It has been a very long week!! I wrote about last Wednesday, but let's just say the rest of the week didn't go so smoothly either. I really shouldn't whine, I know there are so many people that are worse off than I am, but this blog is about me being honest and sharing what's going on, so you asked for it ;)
Obi has been suffering from an ear infection since last Monday night. Personally, I really like to let my kids fight off what ever they can naturally, so I got him adjusted and did all the 'natural stuff' like olive oil to soothe his ears, warm rice sack, etc. Every night got worse. Finally, Thursday night he was up nearly every hour screaming with pain. Joel and I were at our wits end (poor Joel had to work the next day too. At the end of the week I finally took him to the doctor. The nurse was shocked at his temp of 39.6 degrees and wondered why I didn't have him on Tylenol. My doc then told me his ears looked pretty bad and that because of the fever, it was likely bacterial and he prescribed antibiotics. Now, Obi had several ear infections as a baby, but I was happy to see that he hadn't been on antibiotics since May of 2005 ( a year and a half I thought was pretty good). So I put him on the antibiotics. The result was almost instantaneous. He began to eat again (he hadn't eaten a meal in DAYS), his fever went down and I could finally stop the painkillers (he had been on Motrin for days)...sorry Bonnie, I'm sure this is hard to read :) Please don't tell my Chiro docs! Anyway, I'm happy to see my old boy back to himself (sorta), but since his ears are full of fluid I have to repeat everything 3 or 4 times.
On top of that, we got DUMPED on with snow this week. Friday (the same day I was trying to get Obi to the Chiropractor and the doc etc), Joel went to work and the plow went by. Despite the fact that Joel had snowblowed our drive the night before, there was no way I would be getting our van out. I had to manually shovel the end of the driveway. FIVE men saw me doing this (neighbours), some even laughed with me about how much shovelling stunk, yet NONE of them offered to snowblow the end of my driveway for me (and each of them owned one...some were out using it while I was shoveling). I have to say, after spending time in Colombia where people help eachother out, and chivalry still seems to exist, I was slightly perturbed. By noon when I had to get to the drug store I was so tired from pulling the tobaggan with 3 kids in knee deep snow and walking on the highway because no one had cleared their sidewalks, I decided to dig for my van and DRIVE. I had cleared just enough snow at the end of the drive for my van to fit through and I was determined.
Just then my dear neighbour, who has to be in her 60's...a widow, comes over to tell me she's going to help me blow out my driveway. Then SHE starts to discuss her disgust over the men on the street who failed to offer to help me out. It's pretty frustrating, considering Joel has blown out at least 3 of these men's driveways on more than one occasion, yet they were unwilling to lend a hand. My neighbour explained how her husband used to plow all the driveways on the street as well, yet people were not willing to help out in return. I don't really know why this surprises me, and maybe it shouldn't make me mad, but it did.
So anyhow, other stressors this week included : baking sugar cookies with the kids, making icing with the kids, letting the kids decorate the cookies (is there a theme here....maybe I shouldn't do the cookie thing), my non-winter tires making my van nearly useless in snow, my broken windshield wipers, my lack of a cell phone (did I mention I have a mom due in 2 weeks...gotta get a new cell phone), Obi's whining, screaming and crying, Joel having to work his long week, ballet being cancelled due to snow, having to work in the nursery this morning with 15 kids and only 3 workers while pastor Tim preached an extra long sermon (hey Tim...I hear you mentioned me in the sermon, sorry I missed that :)
Okay, that's enough pouting for now.
I really have a lot to be greatful for (and I really am). I have an incredible husband that loves me (and we have a tonne of fun together), my kids are really great, I have a lot of girlfriends that I love, God is working in my life, I have a warm home, Christmas is coming, I have a great relationship with my parents and in-laws, I have a trip to the Bear Trail to look forward to, I've got 2 births coming up, and Jesus loves me :)
Okay, I'll stop whining,
Mel
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