Still sick. Still tired. Still not happy.

Pinkeye is gone at least.

ugh.

So, let’s be clear - daycare sucks.

Daycare initiated biological warfare on my family. Daycare won the war.

We have all been very, very ill since Saturday. I haven’t been this sick in as long as I can remember. The girls haven’t been this sick EVER.

Of course, the doctors said it is a virius and you can’t do anything but let it run its course. Glad that I paid $80 in co-pays to hear that. (yes, I have the world’s highest co-pay)

When the doctor left the nurse said, “The current bug going around lasts for over two weeks.” TWO WEEKS. My girls are miserable and barely functioning - I can’t send them to daycare like that. I have a job and bills to pay. I can’t be out of work for two weeks. I have already missed most of this week simply because I have been too ill to walk and have goop oozing from my eye thanks to the lovely gift of pinkeye

Said the lovely nurse , “Well, I guess that is something you will need to figure out. If you send them back too soon, they just may get sicker and you don’t want that, do you?” Wow, thanks so much for making me feel better. Yes, I know I am a bad mom. Yes, I know I should be at home with my kids but, you know, we like to eat and have electricity and that type stuff.

Don’t even get me started on the fact that we aren’t supposed to give children medicine anymore because it doesn’t “cure” anything. No shit but it does take away a cough for long enough so that Little Monkey and Monkey Girl can actually sleep for at least a three hour stretch without coughing so much they puke. God forbid we give them something to ease their discomfort even if it doesn’t cure viruses. (yes, I know there are other reasons not to give kids cold medicine but COME ON!)

I know this is nothing new to many families. How people deal with it? I am lost . I feel like an awful parent, an awful employee, an awful wife and I feel awful.

Daycare sux.

We are moving our girls into daycare next week. I am stressed about it.

We have the worlds best nanny right now. So, why the daycare? Super Nanny is pregnant and due any day now.

She is amazing - Nine months pregnant caring for 2 three year olds and a one year old, 5 days a week with only 30 minutes of TV involved each day.

I love handwriting fonts. LOVE THEM.

Not Martha directed me to How About Orange who directed me to
KevinandAmanda.

I Heart KevinandAmanda!

I downloaded both of their delicious font offerings in lightening speed.

It was hard to pick the first one to use but I went with Pea Breathe Easy.

It is cute and I need to breathe easy.

If you have worthy handwriting, you can submit it and maybe, just maybe, this talented duo will turn it into a lovely font. They don’t even charge.
How sweet of them.

I stumbled upon a hilarious blog: stuffwhitepeoplelike.com

It is satire and plain funny.

I fit too many to count:

#78 Multilingual Children - Monkey Girl starts Spanish classes this week.

#76 Bottles of Water - I have a Sigg for my car and the office.

#63 Expensive Sandwiches- My lunch never costs less than $9. (ugh)

#51 Living by the water - I would KILL to live by the water.

The list goes on and on.