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Friday - Came home and nearly passed out. The kids played outside well after dinner time and well after when they usually would be in the tub and heading to bed. It was nice out and they were having fun, so it was okay.
Saturday - Did a little bit of laundry and did some sewing. Played some GW2 with friends. I told Emi that if she cleaned her room, she and I would go do something fun, just us. Her definition of Clean Room and mine are significantly different. She'd have me check and I'd tell her to pick up the things that I told her to pick up 5 minutes before. I ended up texting my mom with an apology for the years of eye-rolling and heavy sighs when told to clean my room.
It eventually got clean. Her treat? Going to Culver's for a sundae. Yes, even with her allergies. :) Turns out that their Lemon Ice is vegan and totally safe. The fruit toppings are also totally safe. So as long as they have this (seasonal), it's a valid treat for her.
Right before dinner, I was tooling around GW and Downwood was doing something and we heard Ox having a coughing fit. We go out there and see that he'd been chewing on the end of a tailor tape measure. The end cap for the tape measure is missing. We ask Ox where it went and he pointed to inside his mouth. Christ.
We searched the living room and around where he'd been coughing, but couldn't find it. Since those are metal, I put clothes and stuff in a bag and Downwood called urgent care. He ended up going up to the hospital with Ox and I stayed home with Emi.
Emi and I snuggled and ate a series of snacks for dinner. She watched cartoons while I crocheted and waited for updates. She went to bed about 2 hrs later than normal - kept getting up and wanting a snack, or a drink, or a hug, or a glowy, or a hug, or a drink, and so on. I made a pan of Machurros (http://kevinhearne.com/machurros).
Downwood and Ox got home shortly before 11. The xrays showed no metal at all inside his body. They were worried that it had been made of plastic and got into his lungs during the coughing, but the ENT on call came in and checked Ox out and said that he didn't have any symptoms that would indicate that'd happened. I got out of bed, gave Ox a hug, then finally was able to fully go to sleep.
Sunday - Good GOD, why do kids drag their feet in the morning during the week but then get up AT THE CRACK OF DAWN on the weekends?!
After a VERY late night, I woke up in the wee hours of the morning with a coughing fit. I couldn't stop, so went out to sleep on the couch (yay, recliners!). Very early in the morning, I had two chipper kids climbing on me. Downwood brought me coffee and machurros.
Lots and lots of laundry and more cleaning. Emi really wanted to go get another Lemon Ice, so I set her a harder task to clean up. I didn't think she'd do it, but I underestimated the attraction of the Lemon Ice, so we went back to Culver's after lunch.
I harvested a couple of stalks of asparagus (our poor plot this year is just not lovin' it) and lots more rhubarb. I finished sewing Emi's summer Elsa dress and some Elsa dress-up accessories (short glittery overskirt and a cape). Emi was thrilled, though not thrilled that she can't go outside and get dirty in the Elsa dress.
Neither kid wanted to go to bed - Ox took a late, long nap and Emi didn't want the weekend to end.
Today - Had to pry Emi out of bed, using Ox as a crowbar. When I left for work, Ox was trying to use the potty and Emi was about to fall back asleep, face first into her cereal bowl. Emi wanted to know if she and I could take the day off.
I'm wearing the kimono cardigan I made out of some KnitFix fabric. I pinned it to my shirt so that it won't continuously fall off my shoulders. I had to make the back wide enough for my body, but since there's nothing pulling across the front, it wants to fall off. Maybe tacking some clear elastic between the back shoulder points would help? Don't know. I love the fabric, but I'm not sure that the lines of this thing are working.
And Staff Meeting starts in a little under 2 hours. Yey.
But I have requested a vacation day for June 12. We will be going to see Postmodern Jukebox the night before and there is not a universe in which I'll be able to get to work and be productive the day after. 10 years ago? Sure. Now, not a chance.
Also, my voice is back. Hooray! But I'm still coughing and kind of miserable. Boo!
Saturday - Did a little bit of laundry and did some sewing. Played some GW2 with friends. I told Emi that if she cleaned her room, she and I would go do something fun, just us. Her definition of Clean Room and mine are significantly different. She'd have me check and I'd tell her to pick up the things that I told her to pick up 5 minutes before. I ended up texting my mom with an apology for the years of eye-rolling and heavy sighs when told to clean my room.
It eventually got clean. Her treat? Going to Culver's for a sundae. Yes, even with her allergies. :) Turns out that their Lemon Ice is vegan and totally safe. The fruit toppings are also totally safe. So as long as they have this (seasonal), it's a valid treat for her.
Right before dinner, I was tooling around GW and Downwood was doing something and we heard Ox having a coughing fit. We go out there and see that he'd been chewing on the end of a tailor tape measure. The end cap for the tape measure is missing. We ask Ox where it went and he pointed to inside his mouth. Christ.
We searched the living room and around where he'd been coughing, but couldn't find it. Since those are metal, I put clothes and stuff in a bag and Downwood called urgent care. He ended up going up to the hospital with Ox and I stayed home with Emi.
Emi and I snuggled and ate a series of snacks for dinner. She watched cartoons while I crocheted and waited for updates. She went to bed about 2 hrs later than normal - kept getting up and wanting a snack, or a drink, or a hug, or a glowy, or a hug, or a drink, and so on. I made a pan of Machurros (http://kevinhearne.com/machurros).
Downwood and Ox got home shortly before 11. The xrays showed no metal at all inside his body. They were worried that it had been made of plastic and got into his lungs during the coughing, but the ENT on call came in and checked Ox out and said that he didn't have any symptoms that would indicate that'd happened. I got out of bed, gave Ox a hug, then finally was able to fully go to sleep.
Sunday - Good GOD, why do kids drag their feet in the morning during the week but then get up AT THE CRACK OF DAWN on the weekends?!
After a VERY late night, I woke up in the wee hours of the morning with a coughing fit. I couldn't stop, so went out to sleep on the couch (yay, recliners!). Very early in the morning, I had two chipper kids climbing on me. Downwood brought me coffee and machurros.
Lots and lots of laundry and more cleaning. Emi really wanted to go get another Lemon Ice, so I set her a harder task to clean up. I didn't think she'd do it, but I underestimated the attraction of the Lemon Ice, so we went back to Culver's after lunch.
I harvested a couple of stalks of asparagus (our poor plot this year is just not lovin' it) and lots more rhubarb. I finished sewing Emi's summer Elsa dress and some Elsa dress-up accessories (short glittery overskirt and a cape). Emi was thrilled, though not thrilled that she can't go outside and get dirty in the Elsa dress.
Neither kid wanted to go to bed - Ox took a late, long nap and Emi didn't want the weekend to end.
Today - Had to pry Emi out of bed, using Ox as a crowbar. When I left for work, Ox was trying to use the potty and Emi was about to fall back asleep, face first into her cereal bowl. Emi wanted to know if she and I could take the day off.
I'm wearing the kimono cardigan I made out of some KnitFix fabric. I pinned it to my shirt so that it won't continuously fall off my shoulders. I had to make the back wide enough for my body, but since there's nothing pulling across the front, it wants to fall off. Maybe tacking some clear elastic between the back shoulder points would help? Don't know. I love the fabric, but I'm not sure that the lines of this thing are working.
And Staff Meeting starts in a little under 2 hours. Yey.
But I have requested a vacation day for June 12. We will be going to see Postmodern Jukebox the night before and there is not a universe in which I'll be able to get to work and be productive the day after. 10 years ago? Sure. Now, not a chance.
Also, my voice is back. Hooray! But I'm still coughing and kind of miserable. Boo!
