Sick...again

Ugh. I am sick. Again.

Damn sinuses. I hate living in the desert with the dust and the dry heat and the smoke from all the burning fields. I cannot wait to move next summer. Of course, then I'm going to the city with the smog. I'm used to that, though. :) Being a city girl at heart and all.

My baby's doing a little better. She's been on antibiotics for 24 hours. She's still congested, but it's the same thing I'm dealing with. We're living with Vicks Vapo-Rub and lots of Kleenex. Decongestants and allergy medicine just don't work for us.

The baby just peed on the bed. Because she's got the whole runny nose thing going, she's thirstier than normal. And then she fell asleep on my bed before I had her use the toilet. Oh, well. I have a spare mattress made just for these types of situations. I stripped the bed, and then swapped the mattresses. I'll wash the sheets tomorrow and then re-make the spare. Those are the drawbacks and precautions that come with having a newly potty trained 2 year old!!!!

We were planning on going to Sea World for the 4th. But I talked to my dad today, and they're just going to be spending time at home, along with my Nana, and then watching the fireworks in Temecula. I'm debating on where to go. Going to my dad's will save money and probably be less stressful, but maybe not, since my Nana will be there. She's not always the sweetest Nana around, and I think she's not too fond of my girls. They're very touchy feely and loving, and she's not one for physical affection. At least she wasn't when I was a kid.

Anyway, it's late, and The Amazing Race 7 is just getting good. Hope y'all are having a great weekend.

Peace Out.

Impetigo

 

I took my 2 year old to the ER today.

 

For the last week, she's been congested, and the mucous has cause blockage in her nostrils. When we'd clean the blockage, her nose would bleed very bad.

 

She got a prescription for antibiotics and a decongestant.

 

I looked it up online, and apparently, it's common in kids, especially during the summer, and since her poor little nose had already been irritated, the infection just exacerbated the problem.

 

The only problem is that it's contagious, and I think she got it from Big Sister. I thought I was just cleaning boogers, but apparently I spread it from Big Sis to Little Sis. Since Big Sis let me clean her nose more often and put ointment on it, hers is better. Little Sis fights me, and boy is she strong. I practically have to sit on her to clean her nose. And then she cries which creates more mucous which just starts the whole cycle over again.

 

*sigh* I hate summer here. The heat is so bad and dry that our skin gets horribly dry which causes rashes and then we scratch and then we get sores. And no amount of lotion helps. Especially my little one, with her already sensitive and dry skin. Poor baby.

 

I'm off to Target to get her rx filled. I hope she'll beat this soon.

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The wonderful life I lead

Today was a good day.

Not much happened.

I had a test in my Math class, and finished first. Not surprising, I've always been good at taking tests. I know I did really well.

I also managed to get all my papers organized in my binder. For the last two weeks, I've just been putting the papers into a folder at the back of my binder, and it finally got to me. So I organized my binder and now I feel 100% better.

I also managed to get all the garbage out of my house. Usually, it's one room at a time, but today, I put all the garbage out. Another relief. My sink is still full of dishes, but I'll work on that tomorrow. :o)

I have a bit of homework over the weekend, but not much. Just some Math problems, and also to find visual aids for my Speech. Not too bad.

My plans for tomorrow are as follows:

1. Get some laundry done.

2. Meet with the landlord to get next year's lease completed.

3. Take the kids swimming.

4. Put the kids down for a nap.

5. Finish the laundry.

I'm also going to work on finishing Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire this weekend. I have 22 days until Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows comes out, and I still have to finish books 5 & 6.

I'm really looking forward to re-reading Half Blood Prince, and finishing it right before I read Deathly Hallows. I'm very excited to see how the whole saga ends, but it will definitely be bittersweet. No more books to look forward to. I can only hope that the next 3 movies can do the books justice. The preview for OotP looks really good. Can't wait to see that, either....in TWO WEEKS!!!!

Ok, so I've rambled on. I shall thank you if you've reached the end of this blog. No one ever reads my blogs on MySpace, so maybe I can get more of an audience here. I promise to make them semi-interesting. I'll be posting a Disneyland trip report after my July 17th trip, so at least you'll have that to look forward to.

Take care, my readers. Peace Out.