I’m sitting on my bed listening to two kids destroy the bathroom just a few feet away. This is not conducive to writing. Splash scream, scream splash. I had better go handle this before it gets any further out of hand…
Ok, crisis averted.
1. Update. I threw my temper tantrum last week and described all this things that went wrong in a week. Miscarriage, croup with asthma complications, stomach virus, adult child crisis, lice, and a broken dryer. This week has been much better in that no new giant problems were added. But the previous thorns, being what they are, have still been a lot to deal with this week. My asthma child is now on four different varieties of steroid, and antibiotic and two allergy medicines just to keep her breathing. Thankfully we seem to be finally doing better, for now, and last night was the first night when she didn’t need a breathing treatment in the middle of the night in quite a while.
We replaced the broken dryer and upgraded my washing machine to the biggest one we can find. I can’t tell you what a relief this is. The  loads I can do are SO HUGE now, I may even change sheets on a regular basis.
Which is good, because we still have to make sure that the buggies don’t come back. We’re still doing regular head checks – both time consuming and back breaking.
The miscarriage stuff will get its own post in due time. But for now, it is still consuming time and energy.
2. Knitting. I retaught myself to knit, you know, in my spare time, from YouTube. My mom taught me years ago, so it wasn’t too hard to pick up again. The little baby blanket I’m making is kind of a wreck. It’s full of places where the stitches are too tight or too loose, but I figure I’m building muscle memory and will get better as I go. I’d just like to point out that it is much easier to knit when the kids are not jumping on the couch next to me.
3. Meal Planning. I am in such a rut with meal planning. The recent stomach flu left me with no appetite for tacos ever, ever again. And there are times that I just want to say, “No food allergies allowed in this house!” And then, in my special little imagination, the food allergies just scurry away. I just want to be able to pick up any old recipe and throw it together. No gluten, no eggs. That brought me down to a quarter of the dinners I can make and now I am sick of all the things on that list. Mostly it would be helpful if I would just go grocery shopping, like real, full store, grocery shopping. Nah, I’m not that desperate yet. I’m sure a quick trip to the store for milk and cereal will tide us over just a little longer.
4. Book Sale! My Husband and I actually did something fun this weekend. We went to the VNSA Book Sale. Oh my goodness. I have never seen so many books in my life! I wish I had taken a picture. We brought a rolling cart and we filled it all the way up. We even found a whole bunch of really beautiful hardbound classic books for our daughter who loves those. Big rolling cart full =$68. Most of the books we got were $2 or less. Now I have to figure out where to put them. Our bookshelf is full to bursting, and that is AFTER I removed a box full of books just the other day.
5. Little details of life. We moved the treadmill into our room, so I can get a walk in even when there is no way to leave the kids or take them with me. Taking them along always becomes a farce as far as exercise goes. One kid wants to take a bike so another cries that they should get to ride their scooter, but the bike has a flat tire and now there is a fight over the scooter. Then a tiny one wants to ride a tricycle and then we are moving at a snail’s pace. It’s great family time and all, except for the fighting, but when the reason I was trying to go for a walk was to get some exercise, it just defeats the purpose.
6. Speaking of exercise, I’m trying to get my butt in gear and get back into the 10K step habit. I got 4 days in a row and then the wind kicked the pollen up (I think every plant in Phoenix is blooming!) and my sinuses filled up with goop. So tonight I will probably just go to bed early.
7. My husband is awesome. He has been wrangling the homework, pajamas and medicines so I could write this. What he doesn’t know is that I’m going to toss my hat in for the 7 posts in 7 days ride this coming week. Wheee! When will I find the time? I guess I will have to not do something, like go to the grocery store.
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