Sick Sick SIck Sick kids equals one tired mama..........................................................

 I am one how who does not need a lot of sleep to function on a day to day basis. However the last two nights have been the worst two nights of my life. I was okay with having two sick kids, I was out numbered but I still had two arms for the two sick ones. Then two became three and then three became four sick kids. Two have double ear infections we need to see a specialist for tubes. The third has strep for the 100th time and need to also go to an ear nose throat specialist for tonsils and adenoids out. The fourth has croup and is the worst at night. She has coughing spells where the only place she stops is sitting in the cold air out side for a few minutes. So the last two night I have had a total of four hours of sleep. I am pretty sure I should change my profession to a pediatrician. I think I may soon be an expert on any sickness know. I also my want to open my own pharmacy seems I am going threw Tylenol, Motrin, and antibiotics like crazy. Fingers crossed that my run down brain and body don't get sick. I need the little time I do have to function to do my school work! Today's post was more of a tantrum than a thought or an opinion. So thanks for listening. Also for all you youngsters finish school, get a career then have children!

That time of year again!

"So it is that time of year again I don't want you to have another animal when I get home" This was the comment my husband made on Friday before he headed for deer camp with the guys. Yes my track record for the last three or four years have been in a routine of when he is gone I decide I am lonely and go get myself a new pet. One year was a kitten, the next a bunny, yes I even have brought home a few baby chickens. So this year since he had actually made a statement not to get any I had to go bigger! I am picking up my puppy tomorrow before he gets home from deer camp! All my girls are way excited as am I. I can not wait to see my husbands face when he walks in and I pull this tiny tea cup Yorkie named buddy from my sweat shirt pocket! buddy only weighs 1lb 7oz. My husband tries to be a tough guy but I can picture the smile on his face when he sees this little guy! Let this also be a lesson for all you guy readers. If you tell a women what not to do, she is going to do it even more now that you told her not too!

What to do?

I have been faced with a very hard decision. I have a Thursday class which falls on Halloween and I have four little girls who I do not want to miss trick-or -treating. The two younger ones can finally dress up and understand they get candy in their buckets. What mom wants to miss that mile stone in their child's life. Not his mama, I was all for missing one class until the teacher announced that was the night of our midterm which is 16% of our grade. I think I am going to go crazy and have no clue on how I can do both. I feel as if I am put in the worst spot. I need any suggestions on what to do. I have left my teacher an email but he has children of his own so I am thinking it must not bother him that he misses his children trick or treating. when someone in the class brought up that it was Halloween, his only comment was it is up to you to prioritize your life. I am at a lost for words and still am. I am praying for a miracle and that the teacher realizes he should just move the exam due to half the class not being in attendance for the exam.

Jillian

Jaycee

One Day at a TIME

Death has been on my mind as it is all around lately. Friends of ours have lost their four month old baby boy, He past away from S.I.D.S. This is one of the worst thing to endure as a mother. Not only the lost of your child but now not knowing why he woke up normal and was all happy and healthy.  Then  drop him off at daycare then to get the call he had passed away for no reason just went to sleep and never to wake up again. The thought of never holding one of my children again kills me. My heart is broken for this family. Just four days later another friend lost her mother of a heart attack. Her mother was healthy and active never had a problem with her heart a day in her life. She walked into work talkative and with a smile but just fell over and died within minutes. My point to this thought is to never take a single thing for granted. Love with all your heart and make sure you say it as much as possible. Life is a gift. Live like today may be your last for you never really know. I know this week I have hugged and kissed my kids and appreciated the small things they do that make me smile that much more.