It's that late already?

The day really flies by when you're fried..

Last night, out of the blue, The Girl started puking. Then came the diarrhea. This, of course, signals the beginning of spring break. Or any vacation the kids get, really. That poor girl has the worst luck. I still remember the time she caught a similar bug and missed the field trip to the circus. She cried and cried, then puked, cried a bit more, etc.

She's much better today. These bugs usually only last 24 hours for her. A miserable 24 hours in which I can't give her anything because nothing will stay down-- or in ( ick, I know)-- her. But today she managed some food. She's on her way to recovery. Or she'll be evil and relapse. That's happened before, too.

I woke up with the worst headache. Probably because I got no real sleep last night. All of that half-dozing while keeping an ear tuned in to The Girl. Then my allergies got all evil and I sneezed until my nose fell off. Ok, it didn't fall off. But it did want to defect. I think it's petitioning to seek asylum on someone else's face. Perhaps someone cuter and with less allergies.

In order to appease my tempermental nose, I popped an allergy pill. When that didn't work, I added several inhalers and some nose spray into the mix. I even sought to soothe its raw skin with lotion. It's staying put for now, but it's grumbling about it.

The Boy is disgusted with the both of us. He's stayed outdoors for most of the day. This is a very shocking and rare situation since usually I can only get him outdoors via threat or bribery. He is not at one with nature. But neither am I.

I think nature's pretty an' all but there's bugs and stuff out there. I never understood the appeal of camping. Speaking of which, I once threatened The Boy with a camping trip-- it would've been punishment for me too-- if he didn't help us bring groceries indoors. It worked remarkably well. I try not to use it often. It's more effective this way.

Can you tell that I'm fuzzy-brained? I haven't been able to focus on anything today. I've been trying to come up with a redesign-- or even an idea for one-- for days now. All to no avail. I've also been meaning to clean out the closets. Yeah, that's not happening either. Have you seen my closets? I wish I hadn't.