SORFALUS

We are at Costco and walking toward the doors...

Sass: "Mommy....you need to get a cart!"

Me: "I know this, Lauren. I can't snap my fingers and make one appear. I am not Harry Potter...I can't make things apparate. Can you make things apparate?"

Lartakis: "Yeah...are you a Sorceress?"

Sass: "What? I am not a SORFALUS!"

Routines make life easier...

I remember being in 10th grade English and my teacher drilling us daily on "time management". I thought the lady had finally flipped her lid. Then I got to college and it all made sense. If you know how to manage your time, it is the first step to being successful. So you grow up and then you add a spouse and kids to the mix. Holy moly! I never thought it would be this hard. You have to get the kids up, get them dressed and off to school and daycare, work for 9 hours, go pick them up, take them home, feed them, bathe them and then put them to bed to start the process all over again. SHEESH! Now I see why people have nannies. I just started checking out this new website called www.flylady.net. She's all about using routines and 15 minute increments out the day to get chaos out of your life. I've already started making sure I know what I am wearing the night before and making sure Sass's uniform is ready to go. I'll report back and let you know how things progress.

Down for the count!

Why does it seem like the babies get sick and always bring their colds home to Mom? My daughter has been in PreK for about a month now. I knew it would only be a matter of time before she brought home a cold from one of her kids. Well, she coughed for about 4 days straight and we brought her back around with some Children's Triaminic ("Mommy, I like this medicine, 'cause it is YUMMY!)

So now she's fine. But guess who got sick?!?! ME!!! Now I must admit...I have a weakened immune system due to asthma. I've had it for about 14 years. Sometimes I catch a cold and I have it for about a week. Well, not this time. It started Monday...I could tell that I had a tickle in my throat. By Tuesday, my diet consisted of tea and cough drops. You could barely hear me. By Wednesday I had a full blown case of laryngitis and a cough. All the yucky stuff that I was sneezing up ended up in my lungs. By yesterday I felt worse! I took a breathing treatment with a nebulizer and it was no different. I finally let my husband talk me into going to the ER. The attending said it was a good thing that I showed up when I did. She put me on Zythromax to fight off bronchitis and put me on a steroid for a week. I consider myself blessed because I know that if it got any worse it would have meant a hospital stay!

So...I am at home resting wishing I had gone to work today (DAYTIME TV SUCKS!). So my next step is to invest in Airborne. Does that stuff really work? As far as the kid is concerned, she's fine. Never would have known she had a cold. : )