Can I Have Some Cheese With My Whine?

It's been a rough week.  It started with two days of debilitating headaches.  The kind that make you nauseous.  The kind that hurt like a migraine without actually being a migraine. 

The headaches turned into a head cold from hades.  No kidding.  Plug your nose and swallow, that's how I've felt.  I couldn't breathe unless my mouth was hanging open.  Sleeping was difficult.  Waking up was harder.  The pressure in my head was stellar. I could barely open my eyes. I've gone through a year supply of tissues.

Then the laryngitis kicked in.  Have you ever tried to discipline a sassy 7-year-old* without speaking?  How about stopping a three year old from picking up a knife when you are on the opposite side of the room?  Or soothe a hysterical one year old?  I've improved my non-verbal communication skills: hand gestures, facial expressions, whistling, clapping, etc.

And in the middle of it all I had to clean my house and be a good hostess for Tyson's birth family who came to celebrate his upcoming birthday.  (I'm pretty sure that's what pushed me from "deep, raspy voice" to full blown laryngitis.)

Did I mention Dan's been working long hours? 

I had good intentions of spending the week celebrating the true meaning of Easter with the kids.  I needed to go grocery shopping. . . . days ago (Thank heavens for Amazon Mom, or I would have run out of diapers three days ago.)  My freshly spring-cleaned house isn't clean anymore. And I've had several extended family members and friends dealing with big stuff this week, and I haven't been any good to anyone.

I think I'm on the mend.  I felt better today than I have in a while.  Not good, just better.  I'm hoping to be up and running again by Easter.  (Probably not, but I'm still hoping)  Thanks for listening to me whine and complain.  I feel better now, at least emotionally.


*Does anyone have any good tips on dealing with sassy 7-year olds?  I'm running out of ideas.  He vacillates between acting like a bossy, know-it-all teenager and throwing temper tantrums like a two-year old.  I know it's pretty normal for this age but I don't like it.