Hi all!
So sorry for the absence! Boy, has it been a week or what?!
We had a whole weekend with no plans but to be home as a family and play! Come
Saturday evening though, someone had other plans for us. Our little guy came
down with a stomach virus…gross! I will spare you the details, but let me tell
you, I have never seen so much come out of something so little. He finally
passed out on a bed of towels around 11pm only to wake up bright and early at
6am and announce to me “Mommy, I’m better!” Which was great, don’t get me
wrong, but I had slept next to him all night, and each noise he made I was on
high alert in case we needed the bucket again…so 11pm to 6am of very
interrupted sleep for mommy does not compute into as much energy as a 2.5 year
old the morning after a stomach bug. Go figure!
Sunday went well for the little one thankfully. He was still
a bit hesitant to eat, which I can’t blame him. But I woke up with one of the
worst headaches ever. I’ve experienced these headaches since my teen years and
have been through tests and medications, you name it, I’ve tried it. I finally
discovered recently that if I take Zyrtec every single day that they don’t pop
up as often, but if I miss a dose or two, man am I in for it. And sure enough
with the chaos of sickness I had missed two full days of Zyrtec. My amazing
husband really stepped up at this point as there were a few times that I fell
asleep on the couch that I don’t even remember it happening. The pain was so
bad that a few times I was just rolling on the bed trying to find some sort of
pressure point on my head to press on and try to relieve some of the pain.
Sunday and Monday are a complete blur to me, I couldn’t even sleep through the
night because of it, the pain kept waking me up. I managed to make it to the
Dr. yesterday and now have steroids for a short while and I see an ENT on
Friday which I haven’t seen for my headaches yet. I am hopefully that they will
be able to check something that hasn’t yet been checked on and maybe provide
some sort of long term relief!
Anyway, onto my writing updates! I am super impressed with
myself that I have been able to stay on track with PiBoIdMo so far!! I haven’t
missed a day yet even with my house of sickness this past weekend. I even asked
my son for some advice on what mommy should write about, his answer, “Draw
circles mommy!” and “A book.” We have determined that he may only be 2.5, but
he has already mastered the art of being a smart aleck without even knowing it.
Most of the time when we ask what he’d like for dinner or lunch, his response
is “food.” You just have to love the honestly of a toddler, lol. The circle
suggestion didn’t quite go anywhere or make it into my notebook, however, his ‘book’
idea intrigued me a little. I may have a bit of an idea for something there, we’ll
see how it computes to paper when I get a real chance to hash out my thoughts
on it.
I was so excited to have been able to attend Wordstock PDX
2015! I wasn’t able to stay long because I wasn’t feeling too well, but I was
able to meet Ripple Grove Press. They are a publishing company based out of
Portland, OR, just a short distance from where I live. I have enjoyed following
them on Facebook and Twitter and their work is just beautiful! Since then I
have even been able to submit my own manuscript to them for their
consideration. It is now a long 5 month or longer wait to know anything, but I
am eager to hear any feedback they may be able to provide, positive or
negative.
Thank you for stopping by and I hope you are all having a wonderful
day!!
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