Back to mostly human
Feb. 12th, 2008 09:16![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mapsedgeIt's been roughly three weeks, and I'm finally back to feeling like my normal self. Still a little tightness in the chest - a dry unproductive cough that won't quite go away, but isn't imperative. Mucinex DM is keeping that mostly at bay. If I try to talk too much I will cough (gratefully, I have a "mute" button on my headset phone) but I can laugh again without descending into a paroxysm of hacking.
Sleeping through the night is good, too.
Michelle has yet to reach this stage, but her problem is her ears and general energy level. She tires quickly, and the world echoes in her head. She did see a doctor and is taking a rather strong round of antibiotics to kill a sinus (ear, maybe?) infection. A few more days, we all ought to be right as rain.
Sleeping through the night is good, too.
Michelle has yet to reach this stage, but her problem is her ears and general energy level. She tires quickly, and the world echoes in her head. She did see a doctor and is taking a rather strong round of antibiotics to kill a sinus (ear, maybe?) infection. A few more days, we all ought to be right as rain.
The part that truly sucks, something They don't tell you about when you're preparing to be a parent, is when you're sick and your kids aren't. Having to cope with youthful energy and playing and screaming and fighting and running while you feel like curling up into a ball and passing out is so tough as to be physically painful sometimes.
When you're a parent, you can't be sick. There simply isn't time. Had I known then what I know now...
But, as a parent, one cannot voice such thoughts aloud. That's B.A.D.
Thankfully, the kids have reached an age where they don't need constant supervision. That the house rules are clear and consistent helps. Soon, the kids will be to an age where intervention is rarely needed.
When you're a parent, you can't be sick. There simply isn't time. Had I known then what I know now...
But, as a parent, one cannot voice such thoughts aloud. That's B.A.D.
Thankfully, the kids have reached an age where they don't need constant supervision. That the house rules are clear and consistent helps. Soon, the kids will be to an age where intervention is rarely needed.