Going from over a week of zero-energy to mostly-full-energy resulted in two very active days. Tuesday was the epic shop-for-four-hours day, and yesterday was absolutely jam-packed from the moment we left the house in the morning until almost midnight. Bizarrely, all of the things on the schedule were enjoyable, the day ran astoundingly smoothly (albeitRead more
Penicillin is awesome when it works. 🙂 Shortly after I took the first pill yesterday, my head started de-fogging and the pressure on my left ear began to dissipate. Sure, I still had a cold, but a cold I can handle – it’s the energy-zapping sleep-inducing head-stuffing I dislike. I slept better than I haveRead more
UPDATE: Check the comments for directions (regular and a video) in English. 🙂 I got a request on posting directions on how to make the fancy star Anna assembled for herself and Bjarki (who’s said ‘thanks’ now). Sadly I haven’t managed to squeeze the time out of Anna’s busy schedule (of playing with her friends,Read more
(Sung to the tune of The 12 Days of Christmas): “On the twelfth day of my cooold, my GP gave to meeee, lots of peniciiillliiiin”… Yes, my cold finally kicked it up a notch and turned into a (probable) infection yesterday, causing bone-aches on the left side of my face, bad enough to warrant aRead more
It’s Sunday night now, the kids are in bed, and we’ll be hitting the sack shortly I suspect. This has been a weekend of slow days and evening festivities. Last night one of my two sewing clubs had a full blown 16-person (8 couples) sit-down dinner and party at the home of one of us.Read more
Know what’s not a good combination? A child that has trouble hearing due to endless colds, and a mother with a raspy sore throat. Particularly when said child is home for a whole day and asks questions non-stop. The only upside: Said child is now well informed on how the postal system works.Read more
As the house gets untidier and untidier by the minute (I really should replace all flat surfaces with sloped surfaces, so they stop accumulating all that ‘stuff’) I find myself working harder and harder to ignore the untidiness. One way of doing that is by not being at home. This morning for example, I managedRead more
Life is slowly course-correcting to ‘normal’ now that Finnur’s back, although we’re still working out a few bugs (literally). I’m still only running at about 70% (if that) while Bjarki was back up to 100% energy this morning, but couldn’t go to daycare due to the ‘Fine For 24-Hours’ Rule. As a result, I offeredRead more
The Good: Finnur’s home!! Safe and sound!! 🙂 The Bad: Bjarki woke up with enough fever (38.2°C/100.8°F) to disqualify him from daycare for the next couple of days. (Seriously World?!?! Seriously?!?) 🙁Read more
As of writing this, Finnur’s in Seattle, heading back home. I’m crossing fingers that he’ll make it back in one piece. Today’s been an acceptably successful day, especially considering that I kept waking up repeatedly last night for an unknown reason. My best guess as to why are breathing problems, either due to the terriblyRead more
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