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What the hell kind of bug is this?!

January 30, 2012 By 3 Comments

Everybody is sick.  The kids are sick.  The husband is sick.  I’m doing my part to stay off that list.

Everybody has some weird strain of the stomach bug.  It causes severe nausea for several days before it decides to come out of one or both ends.  Pleasant, huh.

I got up the other morning to discover sheets in one kid’s room that needed to be cleaned, disinfected, and sterilized.  I got up yesterday morning (at 5:00, mind you!) to the joys of vomit all over the bathroom and another kid’s room.  I’m still working on cleaning the comforter from that one.

My kitchen counter is covered in bottles of pepto-bismol, saltine crackers, and ginger-ale.  My fridge is full of jello and there are bowls and buckets scattered around the house.  I keep wanting to douse myself in sanitizer and lock myself in a hotel room until this passes.

My husband is traveling every weekend for the next month or so and I’m pretty sure this freakish bug is going to hit me about the time he boards his plane on Thursday.  And then whose going to hold my bucket and change my sheets, huh?!

Seriously, if this could be it until after I finish the dissertation I’d be eternally grateful.

Filed Under: husband, kids, sickness

Suits and Moo-moos

March 27, 2008 By 1 Comment

Last night I had a profound realization: I married a suit. Considering I have been married to the same man for almost 6 years you’d think that I would know this. He’s always been ‘business’ oriented and dressed very well for work. But, a request was made of me last night that made me realize that it is time for me to be “The Suit’s Wife.”

When the hubby got home from work last night he began his normal greeting, hugging, tickling, and loving of the children. He kissed me and said hello and then asked me to pick a date. I wasn’t sure what he was talking about, but then he explained that he needed to confirm a date for a business dinner. AHHHHHHH! The words still sound terrifying…business dinner.

Don’t get me wrong, I know how to behave in public and I can’t clean up fairly well given enough notice. What is so terrifying is that I’ve never done the supportive business wife thing. We’re going to some fancy restaurant in downtown Atlanta that I know nothing about. All I keep thinking is how to I am going to pull off the “Hi, I’m Andy’s wife. I think I can remember how to carry on a conversation all the while hoping that there is not spit-up on my one clean, semi-dressy outfit in the closet.” “It’s nice to meet you Mr. I can’t think for myself and always need to call your husband in the middle of the night to solve the problem.” “It’s nice to meet you, too, Mr. I hate to travel so I pitch a fit so that the CEO of the company calls your husband and makes him travel 4 states in a day and a half.” Add the wives of said associates and you’ve got a party.

This is a new role for me. I figured I’d made it 6 years without taking on this role, but my time has expired. It’s inevitable that I’m going to officially be “The Suit’s Wife” in a little over two weeks. I certainly can’t present myself to these associates in mommy mode. I’ll have to learn to switch gears. My nightgown that will be stylish in about 40 years and can easily be labeled a ‘moo-moo,’ worn with a brown Gap sweatshirt, and a ratty dew-rag does not a good impression make. Yes, that’s what I’m wearing now! I’m overdo for a shower and I’ve been up since before 5:00 wondering why my daughter got out of bed to ask me how babies get in tummies, and I haven’t had a full cup of coffee. I think the fashion choice is understandable.

I’m not really this bitter or bitchy…not usually…

Filed Under: fear, husband, nablopomo, work

Suits and Moo-moos

March 27, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Last night I had a profound realization: I married a suit. Considering I have been married to the same man for almost 6 years you’d think that I would know this. He’s always been ‘business’ oriented and dressed very well for work. But, a request was made of me last night that made me realize that it is time for me to be “The Suit’s Wife.”

When the hubby got home from work last night he began his normal greeting, hugging, tickling, and loving of the children. He kissed me and said hello and then asked me to pick a date. I wasn’t sure what he was talking about, but then he explained that he needed to confirm a date for a business dinner. AHHHHHHH! The words still sound terrifying…business dinner.

Don’t get me wrong, I know how to behave in public and I can’t clean up fairly well given enough notice. What is so terrifying is that I’ve never done the supportive business wife thing. We’re going to some fancy restaurant in downtown Atlanta that I know nothing about. All I keep thinking is how to I am going to pull off the “Hi, I’m Andy’s wife. I think I can remember how to carry on a conversation all the while hoping that there is not spit-up on my one clean, semi-dressy outfit in the closet.” “It’s nice to meet you Mr. I can’t think for myself and always need to call your husband in the middle of the night to solve the problem.” “It’s nice to meet you, too, Mr. I hate to travel so I pitch a fit so that the CEO of the company calls your husband and makes him travel 4 states in a day and a half.” Add the wives of said associates and you’ve got a party.

