Well, If not, there ya go. You've officially been reminded. And just stay tuned, because I'm going to give you all the dirty details of our lives, as follows. Just keep those above reminders... in mind.
So far, we are going on weekend #2 of Dan's new job, PLUS the end of week #1 for Aurora and me being sick. Luckily, I'm starting to recover and so is she... only after a very scary visit to the ER in the middle of the night. More on that later.
And we're back to Dan's new job... Dan got hired on at Eagle Ranch Academy! Yay!
It's a youth home that he's on staff to monitor at nights.
Like all night.
On the weekends.
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
All night.
8:00pm to 8:00am.
Am I a fan of the schedule? No.
Am I proud of him for getting the job? Yes!
Am I grateful for all his hard work and that he has the job? You better believe it!
But on nights like tonight, where I haven't seen him all day because of opposite sleep schedules and combined work schedules, we go back to me not being a fan of the hours.
Everyone always posts those articles that go on and on telling you how much better you sleep alone, and well, all I really have to say to about those articles is, "What a load of bull hockey!" I'll take nights sleeping with my bed-mate over nights alone, anytime!
On the bright side, with Dan gone, that meant that Aurora and I got to have a little mother-daughter date night. Granted, my date did fall asleep in the car on the way to get ice cream, but we had a killer time eating it (after I woke her up) and snuggling to Tangled (Aurora's current go-to film) for the 30th time today.
And although she thoroughly hated having her picture taken for date night, I'm just over the moon that she's feeling better! Sunday night was, literally, the worst night.
I contracted whatever it was that our little cutie gal I babysit had last week and was sick with low-grade fevers, headaches, cough, and runny nose for the greater part of the week. So on Saturday, when Aurora started to get sick, I just assumed she had the same thing and tried to work with it accordingly.
Sunday, she had a fever of 101-102 F the whole day with medicine, and Sunday night when she hit 103.5 F and rising, I quickly took her into the emergency room. Dan was in Cedar City for the Superbowl, so I called him and he rushed back to be with us at the hospital, and I was so relieved! I was so scared, as I sat in the ER cradling my lethargic baby and they clocked her in at just above 104 F. Her breathing was rapid and she was SO hot.
I kept praying that they'd figure out what the problem was and they'd get her temperature back down quickly and that Dan would get there soon. And all those prayers were answered as the hospital staff went straight to work and the doctor saw us quickly and my Dan got there in record time.
Thankfully, they located the problem and figured that what may have started as whatever I had, escalated to deep chest congestion and a double ear infection. They started her on antibiotics and ibuprofen and her temperature slowly creeped back down.
So after being out sick and doing no babysitting for a week, we started back up today because we're both feeling better. And the new favorite toy for the day was the laundry basket. We had a good time!
But, oh, the downside of babysitting.
The sick sharing. And yes, we're sick of sharing. haha
1 comment:
ooh man what a crazy few weeks for you. i understand the whole sleeping alone thing, its harder to fall asleep when Justin's gone. he's interviewing for the highway patrol Monday and there's a chance if he gets it, they may send him back to post. that means three months of seeing him on the weekends if that. :( I'm so glad you and aurora are feeling better, her being sick is no fun but both of you would just suck. I'm not looking forward to experiencing that yet :/ but babysitter share is good for getting immune systems up before school lol :(
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