Androos's Xanga

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Thu, 09 Jun 2005 22:56:06 GMT

Re-adding my new blog address, for my own reasons. I'm a putz, truly.

http://amyandrews.typepad.com

Come on over!

Saturday, March 12, 2005

Sat, 12 Mar 2005 23:44:19 GMT

I deleted the link to my new blog for personal reasons. If you haven't bookmarked it yet but still want to read, please email me at freedomhamster@insightbb.com.

Thanks!

Sunday, February 20, 2005

Sun, 20 Feb 2005 04:03:00 GMT

Besides feeling a little woozy at the grocery store, things are getting back to normal in my system.

Mac, of course, as he bounds back, is being precocious and cute, saying things that seem new and adorable again. Scott was playing a video game tonight and he did something on it, and Mac said, "Oh my gosh!" which was too cute. He's still kind of feeling wary of feeling good, if you know what I mean, and he's not making huge fusses yet. I put him to both nap and bed and he just obliged like there was no other option. LOL

I'm trying to do my upkeep on the house that I have started in my "Spring Cleaning" fever. Since I have been either catering to a sick child or being a sick one myself, it's been hard to do upkeep. I WON'T let my hard work be demolished because of germs! LOL

I think we're skipping church tomorrow (I don't have anything to do and we still need a day to get better here) so I will have some more time to take care of business. My goal is to finish laundry and partially clean my bedroom (though honestly if I just do laundry that will be enough). We're watching About Schmidt tonight and trying to just vegetate on the couch. I need to lay off the computer a bit more if I'm going to get anything done. My goal is to be more assertive in my life and get more done. Ha!

Saturday, February 19, 2005

Sat, 19 Feb 2005 13:26:31 GMT

If whining is indicative of Mac feeling better, he's 100% better today.

We're both feeling better, and hopefully the nausea is subsiding. We slept on and off from 6 PM to 7:45 AM this morning, it was that terrible fitful sleep. Plus, much to my utter dismay, the doctor precribed a suppository for Mac to curb the nausea and help him sleep. Yes, that was my favorite thing to do last night. Ugh. I felt so bad.

Today we are just resting and I'm trying to curb the whining that Mac is now doing in full force. I think he feels he has two days' worth to make up for. LOL I won't be doing too much, mostly laundry that I need to clean now that the sickies are almost over. You know what the next phase of the stomach flu is after the nausea, right? Yay. I'm so glad that I have to change diapers still.

Friday, February 18, 2005

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 15:01:44 GMT

A parenting thing that I can handle but don't like to deal with? Throwing up. This is Mac's new symptom. Is it the medication (amoxicillan?) or do we have the flu too? I feel nauseous separately of Mac, so it might be a flu bug on top of our Strep. I feel so bad for Mac, he just doesn't understand the concept of throwing up yet. I've had to clean more couches, floors, clothes, pillows and selves to last me a long, long time.

And that is my update.

Friday, February 18, 2005

Fri, 18 Feb 2005 02:57:42 GMT

All The Leaves Are Brown...
And They Sky Is Gray...

It's suddenly gotten really cold again. Gah, I dislike winter so much. Where is my spring weather?

I tried to take Mac to the sitter's today, but by 10 am she had called saying his fever was at 100.3 so Scott went and took him home again. He's getting really bad diarrhea from the antibiotic so it's hard for him to be anywhere but home. I took tomorrow off also so he'd have the weekend to recuperate. I have my doctor appointment tomorrow that I made 2 weeks ago for my yearly physical exam, and now I have to find someone to watch Mac for an hour and a half while I go, because he absolutely can't be there with me. Perhaps my mom will watch him while I go because she lives near the doctor office. I will call her tomorrow.

My dear friend Patricia sent Mac and I gifts from Denver via her father. They were Christmas/Valentine's gifts. LOL She bought me a super cute kitty journal (with little drawn kitties), a small lavender angel that says "Faith", and a bowl/small Christmas plate and Mac received an awesome (his words) bowling set with these weighted soft pins and ball. We played it in the kitchen tonight. He loves bowling a lot, he plays a bowling game on the computer a lot with the rollermouse. They were thoughtful gifts and I appreciated them so much.

With all of the vacation time I've had to take the past couple of months, I haven't had a vacation yet. Argh. I would love to take just one of those days and be by myself, doing whatever it is I want to do, even sleep. My last "planned" vacation on Thanksgiving week ended up being more work than play.

The good thing about missing work to take care of Mac is that I get to feel a bit more like I'm myself and not Corporate Amy. When I read, it means more and isn't just me trying to fit in a chapter before bed. Speed reading has it's advantages, but getting a lot out of it isn't one of them. I actually had a coherent thought today about something - all moms understand how rare those cognizant moments can be.

Sorry if I'm griping today, I'm trying not to be so negative. I guess this week has just been stinky and not just in diapers. I will be better soon, I promise!

Wednesday, February 16, 2005

Wed, 16 Feb 2005 20:05:53 GMT

While I've been sick (with 2 nights no sleep and 2 days now that Mac refuses to nap) I'm a bit delusional. That's okay, it's fun that way.

