Yesterday (Friday) Rose woke up screaming at 5:30am. Definitely not our usually weekday routine of me gently rousing her awake for ~10 minutes at 6:30 in order for us to leave the house by 7am. It soon became clear that she was screaming because she was burning up! Poor girl - I'm so sick of all these fevers that she gets! Since Mike was headed out of town for his big solo fishing weekend (don't ask me if I'm nervous that he's ice fishing all alone for five days in a remote area of northern MN with no cell phone service...), I cancelled my day and changed from work clothes back into yoga pants and a fleece.
First we watched "Brave" on the downstairs TV. (No photo, sorry.)
Then she watched "Frozen" on the couch while I cleaned the kitchen and made a grocery list.
Around 10am the ibuprofen had really kicked in, so we made a Costco run. OMG, I had forgotten how AMAZING it is to shop at Costco on a weekday. No crowds! No lines for samples! No congestion in the parking lot!
Rose crashed during our drive home, so we ate a quick lunch and then she went to bed at about noon.
While she was napping I watched two episodes of "Modern Family," worked on her annual photo album (which I haven't done since Christmas!!), and read a few chapters in my book. It was heaven! Finally, around 4pm I ended up gently waking her, out of fear that she wouldn't sleep at all at night if she napped for much longer than four hours. (I debated that for quite awhile in my head. I definitely know she needs her rest when she's sick, but I also know that she can get off her sleep/wake schedule really easily.) She then watched "Frozen" again while I cooked dinner.
Bedtime was a breeze, and I ended up staying up late (10:30pm!) to get her photo album up to date and to read more of my book. Then the Murphy's Law of toddler parenting happened when she woke up crying shortly after 11pm. Seriously, no matter what time I go to bed, she wakes up less than an hour later when I'm hoping to get a good night's sleep. Sigh. At least she generally sleeps quite well when she's not sick. But she was SO upset at 11pm because the afternoon ibuprofen had worn off, so I gave her more medicine and totally caved when she begged me to sleep with her. She was so happy to have me in her bed, but I slept TERRIBLY! Good thing she's so cute.
Today we baked muff-mahns, played legos for
hours, went for a short stroller walk around the neighborhood, played at the park, and read lots of stories.
She's finally not feverish tonight, so here's hoping for another relaxing day at home tomorrow, and that she can go to school again on Monday!
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