Celia's turn

Yesterday morning, Celia got up at 6:30, and Nathan plopped her in front of the TV. Baby got up shortly after, I fed him upstairs and watched some TV. She came up around 8:30, and said she didn't feel good, but her temp felt ok (a little warm, but not hot). I made waffles, had her go get Nathan out of bed, and she came back up. Nathan asked me if I could take a look at her, and she was definitely warm by then (102F). The rest of the afternoon was filled with children's chewable ad.vil, her sleeping on the couch, watching TV, and crying because her whole body hurt and her eyes hurt. Bu dinner, it was up to 104.2F. She relaxed all evening, and went to bed without a fight. At 1, she came back down, now with a 105.2F temp, so more adv.il and back to sleep. This morning, it was still up, but not as high (102 again). I did take her to the doc, because she's had a cough and I wanted to make sure her lungs were clear. Looks like a virus (probably Roseola), with the high temp and fast onset. We're to expect 2-3 more days of fever, and then likely a rash. Gotta love childhood viruses. At least it's not something that will get me sick! I just REALLY hope that the baby doesn't get this one too. I have NO time left at work, and am working from home today (or at least trying to as much as possible). Poor kiddo, is just miserable, even on the ad.vil. It breaks my heart. At least I get to hold her, and give her hugs and kisses like crazy.

Other than that, we had a great weekend! My friend K from the lab I worked in throughout undergrad and grad school, just moved down here. She's my shopping buddy, drinking buddy, food buddy, and I've really missed her a lot! She just graduated from law school (and already had her PhD in Microbiology from my old lab), and is down here for a job after she passes the bar. I'm so excited she's here!! We dropped off a bed to her (since she's a temporary apartment in Baltimore for now) to borrow until she moves to a permanent place near DC. I know she's going to be crazy busy studying, but it will be nice to get to see her when she's in need of a break. I used to go to great restaurants, see shows, and go shopping with her. I am SO excited she's here! Have I said that enough yet?! Anyway, we saw her place in Baltimore, which was cool. Right in the city! Then the fam and I headed over to another friend's place in Columbia for a picnic. Loads of fun to see some people I hadn't seen in a while.

Yesterday I became quite aware that I really do need to be on the Lex.apro. I went grocery shopping yesterday morning, and was looking forward to a whole hour to myself. I left, and got to the store fine, grabbed a skinny vanilla latte at Starbucks and headed for the pharmacy to get my script refilled. Then I started shopping, and all of a sudden I felt extremely alone. And very sad. And VERY alone. I shopped as quickly as I could, and got the hell out of there. I felt off all afternoon, even after I got home. If I'm still reacting like that after starting the meds a few weeks ago, I can't imagine what I'd be feeling without them. I really hate this.

On another note, I did get to take a good nap yesterday afternoon. I crashed at 2, and Nathan woke me up at 5. Apparently I was really tired! Naps are such a good thing. Now I'm off to figure out a plan for some work things. Provided Celia will let me, that is!

Too much fun!!!

Ok, so I never posted about my mothers day present. Or if I did, I never went into how much I LOVE it!! We were at Costco a week before Mothers day, and they had a game that I've been wanting for the Wii. That game is Guitar Hero. I've always loved music, and played violin for a few years when I was little, and then switched to Clarinet in sixth grade, which I played through high school. Music has always come very easily to me. SO, I decided I had to have it, because it looked like fun! I opened it up on Mothers day, and within 5 days, I had won the easy career level with only getting booed off during one song (and it was on the last level). Last Saturday I decided why not try the medium levels songs? So I started playing the "quickplay" version, which wasn't so bad! Then I had to try medium career level. I have gotten through a few levels each night since then, and now I'm on the final level of the medium set. It's so much fun! And I love the music. And you get to battle Slash!! How awesome is that?! I suppose I forgot to mention that I was a huge metal fan in middle school and high school.

So that's how I have been spending my evenings after the kiddos are in bed. And I'm loving it! And now it's my turn again...off to play some more!

Nothing happened.

Last night, Nathan went to put the fan on (the house fan), and nothing happened. So he tried to turn on the heat. And nothing happened. This morning, he's working from home, waiting for someone from the heat/AC repair place to come look at our unit(s) and see what the heck is going on here. At least it happened now, and not in July! It is always something though. After spending 5K on our bathroom remodel, now we have to have our HVAC unit repaired. Just my luck.

