Lost Week

I’ve frequently referenced my lost months and can recite them pretty accurately — April 2012 when I was pregnant with Edith and September 2014 when I was pregnant with Atticus are the most obvious. I basically spent those months in bed and watching TV when my head wasn’t doubled over a toilet (or at work).

More recently, we had a lost month toward the end of last winter when we all got sick consecutively — not simultaneously, but back-to-back. One of us would be puking or otherwise feel like crap for five days or so. As soon as that person was in the clear for about 12 hours, the next person would start. The winter before that, the kids both had pink eye and passed it to me. It wasn’t exactly all month, but it sure felt like it.

Last week was a lost week, but it could have been much worse. I was exhausted at the beginning of the week, sleeping 11 hours Tuesday night and taking a nap the next afternoon. Paul called off on Wednesday and wasn’t quite back to normal til Friday or Saturday. Atticus had a bad cough most of the week and finally stayed home from school on Friday. Only Edith has been in the clear (although she was sick a few weeks ago, so ...).

Fingers crossed this is the worst of it, but I’m not holding my breath. There’s still a lot of winter to go. 

Roller Skating!

Yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so no school for the kids and no work for Paul. With the free day, Paul did a thing that utterly baffled me: He took the kids to the roller skating rink.

Needless to say I'm not a fan. I liked it as a kid. I even went once in college and enjoyed myself. But Edith has been to two birthday parties there in the last few months, and I can definitively say it's not my cup of tea. Loud, crowded plus exercise? Not for me.

Atticus had never been roller skating, but Edith loves it. LOVES IT. And Edith hardly even had to convince Paul at all. Off they went.

Paul said that by the end of the session, Edith was skating fairly well and Atticus had the basics down. I stayed home and cleaned. Which I still like better than the skating rink.

Holiday Train Display

Before winter break ended, we headed to the main library in downtown Columbus for the annual holiday train display. Atticus was enthralled and especially enjoyed going to the second floor to watch the trains from above.

Winter Break

Winter break went fast ... until the end.

We spent the first few days with my family in Defiance, followed by Christmas in Columbus. And then we were home. 

And home and home and home.

The kids played with friends and did crafts. Paul watched football. I read. Atticus started school again last Thursday, and Edith was supposed to go back yesterday. Supposed to.

Then she got sick at midnight. Luckily it was one and done, but she still stayed home from school. Winter break got even longer. Break was fun, but now I’m ready for a routine again.