Flu Strikes Again!

In the middle of a VERY CRAZY outage at work yesterday, I get the news that Erika is feeling miserable and running a fever. I send her over to Mom's house to buy me some more hours before figuring out what to do. I've already missed one week of work and there is so much overtime available at work right now. My cell phone bill from those 5 days from Mexico cost me a grand total of $282 because my retarded ass missed turning off the data roaming connection on my MyTouch and at $15MB, that adds up fast! So the bills are adding up and I'd like to bring in some extra cash instead of redoing the budget because my checks are less than they should be. I had wanted to go in for three hours of overtime this morning but decided not to while figuring out what's up with Erika. Once again, I was back sleeping on the couch in the livingroom with Erika and Mia. Erika's fever keeps returning after I get it lowered with the Motrin. So it looks like I'm back into the cycle but I'm really hoping that she skips the whole days of vomit that Mia had. Erika actually seems to be feeling fine as a whole. She's been playing on NickJr.com most of the day and wanting to go out and play but Mean Mommy says no way. So once again I was stuck at home on my day off, argh!! This time I didn't put off my scrapbooking. I did a layout for a challenge that was posted on one of my Facebook groups. I need anything for inspiration or motivation. I still have 17 layouts to get done before December 31st so the countdown is on!

Mia has been potty-training for the last four months now and doing a hit and miss job. Today though, she decided that she wanted to wear her sister's underwear and every single time that she went potty, she took off her panties and went in her little potty. Yay, that's another $40 savings a month in pull-ups! Margarita came over this evening with the divorce papers that she received. Just as I predicted and told her, Jeff is trying to screw her over like she's some stupid Mexican who doesn't understand her rights. First off, he agreed to give her sole custody if she wouldn't take any child support from him. I told that it is state law to support your child. What kind of parent wouldn't want to take care of their child if they truly loved and cared about their welfare? Now he's fighting for joint custody and $200 in child support or as low as he can get it. Their case has been assigned to Judge Sullivan so I'm headed to the courthouse in the morning to get a copy of all the legal papers that have been filed thus far. She was only given a four page summons and petition and he's trying to saddle her with the debt of the new car that he just got and half the debt of the house that is in foreclosure because he decided to stop making the payments, how convenient! I'll be helping her as much as possible and then we'll have to find a lawyer because she's not going to lose to a scumbag like him. He has been physically aggressive and even abusive with her several times during their marriage and she kept trying because she truly loves him. Sad to see where love can bring us.

Class of 2011

Halloween Sprites!

We decided to keep Mia home tonight even though she hasn't thrown up for the last two days. I don't want her getting better and then turning around and getting sick all over again.I threw her in the bathroom and got her all ready to put on her costume. This year I bought the girls matching costumes at The Children's Place. They have matching headbands, wands, and tights to complete the outfits. Mia and Erika looked precious and I figure they can always use them for dress-up later on in the year.

Kara had to work since today is one of our normal work days but she put in to get some PTO and leave at 6:45pm. In order to save a little time for them, I told Mom to bring the kids over early and we'd make some popcorn balls and they could hit our strip of homes. Kara has a new boyfriend, a friend of hers from California, named Tyler and he's been up for the week with his daughter Brittney. The kids were all hyped up and wanting to eat all the candy in the bowl, running around yelling and screaming, and not listen to anything I said.

So I learned a lesson tonight in how not to make popcorn balls. I popped two bags of popcorn, and melted a bag of mini marshmellows in another bowl. Then I stirred up the melted goo and added some red and yellow coloring gel in an attempt to make orange balls. I started adding the popcorn to the goo and it made a huge mess. I sprayed margarine spray on my hands and it still stuck to me and everything. I guess you're supposed to add a stick of margarine to the marshmellows when you melt them. Guess that what's I get for attempting some a complicated Halloween manuever without having the proper tools.

HRC SF

 

Mia in the Maize

Camping in the Livingroom

After Mia threw up on the master bed last night, we moved our camp out to the livingroom. We were still relaxing in bed when Jose returned from work early at 10:15am because he was feeling so poorly. To be more exact, he was shaking with cold and it took at least an hour for him to warm up.

Mia had me on edge all day long waiting for that tiny signal that she was about to throw up again. Needless to say, she threw up twice and I wasn't prepared for either time. Her diarrhea is also wreaking havoc on her. Sometime in the night, she must had gone poo poo because her poor bum was pretty red and irritated this morning. I let her run around naked all day in hopes of easing the pain but no relief yet. I worry about how long to let it go on and when is it dangerous but I don't have the answers. I figure that there isn't a lot they can do for her in the hospital so I'm just trying to keep her clean and happy to the best of my abilities. Mia hasn't had much to eat since this all started on Friday but she is still nursing so that is where she's getting the majority of her nutrition from. She is still running from the other end, a horrible yellow puddle. Twice today she's pooped in the bathtub but at least then she's not irritating her bum any worse. I sent Erika back to stay with my mom, still too many germs floating around the house. I did call into the HR Help Desk to find out what was going to happen with me missing a week of work. My boss mentioned something about FMLA to Kara so I want to be aware of what's going on. The lady told me to email the LOA dept and no response back. I'm afraid that I'll be home longer if the family doesn't show some signs of improvement soon. Jose is going to be staying home from work tomorrow as well. The poor man pushes himself too much and this is hitting him hard now.

Polar Express 2008