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I’m freakin’ tired. soooo tired. too tired too blog. Yep, there is my excuse, too tired to blog. I’m sure I’m not any more tired than any of you, I’m just tired. Perhaps my thyroid meds need adjusting, yes, perhaps I’ll schedule a dr’s appointment, that would be good, I’ll do that right after my nap. Nap? Me? No… I’m a liar. I’ve taken a few naps this past week, of course, that is just what they are, they’re naps. You know 15-30 minutes. To me, anything longer than that is a good night’s sleep. A good night’s sleep. mmmmm…that sounds great. I want a good night’s sleep. I had one. On Friday night. I slept from midnight until 7:45am without waking up ONE TIME. I had a great day on Saturday, too. (filled with THREE 12 minute cleaning “episodes”…thanks, Elisa!)

In fact, LAST weekend, I slept well. IN FACT (yes, again) I was even telling my sister on (last) Monday how I am convinced that if I could get 7.5-8.5 hours of solid sleep a night, I could accomplish anything. And with that, I would be fun to be around, because friends, I have not been fun to be around. Right, Brian??? I said “RIGHT, BRIAN?!?!?!!?!??!?!” devil woman. that’s me. Because,Racecar became sick and forgot that other people and that when he screams, please hear him and that when he screamed he terrifies his mother and she runs to his aide MANY times a night. Things are turning around, though. Racecar is feeling better, although he still complains about his ear hurting, and he’s still waking up at night. And when he wakes up, I wake up and when I wake up…I wake up. I lay and think. It’s ridiculous. BUT, on the bright side, I have been on a search for a couple of things, here’s a list:
1. A perfect entertainment center
2. A perfect front door
3. A perfect new mirror for my master bathroom (which is nothing master about it, it may as well be a bathroom at a festival, but hey it’s attached to my bedroom, so I can’t complain)
4. A perfect new shower curtain and bathroom accessories and let’s see what else???
5. I forgot.
Well, scratch one off of the list, I found THE entertainment center. Brian is putting it up tonight. I’m sure he’s excited. (total sarcasm) BUT, what he is excited about is me NOT obsessing about finding THE PERFECT entertainment center. because it has been found. And to add to the picturesque memory of me finding THE PERFECT entertainment center, the woman who came to help me load it onto my cart first told me my fly was open. FANFREAKINTASTIC. No really, I did not care, I didn’t turn red, I didn’t get warm, I was just pleased she told me.

My computer is acting funny, really funny, like “I think we should back this bitch up, funny.” So, I tried to blog last night and then this morning, but I couldn’t, but now here I am. blogging.

By the way, did you hear about the new red campaign? It’s awesome, truly. Please check it out.

Oh and the kids chose their halloween costumes yesterday. Racecar picked Bob the Builder, which was surprising andAriel chose Belle from the Disney store–which was not surprising. She wanted to be a pony, but I couldn’t figure out how she would sit in school with it on, so luckily she fell in love with MANY costumes at the Disney store.

How can it be October?

Not October FIRST. October 12TH. Almost half way through the month. Halloween is almost here. The leaves are starting to fall, not just turn colors, BUT FALL. It’s 43 degrees right now–we had snowfall today. Then, before we know it, it will be Thanksgiving and then OH MY GOD CHRISTMAS WILL BE HERE AND THEN IT WILL BE JANUARY AND OH MY GOD MY KIDS WILL TURN THREE AND FOUR AND THEN IT WILL BE FEBRUARY AND I’LL BE ….

GASP, (WHILE CLUTCHING MY CHEST…..)

30.

I need a cigarette.

(no, I don’t smoke, it’s joke. geeze.)

So, it’s my first official post with my new look. I have been looking for a new template for a long time. I said to Brian last night “I think I finally found a blog template that I like, it’s free and it may actually work.” He was very surprised and happy. or at least he acted like he cared, which I do appreciate.