This is a new role for me. I figured I’d made it 6 years without taking on this role, but my time has expired. It’s inevitable that I’m going to officially be “The Suit’s Wife” in a little over two weeks. I certainly can’t present myself to these associates in mommy mode. I’ll have to learn to switch gears. My nightgown that will be stylish in about 40 years and can easily be labeled a ‘moo-moo,’ worn with a brown Gap sweatshirt, and a ratty dew-rag does not a good impression make. Yes, that’s what I’m wearing now! I’m overdo for a shower and I’ve been up since before 5:00 wondering why my daughter got out of bed to ask me how babies get in tummies, and I haven’t had a full cup of coffee. I think the fashion choice is understandable.

I’m not really this bitter or bitchy…not usually…

Filed Under: fear, husband, nablopomo, work

Cast of Characters

March 10, 2008 By 1 Comment

Amelia

  • aka: Mia, Princess
  • currently 3, but will always let you know her birthday is in April, she’s having a princess cake, and she’ll be 4!
  • loves purple, but decided yesterday to declare that her new favorite color is ‘magenta’
  • very curious child and will ask a million questions on a two minute ride to the store
  • loves to count to 100
  • knows the words to a Tim McGraw song, a Vincent Black Shadow song, the On-Demand theme, and about 35 other songs
  • can tell time
  • wears glasses…so cute!
  • wants to be an orthopedic doctor when she grown up because she “wants to help the old people with their broken bones”
  • loves preschool and thinks next year she’s going to high school
  • her first word was ‘button’

Jacob

  • aka: Jake, Jakers, Buddy, Big Giant
  • is now 2 1/2 and in the throws of potty training and thinks is baby sister’s bumbo seat is a potty
  • calls his poop ‘dirt’
  • is obsessed with cars, dinosaurs, and all animals
  • is a total pasta boy and would eat it all day if I would let him
  • has recently developed a deep redneck accent and that is frightening!
  • is a total daddy’s boy and loves to wear his Auburn hat
  • I asked him to kill a spider for me one day. He screamed at it and told me he just wanted to scare it
  • must have ‘monkey and duckie‘ before he can go to sleep
  • is very kind, gentle, and sweet to one and all

Charlotte

  • aka: Puddin
  • three months old today!
  • eats 4 ounces every 4 hours
  • most nights sleeps from 9:00 until 7:00 am…God Bless her!!!
  • loves to smile
  • only giggles when something is really funny
  • enjoys ‘rasperries,’ her ‘huggie,’ and her bouncie seat
  • Is a total mama’s girl…she seems to hate everyone else (and this is no lie!)
  • she has that perfect baby smell
  • loves to be swaddled when she sleeps
  • is so loud when she is pooping that it can make a room stop and look

Andy

  • aka: hubby, the hubs
  • works too much and travels too much
  • kicks ass at the license plate game
  • is now the proud owner of a Wii
  • very smart and knows everything about technology there is to know
  • his bald head is full of random, weird, and totally useless facts about everything…and I mean everything
  • is a born and raised southern boy
  • hates green peppers
  • snores and steals the covers…often!
  • thinks reality tv is a sign of the Apocalypse
  • is a former punk rocker who now wears dress pants, polo’s, and gets his hair cut every 6 weeks
Filed Under: charlotte, family, husband, jake, mia, nablopomo

Cast of Characters

March 10, 2008 By Leave a Comment

Amelia

  • aka: Mia, Princess
  • currently 3, but will always let you know her birthday is in April, she’s having a princess cake, and she’ll be 4!
  • loves purple, but decided yesterday to declare that her new favorite color is ‘magenta’
  • very curious child and will ask a million questions on a two minute ride to the store
  • loves to count to 100
  • knows the words to a Tim McGraw song, a Vincent Black Shadow song, the On-Demand theme, and about 35 other songs
  • can tell time
  • wears glasses…so cute!
  • wants to be an orthopedic doctor when she grown up because she “wants to help the old people with their broken bones”
  • loves preschool and thinks next year she’s going to high school
  • her first word was ‘button’

Jacob

  • aka: Jake, Jakers, Buddy, Big Giant
  • is now 2 1/2 and in the throws of potty training and thinks is baby sister’s bumbo seat is a potty
  • calls his poop ‘dirt’
  • is obsessed with cars, dinosaurs, and all animals
  • is a total pasta boy and would eat it all day if I would let him
  • has recently developed a deep redneck accent and that is frightening!
  • is a total daddy’s boy and loves to wear his Auburn hat
  • I asked him to kill a spider for me one day. He screamed at it and told me he just wanted to scare it
  • must have ‘monkey and duckie‘ before he can go to sleep
  • is very kind, gentle, and sweet to one and all

Charlotte

  • aka: Puddin
  • three months old today!
  • eats 4 ounces every 4 hours
  • most nights sleeps from 9:00 until 7:00 am…God Bless her!!!
  • loves to smile
  • only giggles when something is really funny
  • enjoys ‘rasperries,’ her ‘huggie,’ and her bouncie seat
  • Is a total mama’s girl…she seems to hate everyone else (and this is no lie!)
  • she has that perfect baby smell
  • loves to be swaddled when she sleeps
  • is so loud when she is pooping that it can make a room stop and look

