That it is Friday, finally! And, boy are we glad that it is. My sis-in-law recently posted a little sign on her blog that said " Today is canceled, go back to bed" Feel like that applied to every day this week because of everything that has happened...It has just been that kind of week....
It has been a very discouraging week too. Just going to post things, it is what it has been like....
Mon - Bad: lost childcare at the last minute, I was extra sick plus increasing nausea, girls had to set aside school to care for me and little kiddos, little boys got no school work done, plus kids getting themselves to karate. Preston, Jill and Goldie still scrambled like mad trying to fill childcare slots that remained empty, yuck weather, girls doing homework late night
Good: nothing extra uneventful happened, meal brought in, pain and nausea meds, gingerale
Tues - Bad: Preston really at point of cancelling his/girls out of town plans, Preston, Jill, Goldie still scrambling to cover childcare, Preston ended up working from home 1/2 day, I was worse than extra sick and required extra help (nausea increasing), so much pain cant even handle clothes/preston touching me, girls got little to no homework done again, little boys got no homework done again, extra yuck weather, totally alone overnight without help, Good: one extra sister/Goldie came to rescue with last minute help with childcare for afternoon evening, Preston/girls still got to go out of town, meal brought in, kids had fabulous time with "grandma goldie", all the kids slept through the night, pain and nausea meds, gingerale
Wed - Bad: extra cruddy night for me, kids woke up extra early before help arrived cranky as all get out squabbling and fussing, still extra sick (nausea even worse), could only get to bottom of stairs to get kids to get it together, extra extra yuck weather (trade off all day of heavy snow, hail, torrential rain, high winds) preschool canceled at last minute for kelsianne, caiden and me alone, extra rough day for me to care for myself, beast dead in driveway 10 min before preston/kids need to leave for class, alone with kelsianne barely caring for her/me, losing childcare help for Thurs, Kelsianne getting croupy heavy cough
Good: Jill & Bishop coming early AM to help/transport kids, Sis H and Super Christy taking kids at very last minute to cover empty childcare slots, little boys completing school work with Christy, Preston/girls ORCA OMSI outing/finally making Costco run, car help from Bro D., kids packing into truck to still get to class, pain & nausea meds, gingerale, being reminded I "only" have breast cancer
Thurs - Bad: beast getting towed to a car shop who wont even look at it until next week, wake up to snow/ice, scrambling to discover if weather was going to cancel childcare help, little boys no school work, extra yucky weather, extra sick (nausea getting beyond where meds helping), trying to help with one colton assignment sitting in office, body freaked out and almost throwing up, Ceana having to drop school work to care for me, me crying and feeling totally useless, hot flashes getting worse (soaking me/bedding), ceana getting forgotten at church activity without a ride home, trying to help evening little kids dinner body freaked out again, barely got to couch before passing out, almost throwing up, girls having to set aside late night homework to care for me, last minute lost childcare help for Fri, Kelsianne coughing up a lung, house re-finance etc falling apart (appraisal came in WAY too low),
Good: childcare help, pain and nausea meds, gingerale, caiden successful/fun chess scout night, christy being chaueffer for extras (scouts/retrieving kiddos from childcare help)
Fri - Bad: yucky night, horrible nausea, meds/gingerale not helping at all, extra sick/sad, preston working from home to care for me & kids, kelsianne AM fever/heavy coughing, little boys no school work, house re-finance falling through, preston not eligible for unit promotion, prospect of bringing "bad apple" back to unit, losing 2 best friend families in the unit, colton afternoon/evening meltdowns, eating only because have to (every day eating has gotten harder, hurts and tastes yuck), forgotten meal help, sad for friend still struggling with knee injury and not able to help her
Good: girls' extra hard work/extra late nights rewarded with date night/friend time, preston invited late night guys game night, kaeli making favorite boxed casserole for dinner, listening to Ky cackle over funny part of new favorite movie
Really, in the midst of all the bad, it was impossible to see any good. Only by looking back over the week was I able to see more. It has been a VERY long, difficult week. We have had extra special angels - Christy, Jill, Goldie, Cori and of course, Preston and the girls, who went above and beyond everything this week to help anywhere, and esp to help care for me. Dont know what we would have ever done without them. Hoping that the weekend will just be quiet and we can lay low. Hoping next week I will be able to make improvements vs getting worse. Hoping next week can get the boys caught up with school (will take a miracle) Here's hoping....
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