EDITED: Well, the guy came to look at it, and apparently our cleaning lady shut off the emergency shut off. It cost $99 to diagnose the problem, and $4 to flip the switch. Gotta love it! Thank goodness it wasn't something major! I would have cried.

unlucky 13?

Today, my boy turned 13 weeks old. My how time has flown! And his fever is gone! It was actually gone by last night. Thank goodness! I did hear back from the pediatrician around 6:30 or so last night, saying that his CBC was normal, and that they expected the urine and blood cultures to be normal as well. So it was likely a virus he picked up at daycare. Thank you day care! He gets to go back tomorrow. Any guesses on how long it will take him to get sick next? I'm guessing 3 weeks.

And today, also brought the return of AF. Damn cramps! It was "nice" to realize that it didn't mean anything more than a return to "normalcy". That it wasn't because of a failed cycle, or bleeding during pregnancy. It was just what it was. If that makes any sense at all. I wonder if I'll ever stop thinking of the time between my cycles in any other way? They're cycles! Today is CD1. Even though I can never get pregnant again. It's still CD1 in my head. It's going to take a lot of time to change the way I think about things.

3 sticks later...

My poor baby was stuck 3 times today! I took him to the pediatrician this morning, and of course, he's got a fever, but nothing else appears to be wrong. But since he's so young, they like to be extra sure there's nothing major going on. They do two things to make sure- one is a urine culture, and the other is bloodwork/blood culture. The urine culture was horrible, they used a catheter and got it out of him that way. Then we went to the lab for bloodwork. Let me tell you how NOT fun that was! We waited for an hour to get called back. When we got back, they tried sticking each arm, before admitting defeat. Poor Seth was screaming his head off, and they told us to go to the hospital, where they have more experience with babies. Usually they do heel sticks, but since the doc wanted a blood culture, it had to be from a vein? I think. Whatever! At any rate, after the lab failed, I called the doc to see what they wanted me to do, and he did say to go to the lab at the hospital, and that he'd fax over the orders for me. We waited more while they got our insurance approval (apparently they didn't want to, and couldn't understand why the lab couldn't get any blood out). When we finally got called back, the lady who was going to do his draw decided she didn't want to risk it because she wasn't sure she could do it in one try. Then the head of the lab came in and got it right away. I felt horrible for Seth, he just screamed and screamed, and nothing I did was helping. Now I sit and wait for the phone call from the pediatrician telling me what is wrong with Seth. Our guess is that it's just a virus that he picked up at day care (after only 2 weeks there!!). He's still got a fever, and is crashed out in his swing. I need to go wake him, feed him (since he hasn't eaten since 7:30), and curl up with him and take a nap. Since a sick baby doesn't make for a good night sleep (can you say 4 hours total?).

one down...

Thankfully my first week back was pretty busy, so I didn't have too much time to dwell on things. I sat in meetings ALL day wednesday, thursday and friday, and they were pretty productive, so I'd call it a successful week. It was good when the weekend came though! I really missed getting to actually spend time with my little guy every day! Most nights, he was in bed early, so I didn't get to spend time with him. Today though, I curled up with him and slept for 2 hours this afternoon. It was wonderful! I absolutely love taking naps with my guy. The only downside, was waking up, and realizing that he has a fever. I thought he felt warm before we took our nap, but I figured it was because he had dosed off a bit beforehand. Doesn't look like that was it though. I took his temperature, and it was up to 101.7. Hopefully it will go down fast, he's definitely been cranky, and sleeping all afternoon (even with our 2 hour nap!). Poor baby.

back to the grind

Today was my first day back at work, and man was it crazy! We have collaborators coming in from the UK and several other places tomorrow for 3 days of meetings. Talk about diving right in! At least it did keep me busy, which was a plus. Now all I can hope is that Seth lets me sleep more than 3 hours in a row tonight. I'm so TIRED. And of course, as I type that, he woke up. Just as I was ready to close down and go to bed. Sigh.

Let's just say that I'll be drinking a LOT of coffee over the next few days.