well the blog is a good thing. no sooner had i posted last night, when i received several calls from masee who generously volunteered herself and tom. they did come to our rescue. last night was rough as it was. r woke frequently for small details -- blankets, water, tissues. and k woke right as ruskin was practicing his job talk. at some point, i just told her to get in our bed and she did and went quickly to asleep herself. who knew it was so easy? but she was a mess most of the night for some reason and kicked and fussed a lot.
morning came and ruskin got up, dressed, read through his talk and left. i prepped breakfast for the kiddos and got ready to go to work. rescue member tom arrived at 8:30! he hung out and r was awake when i left and ready for time with his uncle.
i dropped k off. she seemed content and happy. as i stopped in bungalow e to let them know about r being ill, they told me that there has been a stomach virus going around. i said that was not what we had as far as i could tell.
i was a few minutes late to teach but my students seemed fairly forgiving. we had a good discussion on the film fire. i grabbed some lunch and brought it to the rescue team. they were obliging and hung out and ate. r during this whole time was active and hardly feverish. but he had also had ibuprofen with breakfast.
when masee-tom left at 3, i suggested a nap to kiddo who balked. we did manage to snuggle about 20 minutes but he would not go to sleep. at 4, he decided he was hungry and sleepy. but it was too late for a nap and so he got to eat and then we left to pick up his sister. he was a good sport though he tried to whine. i found that when he was ill, he actually listened to me more...
we picked up k who seemed to be in a happy mood. she was wearing her hat indoors. and so were a few of her friends. apparently miss monkey is a leader. we all came home. r was tired but compliant. i made them both dinner, though k ate well in the car. r ate and watched magic school bus while k enthusiastically bounced around. ruskin came home fairly early from his dinner. his day had been ok, he seemed tired, drained, and a little disappointed.
we managed to feed the kids, eat some, and get a bath in. r was exhausted and his fever was back. he had used up all of his energy on his masee-tom. he got to read with his dad. meanwhile, k was complaining her back hurt. we got her dressed for bed and she was kind of silly but snuggly. she whimpered a bit in her bed and said that her back hurt again. she fell asleep and a few minutes later i heard lots of liquid. she was projectile vomiting while asleep. this of course startled her awake so then she was vomiting and crying. ruskin cleaned her while i cleaned the vomit. she chose to sleep in our bed and settled in. she was quite silly all over again. slowly she climbed down and more vomiting. so ruskin cleaned her and i cleaned the bed.
now ruskin is doing 3-4 loads of laundry and i am waiting for her to go to sleep and be done with the vomiting. i think she is for now, but it does not bode well for tomorrow. several of the teachers mentioned a stomach virus going around. hmmm. r has a doctor's appt on friday. but i am hoping he will be better tomorrow. i am not sure about miss monkey however.
could be another rough night.
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