This weekend finds us on day 6.5 of RJ being sick. He's had a slight fever and aches all week long really. He took the week off from work. On Wednesday, he went to the dr. as he wanted to be sure he didn't have strep or something. The dr. says he just has a virus and he has to tough it out (he did a strep test...negative). RJ was feeling a little better, but now he has a cough and he can't get any rest. He is seriously impervious to any medication. If it is a decongestant, it doesn't decongest him. If it is a cough suppressant, it doesn't suppress. If it is night time formula and it is supposed to knock you out, it doesn't knock him out. I'm sure he is tired of being sick...and I'm ready to have him back in our world.
Meanwhile, PJ has also been a little sick. Runs a slight fever and has a runny nose sometimes. Thursday morning, he woke up with hives. And, he's had hives ever since. They go away in some places and then show up in others...sometimes they look terrible, sometimes better. Everything I've read about hives says that, so long as there is no problem breathing, there isn't much to do. They could go away in hours, days, or months. He hasn't eaten any unusual or new foods and we haven't changed detergents, so I think he's just got hives as a part of the virus he has. He doesn't seem bothered by them.
My allergies are bothering me this morning - or else it is my turn to be sick - I'm hoping for the first. LJ seems to be holding strong...and we have been sleeping in his room so that RJ can have his sick chamber all to himself.
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Just the Two of Us
It is just me and PJ today - RJ took LJ up to his brother's house to help cut down some tree limbs. I see a trip to Kohl's and other shopping in our future this morning...how easy it must be to only take one child out and about?!
My allergies/sinuses are killing me. It is summer and it has been over 100 everyday for as long as I can remember...what could possibly being growing?
PJ has calmed down from his NOOOOOOOO stage of the last 2 weeks (knock on wood) and he is in a very polite phase. He says please, thank you, and you're welcome all the time and it is too cute. He also likes to sing. He just busts out in song quite a bit. That is hilarious too. Did I mention that he weighed 41 pounds at his dr. visit last month? And, he's 40.5 inches tall. He's 2. Good Gravy.
LJ is all about legos and pretending. He will rearrange this one little lego set I bought him ALL.DAY.LONG. This fascination with legos has given RJ a great new way to approach garage sales. LJ knows he is looking for legos, so now he doesn't ask to buy every toy he sees...he is on the lookout for one specific toy. Evidently, this makes garage sales more enjoyable for RJ. I wouldn't know - this is what he does with them on Saturdays when I'm sleeping past 5:00!
We get in the pool everyday, sometimes before lunch, sometimes after naps, sometimes both. LJ can touch the bottom, so he is good and doesn't need a floatation device. PJ is good in a ring and he scoots himself around the pool rather well. I lay on my raft and "watch on" them (as LJ says) - RJ plays much more with them...pulling them around the pool, letting them ride on his back, etc.
I'm not enjoying this new class I'm teaching. The class itself is ok, the students are fine, but there is a lot of paper-reading and preparation to do on my part...so it is keeping me pretty busy and I always feel like there is work hanging over my head. As soon as this class is done, I start teaching the Axia course...that is totally new and I have deadlines to meet (that I can't change - as I can IRL)...so, I'm kind of not looking forward to it...but, I know that once I've taught it...it'll get easier to teach.
The gym is good - I go to RPM on MWF and this makes me look forward to TR when I'm *only* doing strength training - LOL! I've adjusted my caloric intake and moved toward eating "cleaner" calories. A calorie is a calorie, but instead of eating 100 calories of popcorn, I'm eating 100 calories of apple. That kind of thing. If it weren't for my allergies, I think I'd be feeling better.
RJ is happy to be finished with the concrete. This last part has been under plastic...curing...for the past week. He removed the plastic last night and, now that he is not exhausted and suffering from heat delusions...well, let's just say this isn't the best of all of the pours. It is level and all, but it is kind of rough. He plans to grind it down a little to smooth it out. I believe the next project is electricity for the garage. This involves getting the electric company to come put a pole in a new location.
My allergies/sinuses are killing me. It is summer and it has been over 100 everyday for as long as I can remember...what could possibly being growing?
PJ has calmed down from his NOOOOOOOO stage of the last 2 weeks (knock on wood) and he is in a very polite phase. He says please, thank you, and you're welcome all the time and it is too cute. He also likes to sing. He just busts out in song quite a bit. That is hilarious too. Did I mention that he weighed 41 pounds at his dr. visit last month? And, he's 40.5 inches tall. He's 2. Good Gravy.
LJ is all about legos and pretending. He will rearrange this one little lego set I bought him ALL.DAY.LONG. This fascination with legos has given RJ a great new way to approach garage sales. LJ knows he is looking for legos, so now he doesn't ask to buy every toy he sees...he is on the lookout for one specific toy. Evidently, this makes garage sales more enjoyable for RJ. I wouldn't know - this is what he does with them on Saturdays when I'm sleeping past 5:00!
