We survived our day, with a big nod thrown towards my parents for taking us in! Brady worked today, and I got virtually no sleep last night. Again. Guys, its not been my smoothest season of sleep, but also not my worst, so I can’t really complain.
Three out of my four kids are back to runny noses, which is far from the end of the world, but it does add to their moods, obviously. Everyone’s fuses are shorter than usual. That paired with a new stage of Dekker and Laela having a standoff about virtually everything has me at the end of my rope. I think thats why I’ve had trouble being positive about this week. But guess what! Its Friday! Bradys long work week is almost over 🙂 Just tomorrow left. We can do tomorrow.
We brought our snotty, crabby selves over to my parents place in time for lunch. It was both delicious and wonderful to have the change of scenery. Solly went down right before lunch, and Rowan just after. The big kids played great in the afternoon, colouring and driving and making up games. No one even mentioned tv until around 4:00. When I said “Maybe not today,” everything kept on rolling. So it was nice.
Brady headed on over after he was done work for the day, and my parents invited us to stay for supper. It was SO helpful because the kids were still very much on edge, and it helped to have extra attention, different toys, etc. Even on edge, it was easier there than it would have been at home. So we enjoyed the end of our evening before tidying up all of the toys and heading home around 6:30. The kids were pretty sad to go home, but they went through bedtime like usual, and are now tucked away. Solly drank his milk better than he had all day, and we finally gave him some meds which seemed to kick in and lift him up pretty quickly. Yay for relief for the baby!!
Please keep rooting for us, though! Brady is starting to feel sick, and while I’m still currently in the clear, I am not sleeping well these days, and definitely not at my strongest. Not to mention I have exciting weekend plans next weekend and I would love to not be sick for them!
Wish us luck! One more Brady-free day!