Because I Need Some ME Time
By michelle | April 26, 2009
I have to admit that this has been a REALLY hard week for me. I am on edge, cranky and just plain exhausted. I haven’t had a good night’s sleep in a week and it is wearing on me.
I was planning on going to a baby shower this afternoon, but it turns out that we may all have some type of streptococcal thingy (obviously, I am not in the medical field) as we recently came in contact with a child who has had and may again have scarlet fever. The sore throats, Punky’s fever and rashes on the kids worried the after hours doctor at my pediatrician’s office; so the kids will be going to the doctor first thing in the morning.
My hubby has also come down with it and will be going to see his doctor tomorrow as well.
I called my midwife, and she immediately prescriped antibiotics for me- having strep and being pregnant is never a good thing.
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Spunky is napping. Daddy is resting. Punky has his usual crazy amount of energy. And all I want to do right now is sit. So I am going to do it, and to fill my time is something fun I saw over on Lora‘s blog:
8 things I’m looking forward to:
- everyone being healthy again
- getting a good night’s sleep
- visiting my family at the end of May
- going for a walk with my kids
- eating an ice cream cone (I have been craving one!)
- finishing unpacking the rest of the boxes
- cleaning out our garage so that I can put my car in it again
- taking some Mommy Time– away from the house
8 things I did yesterday:
- cleaned up the disasters
- did some laundry
- yelled a little too much
- watched part of Enchanted with Punky, but he fell asleep
- washed my floors three times (I am not exaggerating)
- went to bed early… but…
- stayed up later than I wanted… and…
- finished reading Sense and Sensibility
8 things I wish I could do:
- sew
- stay away from too many sweets
- find a balance between maintaining the house and spending time with the kids
- get on a better schedule
- wake up earlier and walk with the kids
- control my temper better
- have more patience
- bake a really good batch of chocolate chip cookies (any recipes you want to share??)
8 shows I watch:
- The Office
- 30 Rock
- Heroes
- American Idol
- Anything on the Food Network
- I guess this list only has 5… oh well
If you are reading this, consider yourself tagged and play along… or not. No biggie 
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Well, Punky and I are going to “pick some things up at the store”, to use his words. Have a nice afternoon!
8 Comments
jane g meyer on April 26, 2009 at 3:50 pm.
Rest well–and Christ is risen!
Pres. Kathy on April 26, 2009 at 6:00 pm.
Wish we lived close to get together! I just keep telling myself “it will get better soon – this exhaustion and frustration is only temporary.” sending you lots of hugs.
Elizabeth on April 26, 2009 at 8:57 pm.
Oh no! more sickness! Hang in there! that is hard. Will pray for you and family tonight!! Wish I could come and give you a hug or perhaps some cookies!
FYI – my fave recipe for chocolate chip cookies is from the Betty Crocker Cookbook … suprisingly good… if you have one of these cook books, I would take a peek for this recipe! I used to make it for church functions years ago and they were quite beloved… (If you want me to send you the recipe, let me know…)
Sending you my love from Ottawa!
DebD on April 26, 2009 at 9:04 pm.
Great list… I’m sorry you’re still dealing with sickness of any kind. I hope you get some away time soon, and I don’t think I could come up with 8 shows either.
Deven on April 26, 2009 at 9:09 pm.
I’m going to leave my 8 as a comment. Hope that’s ok.
8 things I’m looking forward to:
1. My brother’s surgery this Friday — hopefully will stop his seizures
2. Summer with the kiddos
3. Vacation to Ireland in June
4. Church campmeeting, also June
5. Seeing my grandma on Wednesday
6. More kids – eventually
7. Seeing our garden produce come up
8. Checking out the new Meijer store in Marion
8 things I did yesterday:
1. Went to bed at 1:30 AM
2. Was awakened by children at 6:30 AM
3. Spent the in-between hours in a top bunk
4. Let my kids watch WAY too much TV, but it was at my parents’ house
5. Wrapped Caleb’s birthday present
6. Worked on church finances
7. Finished reading The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear
8. Helped my dad a little with some yardwork
8 things I wish I could do:
1. Figure out why my weight loss has gotten stuck
2. Go to school forever
3. Hire a maid
4. Play piano better than I do
5. Find the ability to remember things (lost it when kids were born)
6. Know what and how to do things so my kids will turn out well
7. Become a radiant child of God
8. Be funny
8 shows I watch:
1. Heroes
2. Life
3. Biggest Loser
4. Ummmm…
5. Barney?
6. Curious George?
7. Word World?
8. Ummmm… Guess I don’t have 8 either.
grandma on April 26, 2009 at 9:51 pm.
We will be praying for you all. Wish we could help somehow.
Maria on April 27, 2009 at 8:22 am.
Okay…I’ll play. Here are my 8′s:
8 things I am looking forward to:
1. my parents coming home from Italy (they’ve been away for almost 8 weeks)
2. Summer
3. going to the beach
4. vactioning in Cancun, Mexico
5. school closing so that I don’t have to work on anymore projects.
6. BBQ’s
7. planting some plants to spruce up the house.
8. spending time with my best friend when she comes in July (she lives in Dallas)
8 things I did yesterday:
1. cooked a GREAT meal as a welcome home to my parents.
2. spent most of the day outside since it was sooo beautiful.
3. went to church with my son, since his class was sponsoring the mass.
4. baked corn muffins and a marble pound cake for after church
5. went to bed at 2:00 a.m. to only get up at 7:00 a.m. so we would be on time for church
6. helped my son finish his school project which is due today
7. tucked my son into bed
8. tucked myself into bed
8 things I wish I could do:
1. play the piano
2. keep my house clean
3. waking up more earlier so I could go walking before going to work.
4. hire someone to go food shopping for me.
5. stay far, far away from sweets
6. have more patience especially when I need to help my son with his school project
7. be more artsy and creative
8. be more enthusiastic and energetic when going to the gym and exercising.
8 shows that I watch:
1. Medium
2. Biggest Loser (GREAT inspirational show)
3. Law & Order (all of them)
4. Lost
5. Grey’s Anatomy
6. Ghost Whisperer
7. Ugly Betty
8. anything on the Hallmark Channel
::Sylvia:: on April 30, 2009 at 8:39 pm.
LOL. I tagged you in this meme yesterday!
Tell your mom that she’s in our prayers. May God give her His strength! Much love and many prayers…