We get in the pool everyday, sometimes before lunch, sometimes after naps, sometimes both. LJ can touch the bottom, so he is good and doesn't need a floatation device. PJ is good in a ring and he scoots himself around the pool rather well. I lay on my raft and "watch on" them (as LJ says) - RJ plays much more with them...pulling them around the pool, letting them ride on his back, etc.
I'm not enjoying this new class I'm teaching. The class itself is ok, the students are fine, but there is a lot of paper-reading and preparation to do on my part...so it is keeping me pretty busy and I always feel like there is work hanging over my head. As soon as this class is done, I start teaching the Axia course...that is totally new and I have deadlines to meet (that I can't change - as I can IRL)...so, I'm kind of not looking forward to it...but, I know that once I've taught it...it'll get easier to teach.
The gym is good - I go to RPM on MWF and this makes me look forward to TR when I'm *only* doing strength training - LOL! I've adjusted my caloric intake and moved toward eating "cleaner" calories. A calorie is a calorie, but instead of eating 100 calories of popcorn, I'm eating 100 calories of apple. That kind of thing. If it weren't for my allergies, I think I'd be feeling better.
RJ is happy to be finished with the concrete. This last part has been under plastic...curing...for the past week. He removed the plastic last night and, now that he is not exhausted and suffering from heat delusions...well, let's just say this isn't the best of all of the pours. It is level and all, but it is kind of rough. He plans to grind it down a little to smooth it out. I believe the next project is electricity for the garage. This involves getting the electric company to come put a pole in a new location.
Saturday, July 04, 2009
What to Do in 103 Degree Heat...
...Pour the last cement of our insanely-huge concrete project. It wasn't the ideal weather conditions, but it was when RJ could get the help he needed to get the last of the driveway poured. So, yesterday, Uncle Bobby arrived around 7:30 am and Uncle Brian around 8:15. The first cement truck arrived around 8:30, but did not have the fiber mesh in the cement, so they had to wait around for someone to deliver the fiber mesh. Things started out well, but quickly
S L O W E D down as the heat was just unbearable. I did my best to keep them supplied with cold water and Powerade, but the sun and heat just beat the energy right out of them. I don't know how many times I looked out the window to see RJ double over with hands on knees trying to get a deep breath. I think he's out of the practice of taking deep breaths as he's been avoiding doing so with his broken rib.
Let's add broken rib to intense heat and you really just don't have good cement pouring conditions.
The 2nd truck arrived around 11:30 and the guys did the best they could to hustle, but it was pretty sad to watch them...I'm sure they felt terrible. I went to get them sandwiches around 2:30 and when I came home they were getting out of the pool. Brian left around 3:30 and Bobby took a nap while RJ laid on the couch. Around 5:30, Bobby got in the pool with the kids while RJ and I picked up tools, cut the expansion joints and started to cover the concrete with plastic for the week of curing,
Around 7:00 we left to get some dinner, came home, put the kids to be and we were all in bed by 9:30. I gave up my morning to sleep in so that RJ could get some rest. I'd imagine our Independence Day will consist of a lot of resting. I need to do a mountain of laundry, grade papers, get ready for Monday's class, plan menus for the week and go to the grocery store. I imagine we'll go see fireworks tonight. My brother and his family are at the lake and we're thinking about trying to go for the day on Sunday, but I'm not sure we have the energy....the energy to go OR the energy to deal with the kids for 3 hours (each way) in the car!
S L O W E D down as the heat was just unbearable. I did my best to keep them supplied with cold water and Powerade, but the sun and heat just beat the energy right out of them. I don't know how many times I looked out the window to see RJ double over with hands on knees trying to get a deep breath. I think he's out of the practice of taking deep breaths as he's been avoiding doing so with his broken rib.
Let's add broken rib to intense heat and you really just don't have good cement pouring conditions.
The 2nd truck arrived around 11:30 and the guys did the best they could to hustle, but it was pretty sad to watch them...I'm sure they felt terrible. I went to get them sandwiches around 2:30 and when I came home they were getting out of the pool. Brian left around 3:30 and Bobby took a nap while RJ laid on the couch. Around 5:30, Bobby got in the pool with the kids while RJ and I picked up tools, cut the expansion joints and started to cover the concrete with plastic for the week of curing,
Around 7:00 we left to get some dinner, came home, put the kids to be and we were all in bed by 9:30. I gave up my morning to sleep in so that RJ could get some rest. I'd imagine our Independence Day will consist of a lot of resting. I need to do a mountain of laundry, grade papers, get ready for Monday's class, plan menus for the week and go to the grocery store. I imagine we'll go see fireworks tonight. My brother and his family are at the lake and we're thinking about trying to go for the day on Sunday, but I'm not sure we have the energy....the energy to go OR the energy to deal with the kids for 3 hours (each way) in the car!
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