Either way, my first post with the new look is not going to be as pretty as my blog itself. Today has been a bitch. Starting with last night while working on my blog,Racecar began waking up and crying, which is not necessarily typical for him, but, he has been waking up a little bit for the past few nights. Last week, he had a little cold, but nothing bad and it went away quickly. I think I medicated him once for it. BUT, I have noticed him playing with his ear. I took the kids for a bike ride yesterday, which means, I walk behind them whileAriel peddles her tricycle andRacecar moves his legs behind his peddles, it was a long ride, about 45 minutes. Anyway, he would touch his right ear on occasion. Any normal, observant mother would think, “hmmm…I wonder if he has an ear infection.???” Not this bitch. I thought “he can’t have an ear infection, he is eating, sleeping, drinking and playing.” The past 700 ear infectionsRacecar has had, all normal life comes to a screeching halt, he won’t eat, drink or sleep. So, why would I assume that touching his ear was sign? I should have assumed. The child was awake almost all night. He refused to take medicine, which has never happened before, he even spit it ALL over me. (very. very. frustrating.) He wouldn’t lay in his bed, our bed, stand up, sit down, stop crying, drink, he didn’t want me to hold him, he didn’t want his Dad to hold him and mostly, he did not want to sleep. oh, and really, really did not want me to sing. Therefore, he did not rest, until he finally took motrin, I snuck the syringe in his mouth and he had no choice but to swallow. Then he slept for 2 hours. 2. hours. (by the way, by 5 this morning it was apparent that it was his ears as he kept crying out “OW MY EARS, OW MY EARS!!)

What’s interesting aboutRacecar getting sick today is that my neighbor who has a 4 year old and a 2 year old is scheduled to have her 3rd baby on Thursday via c-section. She had blood work and pre-op appointments to go to, which typically is not a big deal because her mother is retired and essentially is her live-in Nanny, so she’s available to babsit. BUT, at the same time that my neighbor had to be at the doctor, her mother had to take her father (mother’s husband) to the doctor, an oncologist. 4 years ago he went into remission after battling Hodgkins Lymphoma…well, it’s back. BAD. Everywhere, including his spine. Needless to say, I offered my services to watch her children, who love to play with my kids, it wasn’t a big deal at all…untilRacecar got sick. Now what do I do? I can’t cancel on them, but can I really expose these two children, who are about to live with a newborn to whateverRacecar has? Yes, that’s what I did. I had sometime to prepare before they arrived. I used Clorox wipes on practically everything andRacecar didn’t play with either one of them because he felt like shit. PLUS, doctors always say “ear infections are not contagious. cold are.” Right? Well, I did tell my neighbor once she picked the kids up, but she seemed fine with it.

So, then it’s 1:30pm and I have a 2pm appointment forRacecar at our pediatricians. The nightmare is that this boy who didn’t sleep the night before always takes his nap at 2 pm. He did fine for the appointment. He has a double ear infection, the one ear that he pulls at and cries so hard when he (or I) touches it is “flaming red and oozing.” To think that 24 hours ago, I didn’t have a clue.

The good news is that he is now on antibiotics. The bad news is that the bitches at Walgreens made me wait for “flavoring,” which was recommended by them, for 15 minutes, in addition to the 25 minutes I had already waited. By the way we got home, it was 4pm, andRacecar fell asleep in the car. Both the kids are napping now. The house is a mess because of our playdate, I started cleaning up but I was so scared of wakingRacecar that I decided to let it go (for now) and tell all of you about it. Thanks for listening, by the way.

Oh, and one more bitch, while I’m at it. I wanted to do my maintenance weigh-in tomorrow for the month of October, but I just accidently ate half a package of graham crackers. son of a bitch.

By the way, it’s 4:58pm and he’s already awake. I need a big mac.

I’ve done some redecorating.

We had one of those weekends that you dream about. At least, that I dream about. The weather was THE BEST. The kids were incredible and we did SO much! We had a great family weekend and got a ton of things done around the house. I got a new vacuum cleaner, Brian got a new shed,Racecar got a new dresser and played with his hot wheels for hours andAriel, well, she got to drink Sprite, pick apples and pumpkins, eat munchkins, ride her bike, play with her neighbor friend, watch The Little Mermaid, go to Sunday School, play with her Oma and Great Grandma, eat her first twizzler and sit in a cart with a ghost. Who wouldn’t have a blast? Right now, both the kids are peacefully sleeping, while Brian is playing his new playstation game, The Godfather, which is freaking me out, so I am in my bed watching a house flipping show and reveling in the most amazing weekend we have had in a long, long time. and thoroughly enjoying my clean house. (Well, mostly clean house.)
I would go into detail, but, wouldn’t you get bored? so. many. details.

P.S. I have NO idea why some of the pictures are only showing half of the picture, it’s pissing me off, I’ve tried to repost THREE TIMES now, but it doesn’t seem to matter. I quit. Not to mention the fact that not all of the pictures are showing up.

The stage above our table. (which took me awhile to realize it was there…I thought their music was just really loud and recorded…kinda shows how good this musician was!)