So, we are the House of Death this week. Seems like this is winter for us, we become walking zombies of sickness. We eat sooo healthy but apparently our immune systems hate us. Draken woke Monday morning with pinkeye. We have never experienced this lovely little gem before and I must say I hope we never do again. This has been the only time I regret doing the whole “hippy doctor” (as the Hubby likes to call it) routine. I hate antibiotics but oh how I would like to give in. Draken has been home all week from school with this, and his eye is a bit better but not 100%. Herbs, homeopathics and teas are just sooooo slow with this. If the kids ever get this again (heaven forbid) I am so taking them to a regular doc to get treated. And joy of joys; the rest of the family is sick with colds. Ack!!!
The TV has been turned on this week (which I hate) because mommy's sanity just can not survive an active yet plague eye stricken son and a whiny, clingy, drippy 2 yr old. I need a vacation soooo bad. A mommy only time with no one else. Chance to relax and charge my batteries, with no one talking to me or needing food, nothing to clean, no fighting and screaming. Just me, some knitting, a good book and lots of chocolate. So I am dreaming of a night at the coast where it is nice and chilly and I can wrap up in some woolly warmth by a fire and have absolute peace and silence. It is what my soul is craving and I know I must figure out a way for a little escape. This is what I need to be a better mommy and wife for my family. I do not feel weak for admitting this. I know many mothers who could use such a thing. I know that my own mother has said that she wished she had these opportunities when she was raising us. So I will be pulling from my personal vacation fund and going away in the next couple of weeks. Oh how I am looking forward to that lovely day.
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