Ups and Downs

Of course I thought that with the start of a new year I would get a fresh start and update you all more frequently. Fortunately for me I don't make new year's resolutions so I didn't actually break one. And, at least it hasn't been a whole month since the last update, although it sure as heck feels like it. It's been a mentally taxing month. I won't say busy because truthfully we haven't been that busy. We had a great visit with Mike's parents at the end of Dec./beginning of Jan. While it has only been a week since they left, it feels like months. I'm sure you are just dying to know what has been occupying us so much that I can't find a few moments to update this silly little blog. Mike got a new job, that is a big relief. He will be starting at Bazaarvoice on Jan. 25th. He opted to delay his start date by a week in the hopes of enjoying a couple of weeks at home with us. We *thought* it would be nice and relaxing. Sadly, he started feeling poorly on Friday, and has been doing his darnedest to fight off a cold. Alex got pink eye and a secondary eye infection last Thursday. He is still on antibiotics for a few more days to clear that up. Ben looked like he was getting the beginnings of pink eye over the weekend but we managed to somehow or other hold that off. The pink eye kept us from going back to pretend school on Monday. We were going to go back today, but well, today is a whole other story, worthy in fact of a separate paragraph!

Today, well, both the boys were up last night LOTS. In our efforts to enjoy quality time before mike starts working again we had to rearrange some things in our schedule and Lillian,the cleaning lady, could only fit us in at 8 this morning. Normally not a big deal to be up that early. But, Ben was just not wanting anything to do with it. He was screaming and crying over everything this morning. Mike goes to feed Tucker and calls upstairs that we have no hot water, the water heater crapped out and there is water all over the garage. So I decide to take the boys to breakfast so Lillian can clean uninterrupted while Mike tends to the water heater. I think Ben is settling down a bit, he is at least quiet in the car. At the restaurant we are waiting for a table and Ben decides that is the time to barf all over me. Poor little guy just wasn't feeling well this morning apparently. So now I take barf covered me and Ben back to the car to go home. Alex, well, at least he decided to be a very good, super awesome, big boy today and didn't fuss at all! Ben managed to make it home before ralphing the last little bit of his banana up. So now we are home I am trying to find breakfast for Alex, trying to get Ben cleaned up, myself cleaned up, Mike is still cleaning water out of the garage, Lillian is still cleaning, and oh yeah, we were supposed to get back to pretend school. Fortunately, it seems that whatever was bugging Ben's tummy this morning was just a one time thing. He still has banana puke in his hair because we have no hot water to clean him up with, and he still isn't 100% ok with baths. I smell like bananas too, because I can't get a shower yet. So right this very minute, Lillian is still cleaning, the pest control guy is here to keep us pest free for a few more months, and the plummer just showed up. I'm hungry, the boys are happily watching Curious George (yep it's going to be a day for movies), and at least I have the right attitude of it could be a lot worse! At least this all is happening today as opposed to next week when we will be out of town.

OH, and did I mention the earthquake in Haiti? Devastating news for anyone to watch, thankfully Pat & Ed are OK. We have not heard from them since Wed. morning, but that is to be expected.

OK, so it really hasn't been so bad, just so many things to think of and do before Mike goes back to work.

Maybe tomorrow I'll do a happier post :-)