The last day of NaBloPoMo! Yay! I am made it! I was planning on doing a recap, or a what I learned this year, or a reader appreciation thing, but, guess what? I'm tired.
There's the theme for this year's NaBloPoMo: I'm tired.
The latest? Jane is sick. She's been sick for awhile now but it got worse on Wednesday when she spiked a fever and lay around in her pajamas all day (and just for the record, I checked with Grammar Girl's lay/lie rules for the correct form to use and even though it doesn't sound right, "lay" is right in that sentence). We've been giving her Motrin and nebulizer treatments since then. Today she would not stop coughing so I took her to the on-call doctor.
I was hoping to avoid a trip to the ER by taking her to the doctor during the daylight. But she was fine at the doctor's and didn't get really bad until she was trying to go to sleep. Calls to the doctor, multiple medicines, and a big fight about trying to have her sleep propped up on pillows later and she is finally sleeping. This does not guarantee she will stay asleep.
Also? Scott freaks out when Jane is sick or throwing a fit. He keeps asking, "what's going on? will she be alright? am I going to get sick? are you going to the ER?" Last spring, when Jane went through a horrible phase where she pitched a huge fit every night before going to sleep, Scott had a breakdown. He curled up in a ball and rocked back and forth muttering, "please make her stop". Yeah, that was helpful. Now we had two out of control kids.
So, I am going to bed, in case I spend some time up with the little one. Or the big one.
Thanks so much for reading along this year. I truly appreciate anyone who stops by, reads, or comments here. It means the world to me.
I am really proud of you!
Posted by: flutter | December 01, 2008 at 12:31 AM
You did it!!! YAAAAAAYYYYY!
No go get some sleep! ;-)
Posted by: Niksmom | December 01, 2008 at 08:12 AM
Awesome Job! I hope you are all feeling better after some sleep.
Posted by: inthefastlane | December 01, 2008 at 09:06 AM
Phew! Bet you're glad that's all over. Hope everyone is on the mend today.
Posted by: kristen | December 01, 2008 at 09:56 AM
Poor little girl.
Posted by: magpie | December 01, 2008 at 12:23 PM
You did it!
Posted by: floating in space | December 01, 2008 at 02:37 PM
I lOVE that you looked up the proper usage of "lay." That one has always befuddled me, and I am amazed at how rarely it is actually used right and how when it is right, it usually doesn't sound right.
Anyway, get some rest. You deserve it. My SPD son also gets freaked when his younger sister cries or has meltdowns. So what did we do, but go and get pregnant. So now my poor son will have a newborn to put up with come Spring. What were we thinkinG?
Posted by: Patty | December 01, 2008 at 03:10 PM
"Am I going to get sick?"
Love it.
I hope she feels better soon, and congrats on NaBlo...
Posted by: Stimey | December 01, 2008 at 09:31 PM
You aren't going back into hiding are you?! You better not!
Congrats on finishing!
Posted by: Kyla | December 01, 2008 at 11:32 PM
Where are you????????
Posted by: Cyndi | January 13, 2009 at 05:47 PM
Though I'm 42, I've never been married (I've always been unlucky with women), and I have no children. So I get very lonely.
But reading posts like yours reminds me that having a family is not always enjoyable!
Anyway, seeing that your post is so old--I pray that Jane has fully recovered!
Posted by: Scott | January 14, 2009 at 11:26 PM
Oh Lori, you did NaBloPoMo? No wonder you haven't been able to blog since!!!! Anyway, I hope you come back, I know it's so time-consuming.
Posted by: MommyWithAttitude | February 01, 2009 at 04:59 PM