Friday, November 6, 2009

Does anyone have some toothpicks?

Remember the Tom and Jerry cartoon, where Tom has to use toothpicks to hold his eyelids open due to exhaustion. That's me. As I sit here and type this, all I want to do is close my eyes for about the next 2 weeks. Maybe when I wake up I might actually be rested. I am SO TIRED. I can't even describe how deep into sleep deprivation I am. I need toothpicks. We are here in Tulsa for Scot's business trip and then we are supposed to do some baby shopping. We need another crib, a changing table/dresser, more bedding for Ben and the girls, not to mention all the small things I need. I really need to be more rested to accomplish this. But a week and a half ago, Ben started running a 102 fever. It continued for 5 days, despite a negative flu swab. He was miserable and his fever always was the worst in the middle of the night. It felt like no sleep for 5 days. Scot and I tried taking turns resting/ napping. It just wasn't possible. We started him on a zpack and finally he turned the corner. The day my cousins arrived to spend a few days with us. I felt so bad that I was so exhausted. We had a great time with them though. The kids has SOOOOO much fun. Playing, jumping on the trampoline, eating, going to Chick-fil-A, the Outback, and watching movies. Oh yes, and getting to sleep together in the living room. My cousin and I got to have a girls night out and that was a blast. The day they left, yesterday, was the day we left for Tulsa. Ben slept ok last night in the hotel room. He got up a couple times and ended up sleeping with us. We all had to be up bright and early for Scot to get to his meeting. We ate breakfast and I took the kids swimming. THEN, Ben slipped on the wet tile floor by the pool and now has a huge knot and bump over his eyebrow, forehead, and cheek. I put some ice on it and gave him some motrin. I then kept him awake for over an hour to make sure he was ok. He's fine, but the bump doesn't look good. I guess it will be another week or so until I can do a christmas picture. Wow, christmas cards. That scares me. This baby girl growing inside of me will be here like tomorrow. This is why I need to toothpicks. So much to do, so little time and energy to do it with. Ugh!

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