Do you realize that I go back to work in one week? I’m just as shocked as you are, trust me. In some ways, I’m not ready to leave Isaac but I know that the lady he’s staying with takes really good care of her kids. I know she gets them on schedules for feeding and sleeping and they play in this nice sun room. I feel comfortable leaving him there. And as selfish as it sounds, I am totally ready to be back to work and talk to other people and mostly, I know I appreciate my kids a lot more when I have to be away from them… or when they’re sick.

Such was the case last night with poor Elliot. He ate dinner just fine but he was so-so on lunch and breakfast. And he totally turned down cake and ice cream at the birthday party. It was around 11 and I was winding down, counting out how long it would probably be until Isaac woke, when I heard him call for me. Ash and I both walked into Elliot’s room to see him spewing across his bed. And then, as we walked him to the bathroom, all on his new beige carpet. Wee. All in all, we’ve been pretty damn lucky when it comes to our kids and illnesses. At least the vomiting kind. He hasn’t done that much at all. Luckily, he only upchucked once. We got him undressed and cleaned and then set up camp on the couch. Sadly, all that was on TV was Thundarr the Barbarian which, let me tell you, is a truly horrific rip-off of He-Man but the Boy watched with rapt attention, whether he actually liked it or was just that sick… I don’t know. We left him to sleep on the couch and he didn’t get sick any more in the night. Thank God.

He appears back to normal today and daycare hasn’t called. This is a good sign. Nothing jump starts a mom’s heart like the daycare number on caller ID. I felt so bad for him though, last night,. When he was in the bathroom and we’d wrapped him in a towel, he kept apologizing (he totally gets that from me) and telling us he was “yucky”. Poor kid. I just hope whatever he had isn’t going to be on-going or something that we’re going to end up with. Lord knows none of us needs to be getting sick. I’m so exhausted that an illness would render me all but useless.

It’ll be interesting to see how I’ll handle the sleep deprivation and work. I did it before but then, I only had one to worry about. Sigh. Life is so completely crammed these days. Running, laundry, work, baby, Elliot, Ash, endless house and yard work… it’s so FULL. Sometimes I just wish I could get away from it all. Oh, that’s right… tonight when I bathe in my renewed bathroom for the first time; that will be my escape. Calgon, take me away!