Ten on Tuesday - Sick Day

1. So I am sitting at the kitchen table catching up on blogs while B sleeps...posting (I know! Can you believe it?) and putting a new spin on the look of my blog...so fun to have found a fun background site (thanks Sara!)

2. still since 8pm last night. This is rare, very rare that at almost 12 hours later there is no sign of her waking up any time soon.

3. Because she had a horrendous cough that kept her up most of the night Sunday night and ended with me getting a phone call at school yesterday to come pick her up.

4. Trip to the Dr. - no pneumonia, but certainly a yucky virus.

5. Almost no coughing last night which is huge, she also had a 20 minute nap (if you can even call it that) yesterday, so to say that she is tired is probably a severe understatement.

6. Thankfully I am able to stay home with her today while she is on the mend.

7. Saturday she received her first medal at gymnastics. Ta-da! She absolutely loves gymnastics and seems to have very little fear of anything her coach (Coach the Chrissy - as B calls her) would like her to try. It is hard for me to not hold on to her for every hanging on bars, walking on balance beams, etc, but she just doesn't need me to. Silly girl.


8. My friend's little girl has been chosen as a finalist for a Scrapbooks Etc. magazine cover, so please, go vote!!! You can vote once a day...she is the one in the jean jacket, photo titled First Day and FYI she is currently in the lead!!!

9. Summer vacation is getting closer. We are on the countdown at school and with so many activities going on for the rest of the year I think I might have about 10 days of teaching time out of 18 days that are left. Between field trips, 6th grade orientation, 5th grade graduation, field day, and that is not a complete list, I'm trying to find ways to keep my students motivated. They have been great and this has been a really amazing year! It just confirms that I am doing what I am meant to in my chosen profession. I can't wait to see what next year brings!

10. Speaking of summer vacation, we are so excited to visit Uncle Freddy when school is out. I can't wait to just relax and have fun without having to worry about lesson plans and testing and getting us where we need to be when we need to be there. A few more weeks and I get to be at home with B for the summer, going to the library, zoo, play dates, pool, and any other fun things we can think of. I'd like to scrap again sometime in the next 6 months...

Home

We were able to bring the little girl home late yesterday afternoon. It was such a relief to be able to have her home with us and for us to know that she is on the mend. No fever for over a day now. She's eating and drinking some which was the biggest challenge.
In this situation the effects of the illness ended up being worse than the illness itself. Who knew that 36 hours in the hospital would feel like forever. I'm just glad we're home.

Hospital Day 2

So monkey ended up getting dehydrated and so here we sit....waiting and checking for wet diapers. At this point she's off the IV but isn't drinking much...her little throat hurts too much. Unfortunately it's hard to reason with an almost 2 yr old that if she would just drink enough she could go home. It stinks. So here we sit...hurry up & wait.