little black button
SO…. i discovered something worse than cleaning up barf at 3am. Dry heaving for 3 hours. Oh yes, i got Graham’s stomach bug Friday evening. At around 5am i was pleading with my stomach- swearing it had nothing left to throw up- but it just didn’t seem to believe me. I dry heaved for 3 hours. It was awful. (Uncle Buddy said that if you throw up something that looks like a little black button you need to swallow it cause it’s your asshole and you need to keep that down…..that Uncle Buddy….) I think I got about 3 hours of sleep that night- off and on- in between praying to the porcelain god. Saturday i was weak and sick to my stomach. All my back muscles ached too- it was awful. I think it was Sunday when I finally ate soup. It was not until today that I feel good and pretty much back to normal. Sad to say I missed Thomas last football game and I wasn’t able to drive to New Mexico to be with my mom. (Graham stayed home with me on Saturday because he still wasn’t well.) Saturday night I was certain Thomas was gonna start puking- his best friend and her brother started puking earlier that day. I made the trail of towels from Thomas room to the bathroom before I got into my bed and prayed for a sleep filled night. I’m happy to say that as of today Mick and Thomas have not gotten the barf bug. ( I probably just jinxed myself….)
NOw I am getting a menu ready for Thanksgiving. My cousin, his wife and their baby and uncle Buddy are coming over. Friday we are heading out to go to my Grandma’s Memorial service. It will be a 5 hour drive. The kids are excited to stay in a hotel. It will be nice to see that side of my family.
My mom’s fingers are healing slowly. She had a bad day yesterday. I feel so badly. I really wish there were something I could do.
We had Thomas conferences last night. He’s smart and scores very high on all those standard achievement tests but he HATES doing homework. He’s having issues with organization and chatting in class. I’ve got to tighten the homework whip with him and monitor him more. He has so much potential but he is also a social butterfly. A true mix of Mick and myself. Boy, that child has started to argue with us so much more these days. I told Mick just this morning that Thomas is a mini-Mick.
Graham is doing better. He’s such a sweetie. Mick took Thomas to work with him yesterday. (boys are off school this whole week-go figure). Graham and I spent the entire day just hanging out and having a good day. It made me realize just how much I miss having him home in the afternoons. I had to break down and buy pants yesterday. I got 2 pair that I will be wearing and washing until I am in my smaller ones. I think underwear is next.
Enough from me
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