There was a piece on a new website they made in our county of property tax information, resale info, etc. that I seized upon with my usual investigative glory. While I was doing it, it was so cool to see the aerial views of the neighborhoods. I thought I'd share my life, via bird's eye views:

This is my old neighborhood growing up to age 13. I tried to put yellow circles next to the important houses. The far left house was the upper apartment where we lived when I was born. 2 years later, we moved 2 doors down to the next house, where we lived for 11 years. This neighborhood is old Victorian, and there wasn't near as much empty land as there is now. The lot next to our house was always empty, and we just used it as the "extra" yard to play. The house with the yellow dot on the right is my friend's grandparent's house where I practically lived. It was a HUGE Victorian with 5 bedrooms, so many extra things that kids love. When we lived there it had a white picket fence, it was so authentically old-fashioned. There were 2 churches just outside of this picture, one across the street from my house (that I attended) and one across from the grandparents. As it is with older neighborhoods, there were a LOT of churches.

This is the house we moved to when I was 13. My parents still live there. It's a ranch, and though it didn't have much of a backyard (just patio, etc), we didn't need it because we didn't have any young kids playing. It was nice to sunbathe out there in the privacy (except our neighbors behind us had a son 2 years younger and they were more than happy to see my friends and I getting a tan).

This is our current house that we live in. This is a bit older of a picture, because our neighbors on the left now have a backyard pool also. It's a pool neighborhood. This house is from the 50's, so it's not that old. It's a nice, quiet neighborhood, perfectly located. I wish we owned it, just to say we did.

And that's my tour. Ta-da! I could tell stories about all of them, but it would take a lot of space.

Whie I was thinking of my past, I was dwelling on my old best friend (the one whose grandparents lived behind me) and I realized her 30th birthday is Monday. I was tempted for a second to write a card out and send it to her, since I haven't spoken to her in 13+ years, but I don't know what my motivation is, and I don't want to open a can of worms that I should maybe just let stay shut. I'm not the same person at 9 that I am at 29, and I'm sure she's not either. I do miss her, though. Maybe I will, if I think of it. It could be the lack of sleep messing with my mind...

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:11:37 GMT

Strep Throat for Mac and I alike! Bah!

Mac has the antibiotics, I didn't get any since I would have had to go through the admission process at the clinic for myself, and I didn't want to deal with it after the original wait. If it gets worse, I will go, I think mine is in the early stages still. Blech.

Let's all lay down on the floor and sleep, please...

Tuesday, February 15, 2005

Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:57:31 GMT

At 1 am Mac woke up - again - and when I felt his head, it was burning up. His temp was at 101.8, which in mom terms means I'm staying home - again. He slept with me until 9 am this morning, not a small feat considering 6:30 is his normal wake up call. He seems a bit quiet and tired today, he said his throat hurt last night and he's still doing mini-coughs today. Ugh.

It's not the easiest thing to choose between work and home. I pretty much always am the one to stay at home, and all of the work I miss is seriously the difference between me ever getting a promotion, new job, etc. and not. I worry every day that I miss that it's the last straw with my company. I mean, they can't fire me because I'm covered that way, but everything I work so hard on during the week is for naught if all they see is attendance records. It stinks. It makes working FOR something kind of meaningless, outside of a paycheck, and who wants that?!

I wouldn't choose work over Mac, of course, but you understand how it's hard to be good at both things. I need a body double.

In other news, Valentine's Day was nice. Scott bought me flowers on Sunday (gave them to me so they wouldn't wilt) and I received a very nice card that was meaningful. I bought Scott a card and a box of Butterfinger Hearts, and Mac got a small box of chocolates with Snoopy on the front. We didn't do anything special, but it was nice. It's not an all-important day, like I've said other times. It's nice just to be remembered.

Well, I'm going to go do some laundry and try to make the most out of my day that I'm home. I might as well have a clean home if I'm in it.

Monday, February 14, 2005

Mon, 14 Feb 2005 02:45:50 GMT

I can't keep track of everything I'm doing. I am going to forget something important soon, I know it. Not only do I have to find someone to fill the position of finding readers for the church service, I also lost my communion organizer today. I swear, everyone jumped ship when I took over, and it's not me, but just that with a change of guard everyone feels it's also time for them to quit. I can't complain about it, I just wish that someone would stick around. I'm relying deeply on my Head Usher, Violet, to stay around. She's good at it, and I am trying hard not to give her too much to do. She's got a lot on her plate as well.

Let's see: Monday - Valentine's Day. Tuesday - Bells. Wednesday - Board Meeting (and Scott has meeting up north - need to find a babysitter), Thursday - Can't think of anything, Friday - Doctor Appointment for me. Whew! Of course, adding in all of the usuals - work, Mac, house, chores, I am not feeling ambitious about this week at all. I'm trying to put myself in my little mindset of "Just take it one thing at a time" but it sneaks up on me. I've been going nonstop for 3 days at home cleaning and doing laundry, trying to get all of the little things done. Everytime I sit down, I spy something not done and get up to do it. I'm going to bed now, will read a little for some me time, and then crash. I deserve it. Oh yeah!!!!!

If I don't talk to you all tomorrow, Have a Happy Valentine's Day! Think Loving Thoughts All Day!