Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Sickness

DS2 doesn't have school on Tuesdays anyway, but I also have DS1 home for the second day in a row. They both have pink eye and DS1 has a slight fever and a horrible horrible stuffed up/runny nose. I'm trying to judge if the eyes will clear up on their own or if I should book a double visit to the doctor to get drops. Sigh.

I'm feeling pretty ick, too. DH was working at home yesterday and so in the middle of the afternoon, I took a shower and then lay down to read for a bit. Oh, about 10 pages later, I conked out. I woke up a few times (especially when DH woke me at about 5:30, freaking because he thought I was supposed to go to work), but basically slept until 7:30 - missing book group (The Myth of You and Me), which I was looking forward to. We ate and I went to bed at about 10 with no problem going back to sleep.

A bit later:

Well, big surprise, the doctor said they have pink eye and gave a prescription. $30 each for the doctor's visit, which took the time of one visit and then $24-something for the eye drops. Dang insurance doesn't cover much of anything. I put drops in my eyes first to show that they won't kill you (and because my eyes have been itching like crazy - possibly psychosomatic). DS2 was uncomfortable but fine. DS1 was freaked out and cried a little afterwards. Ah, the highly sensitive child who takes after me.

In better news, I've done 3 of the 10 rows in my blue and white quilt. I'm thinking of tossing in a few bits of yellow and maybe other colors, too. Probably just some yellow from the same collection so it doesn't get out of hand. Pictures to be added at a time when the other computer - to which I can download my digital pics - is reattached to the Internet.

In sad news, DH's server was hacked when some jerk crashed his firewall and started messing with stuff. This is why the other computer is not yet networked, He just got this one back to more or less normal yesterday after 3 or 4 days of intermittent access.

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