Andy

  • aka: hubby, the hubs
  • works too much and travels too much
  • kicks ass at the license plate game
  • is now the proud owner of a Wii
  • very smart and knows everything about technology there is to know
  • his bald head is full of random, weird, and totally useless facts about everything…and I mean everything
  • is a born and raised southern boy
  • hates green peppers
  • snores and steals the covers…often!
  • thinks reality tv is a sign of the Apocalypse
  • is a former punk rocker who now wears dress pants, polo’s, and gets his hair cut every 6 weeks
Filed Under: charlotte, family, husband, jake, mia, nablopomo

A date with my husband

March 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment

My husband surprised me today and took the day off work so that we could have some ‘adult time’ together. No, not that kind. The kind of adult time that acutally reminds you that you have a personality, a brain, and interesting thoughts beyond your kids. Here’s what we did today…

  • We started at TGI Friday’s for lunch. It was yummy and I felt the need for a nap. Plus I had a glass of wine that made lunch even more warm and fuzzy.

  • We headed to the mall and walked around for a bit.

  • We shopped at JCPenny and Belk for some much needed post baby/comfortable/practical/somewhat stylish clothing for me

  • We went to the Apple store and I have become convinced that I MUST have a Macbook Air

  • We went to the book store where I purchased Middlesex, The Friday Night Knitting Club and Soccerpool. He got some goofySci Fi books that didn’t register. I drooled over the New Yorker and wished for some writing inspiration to come my way. We then laughed when they offered to enroll us in their discount club…for $25. No freaking way!

  • We stopped at Target and got treats for the kids and I bought cups to match my new dishes on clearance!! Yea, me!

  • We went to Best Buy and I was able to complete my Gilmore Girls collection and play with a rather fancy digital camera.

  • We stopped at every place in between that might have carried a Wii…no luck there. Enough said.

  • We finally ended our date at Red Lobster. I ate too much and am very full. I didn’t like the fish smell today.

We came home to crazy kids, a trashed house, and both in desperate need of a cleaning. To top things off, I was at the grocery store by 8:00 this morning to do the weekly shopping. I think I deserve a nap. I sure hope my babies sleep tonight!

Filed Under: date, husband, nablopomo

A date with my husband

March 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment

My husband surprised me today and took the day off work so that we could have some ‘adult time’ together. No, not that kind. The kind of adult time that acutally reminds you that you have a personality, a brain, and interesting thoughts beyond your kids. Here’s what we did today…

  • We started at TGI Friday’s for lunch. It was yummy and I felt the need for a nap. Plus I had a glass of wine that made lunch even more warm and fuzzy.

  • We headed to the mall and walked around for a bit.

  • We shopped at JCPenny and Belk for some much needed post baby/comfortable/practical/somewhat stylish clothing for me

  • We went to the Apple store and I have become convinced that I MUST have a Macbook Air

  • We went to the book store where I purchased Middlesex, The Friday Night Knitting Club and Soccerpool. He got some goofySci Fi books that didn’t register. I drooled over the New Yorker and wished for some writing inspiration to come my way. We then laughed when they offered to enroll us in their discount club…for $25. No freaking way!

  • We stopped at Target and got treats for the kids and I bought cups to match my new dishes on clearance!! Yea, me!

  • We went to Best Buy and I was able to complete my Gilmore Girls collection and play with a rather fancy digital camera.

  • We stopped at every place in between that might have carried a Wii…no luck there. Enough said.

  • We finally ended our date at Red Lobster. I ate too much and am very full. I didn’t like the fish smell today.

We came home to crazy kids, a trashed house, and both in desperate need of a cleaning. To top things off, I was at the grocery store by 8:00 this morning to do the weekly shopping. I think I deserve a nap. I sure hope my babies sleep tonight!

Filed Under: date, husband, nablopomo

Sunday afternoon

March 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I enjoyed the view today…watching the hubby chop down a 60 foot tree while wearing combat boots and his Descendents t-shirt. Sometimes it’s nice to watch someone else do the work. Yes, I at least brought him a glass of water.

Filed Under: duties, husband, nablopomo

Sunday afternoon

March 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment

I enjoyed the view today…watching the hubby chop down a 60 foot tree while wearing combat boots and his Descendents t-shirt. Sometimes it’s nice to watch someone else do the work. Yes, I at least brought him a glass of water.

Filed Under: duties, husband, nablopomo

My husband travels…

January 3, 2008 By Leave a Comment

My husband travels…and I hate it!
He just left for a short business trip and will be back in just a few days. I think I hate his traveling because it gives me no break with or from the babies. We have a 3 year old, 2 year old, and a 3 week old baby. They crave their daddy and his time. It is so hard to watch your children be sad because they miss their daddy. He calls them, talks to them before bed, and showers them with hugs and kisses before he leaves and when he comes home. But they just ache for him when he’s gone. At that point Mommy just won’t do.
Having a newborn and two wild toddlers means I am usually pretty tired. I am a bit afraid of how I’ll do over the next few days with no relief.
I wish he didn’t have to travel…

Filed Under: daily grind, husband