Sick.

It finally happened. Sprocket got sick.

I mean, the lip says it all.

I got sick. B got sick...then Sprocket got really sick. Lots of snot, 104 temps (that's 40C for all you Canadian readers), shivers, puke....the whole sha-bang (sp?). He had a runny nose for about two weeks, but then it all came to a head over the weekend. I took him to the doctor on Monday (after a night of sleeping with him on my chest on the couch) and he had a double ear infection. We got him on the bubble gum drugs (amoxicillin) and either B or I stayed home with him from Monday through Thursday. It was exhausting. The amount of worrying just left us mentally drained.

This was the extent of "play time" :(

He seems to be back to his smiley self this week, but has been up in the middle of the night hungry. Since he had lost his appetite while he was sick, he was making up for it this week.


So, last week dealing the sickies and this week dealing with sleep deprivation (think screaming kid from 1 to 2:15 am) has led to a pretty exhausted Smithers. It is finals week -- but for middle school that just means four days of a block schedule. Ninety minute class periods with a bunch of crazy middle schoolers is even more tiring.


I have about 5 science fair projects left to grade (out of 135...that's not too shabby) and then I am home free for two weeks to enjoy life and catch up on some sleep.


Also, it's time to start thinking about this again. I owe the mountain.