Oh come ON.. !

Sometimes I feel like I just cannot catch a break. Which isn't really true. There are many ways in which I have "caught a break" recently- like I had surgery and did not die.

But then there's the other stuff. Lily gets sick constantly from school. And I can only assume it's school because there was never so much illness in our house until she started school. From about Thanksgiving until a month ago, she had a runny nose almost constantly. She'd sniffle for weeks, start to get better, go 5-10 days.. and then it'd just start all over again. These sniffles also worked themselves into a cold a few times as well. Some of which I caught too. To such an extent that I apparently had a sinus infection. It wasn't really bothering me, but I had to take a week's worth of antibiotics anyway, so I that could have surgery.

The antibiotics made me sick. Funny. But I kept taking them because.. surgery. The surgery went fine, but initially knocked me out totally from doing anything other than just the most basic of hygiene tasks- like brushing my hair or standing at the sink to brush my teeth. Since then, each day I'm able to add a few more things to my list of yes-I-can-do-that stuff.

But just as I was ready to be a 100% full functioning person and mom again.. I got sick. Really sick. So sick that I didn't even turn my computer on for days. So sick that I went to the Emergency Room. Twice. Because it turned out I had an infection- most likely related to the surgery/being in the hospital. But even that was not especially common for an average, healthy, non-elderly person such as myself. I heard "how'd you get that?" from multiple medical professionals. Which.. is of course awesome to hear.

The medicine for that was.. vile. Even with pudding. (Turns out lemon pudding isn't weird, it's good.) And the first spoonful would make me sneeze violently, every time. I'd also have to lay down afterwards for about an hour (but couldn't ever sleep), 3 times a day, because it made me sick all over again.

Just as I was all better, as another week was starting, as I thought we'd all get back into the swing of things, I'd finally get to the grocery store.. Lily got sick. Really sick. With the same symptoms as I had- vomiting, fever, chills, not wanting to eat. And I panicked. No, no, no- I'd rather her have the flu than what I had. I think. I think it would be better if she had the flu than what I was sick with.

However I've decided that she's got too many other symptoms now to have what I did. So, yay right?

For her- yes. For me- no. Because it means I'm probably going to get that now too- just like Noah did. And getting 5 hours of sleep a night after taking care of two miserably sick kiddos all day (and night).. is just further setting up my body as a perfect host for whatever new illness Lily has gotten us into this time.

So.. I'd personally rather just skip over this one if it's all the same because I'm going to lose my mind doing 2 or 3 loads of laundry every.day.all.week.long anyway. And all those seasonal allergies are just about here on top of it. Mommy problems.