Sickie Salmonds
Published by Julie under on 1:22 PM
Hello to all those who are as sick of the snow as I am (I am assuming that everyone is so over winter.... but I could be wrong). I hope all is going well for everyone. I feel like our little family has fallen off the continent. We have been sick and so have been staying around home a lot. Little Q has missed 6 days of school so far and still is sick. She seems to be on the mend but she can't seem to shake this terrible cough and cold that follows the cruddy bug that has hit us. I think she will be ok enough to go back to school on Monday. We can only hope!! After 8 days of being stuck in the house 24 hours a day, the kids are ready to get escape this prison they call home. Poor kids. I know that they have been in the house too long because of these little indications and clues:
1.My mother caught K throwing hunks of playdo at the tv last night for no reason, I'm sure, other than to cause mischief. It's a good thing that momma caught him and not Tom because there is a good possibility that there would be a murder in the Salmond home.
2.Momma also caught the 2 boys swinging on the cords to the blinds. We have already had to repair 2 sets of blinds (and another is in line to be fixed) because of blind abuse from the kiddies. I don't know what possessed the boys to become little tarzans. They know that if I ever caught them even playing with the blinds that there would be dire consiquences.
3.C cried when I went to take the garbage out today because he "wanted to come too". Can you imagine!? Wanting to go outside so bad that you are willing to take out the garbage!
4.They argue and snip and bicker about the silliest things like He got more ketsup than me, she is touching my giraffe, he made the bubbles pop in the bubble bath, he looked at me, she makes too much noise when she blows her nose..... the list goes on and on.
5.I am finding excuses to get out of the house by myself so that I can get away from the near constant bickering. Whether it is pulling weeds in the nongarden in the snow, or taking the garbage out one bag at a time, at least it gives me a little solace from these overstimulating conditions.
6.They sit by the windows looking out at the snow longingly (even though it is so cold out there that they wouldn't stay out very long anyway).
7.They keep opening the windows and doors to feel the breeze, which wouldn't be an issue except that it is 30 degrees outside.
8.They find evey excuse known to man kind to sprint out eh front door. For instance, yesterday we were unloading the crabapple trees we purchased (WooHoo!!) and about every 2 minutes a kid was standing on the fron lawn yelling things up to us. When we finally got them to stay inside and we went into the house too, Q ran out the front door because she saw a "flag" on the hill and she wasnted to go get it. It turned out to be a piece of garbage. C saw the neighbor goat on our lawn so he went running out to chase him back (this is an occurance that happens multiple times a day).
So I could go on but I keep getting distracted by the arguing chillies and since I am the fireman-police chief-doctor-xbox commander-waitress-snuggle expert, I have some duties to perform. I only wish that I wasn't sick too, I would be so much more patient. I have learned from past illnesses that nyquil is waaaay too strong for me so if I take half doses I can sleep through the night without clogged nose, sinus headaches, cough or sore throat..... and I can still get up in the morning with only a little struggle. When I used to take a full dose, it knocked me out so hard I couldn't wake up for at least 12 hours and then when I was awake, I was groggy and lathargic for a couple more hours after that. Tom isn't affected like I am. He took the nyquil last night, slept soundly, got up in the morning bright and ready and was fine by the time he got to work (with the aid of dayquil). Not fair. Oh well, so goes life. Well, as I said before, I have to go halt the next coming world war so untill next time.....Caio.
1.My mother caught K throwing hunks of playdo at the tv last night for no reason, I'm sure, other than to cause mischief. It's a good thing that momma caught him and not Tom because there is a good possibility that there would be a murder in the Salmond home.
2.Momma also caught the 2 boys swinging on the cords to the blinds. We have already had to repair 2 sets of blinds (and another is in line to be fixed) because of blind abuse from the kiddies. I don't know what possessed the boys to become little tarzans. They know that if I ever caught them even playing with the blinds that there would be dire consiquences.
3.C cried when I went to take the garbage out today because he "wanted to come too". Can you imagine!? Wanting to go outside so bad that you are willing to take out the garbage!
4.They argue and snip and bicker about the silliest things like He got more ketsup than me, she is touching my giraffe, he made the bubbles pop in the bubble bath, he looked at me, she makes too much noise when she blows her nose..... the list goes on and on.
5.I am finding excuses to get out of the house by myself so that I can get away from the near constant bickering. Whether it is pulling weeds in the nongarden in the snow, or taking the garbage out one bag at a time, at least it gives me a little solace from these overstimulating conditions.
6.They sit by the windows looking out at the snow longingly (even though it is so cold out there that they wouldn't stay out very long anyway).
7.They keep opening the windows and doors to feel the breeze, which wouldn't be an issue except that it is 30 degrees outside.
8.They find evey excuse known to man kind to sprint out eh front door. For instance, yesterday we were unloading the crabapple trees we purchased (WooHoo!!) and about every 2 minutes a kid was standing on the fron lawn yelling things up to us. When we finally got them to stay inside and we went into the house too, Q ran out the front door because she saw a "flag" on the hill and she wasnted to go get it. It turned out to be a piece of garbage. C saw the neighbor goat on our lawn so he went running out to chase him back (this is an occurance that happens multiple times a day).
So I could go on but I keep getting distracted by the arguing chillies and since I am the fireman-police chief-doctor-xbox commander-waitress-snuggle expert, I have some duties to perform. I only wish that I wasn't sick too, I would be so much more patient. I have learned from past illnesses that nyquil is waaaay too strong for me so if I take half doses I can sleep through the night without clogged nose, sinus headaches, cough or sore throat..... and I can still get up in the morning with only a little struggle. When I used to take a full dose, it knocked me out so hard I couldn't wake up for at least 12 hours and then when I was awake, I was groggy and lathargic for a couple more hours after that. Tom isn't affected like I am. He took the nyquil last night, slept soundly, got up in the morning bright and ready and was fine by the time he got to work (with the aid of dayquil). Not fair. Oh well, so goes life. Well, as I said before, I have to go halt the next coming world war so untill next time.....Caio.
2 comments:
It has been an interesting week at the Salmonds...Julie and I had another get out of the house occurance - buying shrubs at WalMart---you will have to ask her to write about our experience of getting locked (and I mean locked) in the outdoor WalMart gardening area!
Mom
Oh there is nothing like being sick! I think that we were sick, in some form or another, the whole month of March. I hope now that we are in April, we can just leave that behind!!!
I hope you guys are ok! My kids sure were climbing the walls, too! Poor Q! I hate being sick!
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