Today

Today I am "blah." No real reason...I just have a case of the 'blahs.' The girls and I went to the doctor's office today to find that the baby has a couple of ear infections. A bottle of goopy pink amoxicillin, two muffins, a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry large coffee, and lots of attempts to climb into the water fountain later, we were on our way home.

I am tired. For the past three nights, at least one child has been waking up and requiring attention. Either the baby has woken in the early morning with what I assume is ear pain, or the three year old has woken sobbing that she doesn't like her room...the very same room that we just painted an electric shade of lilac in order to appease her. It was a game of Musical Beds two nights ago. 3 y.o. DD woke up sobbing, so I crammed myself into her tiny toddler bed to comfort her. When I woke up later, she was asleep, so I trudged back to my bed...only to find her climbing her way into our bed 10 minutes later. After an hour of (cute, but undeniably LOUD) high-pitched yawns, physical rearrangements, elbows, and hair twirling (her, not me), I trudged back down the hallway to my son's room in pursuit of sleep. (He is at his grandparents' house for two weeks, so his bed was conveniently vacated.) I had just settled into the twilight of sleep when the baby started shrieking. I rocked her for an hour and a half to no avail. My husband tried his luck at getting her back to sleep (he has no luck apparently). Finally, we declared it a very early free-for-all and let the girls go wherever they wanted. The baby took off down the hall to organize my husband's morning work preparations. 3 y.o. DD climbed into my son's bed with me and picked up where she'd left off...loud yawns, hair twirling, and sharp elbows. Life has a way of finding you, doesn't it?


There's really nothing significant to write...I'm just down in the blahs and thought blogging might jolt me out of it, but I guess not. On the bright side, I'm finally taking steps to sell some of my scrapbooking supplies and to put money towards our debt. And at least I'm not buying SB supplies to try to cheer myself up. That's a start.

These photos are just miscellaneous pictures from happier times.