry it out so we wouldn’t all die from the mold. I woke up when he brought them up for bed, and helped him give Pablo a nebulizer treatment. Then we went to bed too - I guess doing all that wore him out! Poor Paul, though, he had to get up at 6 am today to work on his brakes before he left for work. I know that wasn’t much fun.

This morning (ha! I just woke up at 10 - thank goodness the kids went to bed LATE so they slept in) I’m feeling quite a bit better. I’m still stuffed up and coughing, but no more dizziness or nausea. Yay! I hate kid germs. Hate them! Every time I get something the kids have, I get sick ten times worse than they do. It sucks. So, send me good wishes and happy thoughts to make me feel better. I have to go return some rotten grapes to Sam’s Club today. I just bought them on Sunday, and by Monday, they had that sticky white mold on them in places. Gross! Do you ever return food to the store, or do you just throw it out and cut your losses? What should I expect if I try to return it?

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