Melissa Summers Home For Convalescents

Sunday night Max wrapped himself in a blanket and laid down on the sofa in a ball. When I made our little bacon snacks I talked about earlier this week, he ate a bite and said he was done. It was then I noticed the smoke steaming from his head and thought to take his temperature.

He has been sick ever since.

Maddie was hit on Monday night, when I noticed her walking around looking like the burn outs from high school.

I can count on one hand the number of times my kids have had fevers. They never get fevers. Which is good because one time Maddie had a febrile seizure and Logan and I, in that horrible set of moments when her eyes were in the back of her head and drool was coming out of her mouth and she was shaking uncontrollably and the EMTs took her to their ambulance, believed with absolutely no uncertainty she was dying.

Fevers make me a bit jumpy.

So for this entire week we've had dueling fevers, one kid loses theirs, the other gets it. I get that one down and the other's goes up.

I really wasn't going to complain (very much...sorry Twitter) because no one's puking. It's really just a fever for the most part and that's really not all that bad. It could be worse! I could have sick kids and be an armless potato farmer. But really, the sickness(es) could be worse.

Have I ever mentioned how much I love that my kids go to school every day?

When Logan and I got married we went on our honeymoon, as often happens after a wedding. I love Logan. I could gaze lovingly into his eyes for hours. Sure, there are some things I don't love, like the compulsion to run 26.2 miles, but overall I love the shit out of that guy.

On our honeymoon I was probably even more gooey for the guy since you know we'd just tied the knot and the world was our oyster and he didn't even know about running yet. Still, by day five of our trip we'd sit at dinner and think, "Wow, we can't really even talk about our day because....we've done EXACTLY the same thing for the last five days."

I'm a person, no matter how much I love you, I'm going to need some time away from you every once in a while. I want you to do some things, and I want to do some things and then when we're done doing our things I want to gaze lovingly into your eyes for hours.

I love my kids. If I had to go back to the baby store and pick out new kids, I'd pick these exact same ones. Yes, I wish Maddie liked to eat....anything I cook. And yes, I would love it if getting Max to take a shower didn't involve screaming wails of displeasure. But overall, I love the shit out of these guys too and I'd want them even if I could choose from all the kids in all the land.

And yet, I haven't left the house in 5 days and I've been surrounded by kids that entire time. I'd like to miss them, just a teeny tiny bit.

Also I would love to go to the grocery store and buy real food to put in my cupboards because I'm tired of eating mustard for lunch.

I did leave them alone this morning so I could buy some milk, bread and more children's motrin....at the gas station at the end of my street. I didn't really think I'd be doing my grocery shopping at the gas station and I have to tell you, I don't like spending $10 on a four ounce bottle of children's motrin and $5 on a half gallon of milk.

But really, it can only get better. I mean, get better before next week when spring break starts and we're home together for another 10 excruciating days.

Comments

[HazyMay]

My daughter just had whatever plaque was going around our area. Of course, she got it the day after school vacation ended. So I had 10 glorious days of no time to myself. You know it's bad when you look at the clock and think, "Is noon too early to start cocktail hour?" Best of luck to you.

[raine]

I'm dying to know the results of your sleep test, woman! Spill!

Oh, and good post, you're funny, blah blah blah. :)

[TeriLynn]

But! Mustard! Is! Good! Because! It's! SMART!

Make a list, and I'll gladly do the shopping for you. I'll just pass the groceries through the milk chute because I can't get sick again. I just can't do it again!

[Christy Cegelski]

Totally funny...I'm happy to know I am not the only one that looks lovingly toward Monday-Friday!

[Michelle]

Aw, poor kids!

I really know what you mean about wanting to miss people. Especially when they're sick and don't even really have the energy to get off the living room couch and go to their own bedroom...

[Jenn]

This is exactly why even though I nursed all my kids they also were able to take a bottle. I get kind of freaked out by the thought of not being able to take a little break from my loved ones! Plus I have a little tiny streak of doom and gloom thinking and that way if I got hit by a bus my little darlings would never starve!

I hope everyone is on the mend.

[Beth]

It is such a fine balance, this time with your kids thing. I have been looking forward to mine going to sleep over at grandmas all week but now that they are gone I miss them. Crazy.

[Shelli]

It is going around RO
half of oliver's class has this weird fever/sickness. I've been exchanging sick-kid-watching with my husband and mother. It all started on Friday...LAST friday.
be brave!

[Jessi Louise]

Oh no. I forgot about spring break.

[kym b]

That line that begins "I'm a person, no matter how much I love you..."

OMG, that completely sums up how I feel and why I have to leave town at least every few months for a couple of days to decompress and gather myself. Thanks for putting it into words.

[jkopftwins]

Oh, I so want to dose up my kids (inner ear infection, borderline strep throat and bronchitis), watch the angels fall asleep, turn off Hannah Montana and make a whole tray of those bacon appetizers for lunch.

Thank the lord we've lost our small spring break to snow day makeup days. I'm getting giddy, after two weeks of sickness, at the thought of waving goodbye to them as they enter their school. Love 'em, yes, but....

[kaimonogirl]

um... 22 weeks pregnant, been admitted to Beaumont twice in the past week, now on bed rest due to pregnancy complications and I have a two year old running around. and do i add to that that i have had a sinus and ear infection for 3 weeks following our two year old's 5 day stay at Beaumont due to RSV? i have been trapped for a month now between here and Beaumont!

what i wouldn't give to go to a gas station!!!

though, i'd prefer target. so if you see a pregnant, 30-ish mom driving herself around target on one of those scooter things or being pushed in the toddler cart by my husband (with my toddler sitting with me)... know that i have reached my breaking point... and please don't laugh...

long time lurker...love your site...