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March 07, 2006

Not so much

So. Did you think it was a little odd that I would announce that we’re all on the mend and then… nothing?

Turns out, it was a little bump up before a grand plunge. All the vomity-goodness and fevery flashes one can imagine were mine for the price of a week of being in bed. What started out to be a mild annoyance and even a bit of a fun forced rest became quite an energy sapper. Watching my kids lose weight was sad. Watching me lose weight was a bit more fun, though my tummy hurt.

I think I can safely say we are officially much better, although I’d better knock on all the wood I can find!

The Cat and Splig went to preschool yesterday. Splig was apparently pretty low-key at school, but he has since become quite a ball of energy. In the last couple days, he’s attempted to eat the entire week’s worth of food that he had missed. The Cat has eaten a normal amount and is peppy again, so that is a relief. Of course, attempting to play catch-up with my work with too wired boys is a challenge, but I am happy to see them back to normal.

The last time I missed this much life was back in junior high. I remember how some teachers allowed me to skip a few assignments so that I wouldn’t be burdened by back-work but how there were a couple sticklers who docked me points for being late with assignments that I couldn’t have possibly completed while sick. That is the one difficult thing about recovering from being ill: not only are you attempting to have enough energy to complete the normal day-to-day tasks, but you are also frantically trying to catch up with everything that should have been done while you were ill.

In my mind it is still the end of February, but the calendar tells me we’re a week into March already. As luck would have it, I had scheduled lots of appointments in the first week of March. I have been busy rescheduling those!

On Sunday I went to a fabulous Oscar party, though I was hacking up quite a storm and didn’t eat much while there. I wore a bridesmaid’s dress from my own wedding. One of my maids had ordered the wrong size, so rather than return it, I kept it as a souvenir. It was fun to wear, since I had picked it out! It was especially fun that I fit in it!

One of the Oscar guests was a woman who a month ago one would have said, “Yeah, she’s overweight.” But on Sunday, we were amazed to see that she is now in the totally healthy weight category. She is part of our “Biggest Loser” competition that ends this Friday, and the rest of the competitors are now convinced that she’ll take home the top prize. I thought I had done pretty well, especially with the getting sick part, but this lady has done phenomenally!

Not much else to report, for I am busy playing the catch-up game!

Posted by karianna at March 7, 2006 01:07 PM

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