Scary baby-proofing...

Scary baby-proofing...
Current mood: bitchy

So I was laying on the couch this morning, Alex wandering around by the coffee table and he trips. He's fine, just goes down on one knee. But he gets his blanket caught on this:

Now to me, while I'm sure is a great tool for keeping children out of cupboards, fireplaces, etc. that you don't want them in, it also isn't exactly babyproof itself. Look at the sharp pointy edges on that thing! If he'd fallen the wrong way or popped his head up from the floor at the wrong angle, he could have poked an eye out! There used to be one of these on the fireplace upstairs as well until Matthew broke it one day. Now it's tied shut with a shoelace I think... I'm all for baby proofing the areas that are dangerous or have breakables, but using contraptions like that? Forget it! Scary babyproofing!

On to a new week

Well, it's Sunday and the start of a new week. So far, no sickness. That's a good start I'd say, lol. Though I have to say I'm entirely too stressed out right now. There's some bitchy vibe going on around here and I'm sick of it. I want out of her asap but we're still a few hundred short to get into any place. All my bills are coming up at once again. And there's not that many places out there this time of year. Hopefully, by the grace of the universe, we'll have one fall into our laps. One can hope. I just need out of here before I implode. I need to get a different job. I know I've been saying that, but I really do need to. And Vicki needs to actually get one. Now she has no excuse, we have her social security card, her birth certificate and her shot records even! That'll help a lot.

What a week!!!

So, I mentioned before that Alex was sick again. Well, he really got sick this time. Saturday, puking. Sunday, not so bad, a few icky diapers... Monday, severe runs all day, same tuesday and wednesday, not so bad thursday and today isn't shaping up all that bad so far. He got so bad though, that I took him into the ER at Stevens and they ran some bloodwork on him and gave him an IV for fluids because he was pretty badly dehydrated. Some of his levels weren't where they wanted them so they transferred him to Children's Hospital in Seattle. They looked at him, said that Steven's was over reacting and that we just need to make sure to keep him hydrated and to give him some stuff to help the good bacterias in his stomach come back to the levels that they needed to be at to help fight this bug. It's a viral thing they said. And apparently everyone is getting it. Both hospitals said they've had a ton of people in for dehydration in the past 2 months because of this crud. So then in the middle of all this with Alex, Matthew came down sick as well. Not as severe as Alex, but miserable none the less. He's got the puking part of it and a couple icky diapers and decreased appetite.And a grump from hell, lol. So anyhow, Alex is feeling MUCH better now, and almost back to his normal goofy self. Much better than lethargic hold me constantly barely alive Alex that he was before. Oh, the fun story from all of it... As I'm talking to Cristi on the phone, Alex rips out his IV and says "it's a mess!" yeah, it's a mess, blood everywhere, the little turd, lol... So I grab the nurse and he holds his arm out to her and asks her to take off the bandage that they'd put over the IV to keep him from pulling it out. She just laughed and did it... what else can ya do? He obviously felt better and was ready to go home now... lol...

lame..

That's my weekend. Worked Saturday, had made plans to call home and find out Alex had been puking all day. So we stayed home and did nothing. I wound up holding Alex for hours because he just wanted to cuddle. He started to feel better towards the end of the day, and woke today his normal self. He's got the runs today though, so he's flushing whatever it was out of his system today. So no going anywhere today either. I have to work tonight, from 4 to close. Fun fun. Next weekend is memorial day weekend, and while I get paid on thursday, I'll probably not have a single day off all weekend and not get to do anything. That's pretty much how my life goes lately. Oh well, that's life. I'm done bitching. If I got a regular 9-5 job I'd not have to worry about that. Guess I should really start looking huh?

The not so lame is my results thus far from Curves. I've lost 6" total and somewhere around 3 lbs of body fat total. This is awesome :D I'm so happy and glad I decided to do it!

:(

I'm so unhappy right now. I have so much stress it's not even funny. Trying to deal with all my court crap and get it all done and over with. Money. Alex. Moving. Finding another job. Even finding quiet time to make phone calls is becoming a huge pain in the ass. I'm almost in melt down mode this morning. All I want to do is just crawl back into bed and cry until I can't cry any longer. Or die. I had thoughts yet again that maybe if I died, it'd make everyone else's life easier. But it wouldn't. In fact, it'd make it harder, so then I'd suck all over again. I'm in a can't shut my head off mode again too. I've got so many emotions going on right now it's driving me mad. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

the light at the end?

the light at the end?
Current mood: tired

Whew! What a long weekend full of sick children. So far so good for Ian, but I'm betting he'll be next to get sick. We've tried our hardest to keep things as clean and germ free for everyone else in the house, but well, kids touch everything. Skye is doing much better, keeping food down and doesn't look like he's close to death any longer. And Alex didn't play exorcist in his bed last night, so that's a bonus as well. I didn't want to have to wash his stuffed animals again, it was hard on them the first time, lol... I know doggy wouldn't make it through a second bath, as is, he barely made it through the first. He's no where near as soft as he used to be, and we couldn't get the smell out of him either :( Might just have to go buy him a new one if they still have them (got it at toys r us). Anyhow, I'm seeing the light now at the end of the tunnel of sickness... hopefully it doesn't get snuffed out!