Okay – I have to say it. I’m sick of this brutally cold weather. Enough already. And it’s not even February!! Ugh! It has only been one week since my post about the Art of Survival and…well…let’s just say I haven’t conquered that Art yet. I’m crabby. I’m cold. I’m not motivated. There is something not quite right with the world when Ohio is colder than Alaska! Right now it is 2˚ with a wind chill of -22˚in Ohio; Alaska’s temperature for today was a high of 45˚ and a low of 34˚. Seriously?! That is CRAZY!
Besides the brutal cold weather and the gray days, this is also the worst time of the year for the respiratory flu and the stomach 'flu' (as I lamented about in last weekend's blog). Here is a short story from this past Saturday night:
I was sleeping in my bed with my 8 year old daughter (it was the weekend and she likes the occasional treat of sleeping with mom…and mom feels bad for her because she feels left out from her twin sisters). At 11:30pm, I hear her cough and swallow a bunch of times. Then I hear “THE” cough…the cough that is the start of the vomit flowing. I start yelling for her to get up and run to the bathroom. She gets up and proceeds to puke all over the carpet. I yell for her to run to the toilet. She runs in the bathroom and slips and falls on her puke. I run after her, help her up, inadvertently stepping in her puke with my bare feet. I have her go to the toilet. I don’t want to walk with the puke all over my feet…until I realize she is standing up straight at the toilet, puking everywhere but in the toilet…on the walls, on the carpet, etc. I go to her, hold her puke-soaked hair back, lean her over and tell her to puke IN the toilet.
When I look at the damage surrounding us, I feel like Eddie Murphy in the movie Daddy Day Care with the bathroom scene. (On an aside – I bow down to all single parents or parents in which the other does not help with these matters, because I could not imagine having to clean up that mess by myself. My husband scrubbed the bedroom carpet while I cleaned the bathroom floor and the kid! This is definitely one of the realities of parenthood that you NEVER think about when you decide you want to have a baby.)
This morning, I thought we were safe from the stomach flu spreading through our family…until my neighbor texted me saying that the remaining 3 members of her family came down with it yesterday (two days after her first daughter had it). So, of course, the panicky freak that I am, immediately comes to the conclusion that this is obviously one horridly contagious flu, not to mention horribly painful, and that it is going to go through the rest of my family. Woohoo.
As the famous saying goes, one way or another, “this too shall pass”!!
Ready for Spring,
Me
P.S. As I was getting ready to post this blog at midnight, my husband made the comment that we are done with this flu and we are not going to get it. Literally 10 seconds later, daughter # 2 walks down the stairs and starts puking (in the toilet, thank you very much). And then there were 3! Let the games begin.
Motivational Moment:
I believe in spoiling yourself with little luxuries whenever you are able. And it is known that I adore chocolate. I recently checked out Seattle Chocolates website and fell in love with the Manifesto of the company (listed below). Owner and CEO Jean Thompson has my utmost respect due to her love of chocolate as well as her understanding that it is “one of life’s fabulous little pleasures”. J
Here is Seattle Chocolates Manifesto (as found here (link) on their website):
- We believe in surrounding yourself with things you love.
- We believe in licking the spoon.
- We believe in colorful moments and daydreams.
- We believe that looks DO matter. (SG: Don’t even get me started on going gray naturally…)
- We believe a little bit of indulgence every day is the way to go.
- We believe that truffles help people live in the moment.
- We believe laughter is life’s best accessory – makes you sexy and goes with every single thing in your closet.
- We believe giving something beautiful makes you feel all that!
Jean and Seattle Chocolates – thank you for your outlook on life as well as your love of chocolate!
Wishing all of you plenty of luxuries and pleasures that help you get through this cold (and flu-ridden) winter! SG
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