Instead of doing a 'Not Me!' post, I thought I would do a 'Lucky Me!' one, in honor of St. Patrick's Day! The moral of the story is to count my blessings, instead of getting caught up in the small stuff. Here it goes...
This week, I not only contracted the stomach flu but now also have a full blown sinus infection and laryngitis. But, the doctor loaded me up with antibiotics and cough meds with codeine..lucky me! The good news about going through the Master Cleanse ~ a.k.a. stomach flu ~ is that I actually lost about 5 lbs...lucky me! When I couldn't get out of bed to get munchkin out of his crib, my mother-in-law showed up at 6 a.m., packed him up and took him for the day...lucky me!
That same day, my mom called to say that they admitted my grandmother into the hospital with pneumonia. She is 76 years old and as sprightly as they come. Then, my grandfather was also at the doctor with dehydration and low blood, and was almost admitted as well. Then, to top it all off, my cousin went into pre-term labor at 6 months. Suddenly, the stomach flu didn't seem so bad ~ lucky me!
When I took munchkin to the doctor on Friday with a bad rash all over his body, it was not fifths disease like every old woman in the grocery store predicted, or chicken pox, but just an outward expression of his internal rash that can be treated with steroid creme ~ lucky me!
On Saturday, we had a wedding to go to. Instead of getting in the shower, shaving my legs and all the usual prep, I decided to take advantage of naptime and spend some QT with hubs instead. With only an hour to go, I whipped out the CHI, threw on some makeup, straightened my hair, and thanks to the stomach bug ~ slipped into some cute pants and heels just in time. Ended up looking fabulously pulled together in half the time...lucky me!
Sunday brought about more sickness ~ in the form of a horrible sinus infection, which turned into laryngitis. Hubs came to the rescue, taking munchkin on a boys day out to Lowe's, Lovett's and to his parents'. I have the best husband ever ~ lucky me! Later, my mom, MIL and a family friend threw a baby shower for a girl in our church. I spent the afternoon making punch, making bows, and making conversation with some wonderful ladies, reminding me how blessed I am to have such wonderful women as role models...lucky me!
Today, I walked the usual 2 miles from my parking deck to my office. Instead of keeping my head down (to not make eye contact with the tourist for fear that they'll ask for directions to Paula Deen's!), counting the steps and cursing my heels, I looked up and noticed the green oaks, budding dogwoods and blooming azaleas. I even smiled at the tourists...and then pointed the way to 'The Lady and Sons' ~ lucky me! :)
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hope you feel better! I miss Paual Deen! I had my bridal luncheon there! I miss GA, what am I talking about?!?
ReplyDeleteI have a question...has Rhett ever chomped his teeth together since he's had them? Katelyn keeps doing that and I"m not sure how to get her to quit and was wondering if you had ever noticed Rhett doing it...
BTW...I just love his eyes...they are so blue...just like yours! :)
Well, I am glad I'm not the only one who has no idea what to do about certain things with these babies. I have tried to tap her on her lips when she does it and she realizes to stop but she hasn't figured out she's doing something wrong...I usually just try to find the pacifier as quickly as possible and put it in her mouth to get her to "chew" on that. and yes, it drives me up the wall too; I can't stand that sound.
ReplyDeletewe do have baby gates, but ours are mainly "doggie" gates to keep Rusty out of the bedrooms. we have a great room so the living area and kitchen is all one big room and they don't make gates that big but I wish they did! we end up using makeshift gates with our coffee table and a few appropriately placed toys like her exersaucer to keep her in the living area. Katelyn gets to the dog food, the dust, and anything else she can put in her mouth! it drives me nuts but I get a good workout out of it! we got our gates at Burlington Coat Factory's baby depot and they are great gates. Regalo is the brand.
p.s. saw that you follow a baking website...there's one on my blog list, Bakerella, and she has some really cool stuff. I couldn't do alot of it but I love to read it and contemplate doing some of the stuff she does. if nothing else, it's a fun read!
sorry for the long comment!
I like this Lucky Me post.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your grandparets - I hope everything is ok!!
And hope you get to feeling better too!