Sunday, April 30, 2006
Posted by Break from Sanity @ 12:34 AM
The flu has struck again.
It came at me and attacked without warning, feeling fine one moment and then the next moment feeling like my belly was about to explode and making a bee-line to the bathroom.
If that isn't tragic enough, I am now at work during this on a 12 hour midnight shift.
Ain't that a bitch....
No way I can get someone to come in either, not without advance notice.
We are short staffed as is, and have one person away to another state filling in at another location, so we are a little more short staffed than normal.
Strategic pail points have been set up here at work - Just in case I can't make it to the bathroom.
This is going to be an interesting experience to say the least.
Normally when I am sick, I am at home, I have a bed to rest in.
Stuck at work, not a chance in hell can I sleep.
I am the only one here monitoring the systems and doing backups of all the systems.
I will suffer through this for the rest of the night, another 7 hours, and then collapse into blissful sleep when I reach my bed.
This seems to run its course pretty fast, and normally it runs even faster through my system, so hopefully when I wake tommorrow afternoon, I will be good to go to come back to work.
Ah the joys of being sick at work.
Maybe I should go cough on my bosses phone....
*chuckles*
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Posted by Break from Sanity @ 12:58 AM
I am tired, worn, and pretty sure I am fighting off what got the others....
I am talking about the Flu.
It looks like it's going through pretty fast. My daughter picked it up from the neighbor on Tuesday, began throwing up soon after. I never thought the whining would stop...ungh!
Then it got my son, but he seemed to weather it better, it passed through his system very fast (must have my immune system - things always hit me real hard, but pass through me incredibly fast), and for the most part though tired, and a bit listless, he was still quick with a smile.
He just amazes me so much, both my kids do. If you knew half of what I went through as a child you would understand better, but to see my kids actually smiling and happy....I never thought it would be possible. They actually have brought the smile back to my face after 25 years, I can actually smile a genuine smile and feel pleasure and pride.
That in itself is a miracle. These two children have changed my life forever.
Now my daughter is getting over being sick, my son today has finally passed through it also.....and now my wife has gotten it.
I am the last one standing.
I try and make her as comfortable as possible, but it is harder on her than the kids, because she is getting hit with 1st and 2nd stages at the same time, getting it from both ends so to speak, then to find out misery loves company, her period set in.
Bad timing or life just being a real bitch at the moment?
Anyways, MASH is done, decided to take a break and watch that, need to get the clothes out of the dryer and put another load in the washer and finish the dishes. I just checked on the kids and wife, all seem to be sleeping soundly.
It is 1am, and still going strong, I hope....
I am the last one standing.
For now at least.......
Friday, April 28, 2006
Posted by Break from Sanity @ 2:34 AM
Where is my morning COFFEE............
This is SO true!!!
Fine don't give me coffee, can we offer you another service.....
We see you looking at us....
Come closer to the screen.....
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Posted by Break from Sanity @ 4:12 PM
Tired. Tiring.....
Wife spent most the night up with our oldest daughter who is 3 years old. Seems she must have caught a touch of the Flu from the neighbor kids.
**sighs**
As I was saying, my wife spent most of the night with our daughter, as she was throwing up, allowing me to get some semblance of sleep as I just got off a 12 hour midnight shift, and watched the kids for another 5 hours after I got off work to allow her to sleep in. All in all, looking at being up around 17 hours, getting a little sleep and being woke up again to help after getting about 4 or 5 hours of dead to the world sleep. To say I was ass-dragging tired does not even come close to how tired I was, so when I went to sleep that night, my wife stayed up with my daughter because I also had an doc appointment in the morning....
Confused yet?
Re-reading what I wrote, I confused myself. *chuckles*
To break it down for you to understand easier, my week essentially goes like this:
I work a normal 8 hour shift Thursday and Friday during the day.
Saturday, I normally lay back down around 1pm and sleep till 5pm, get ready for work, out the door at 6pm to get to work for 7pm. I work 12 hours, and get off work 7am Sunday morning.
Sunday, I leave from work at 7am, get home by 8am, get the kids up, change them, feed them breakfast, playtime, and then give them lunch around noon. At which time I am up around 17 hours. This allows my wife time to sleep in since I do not know exactly how her night goes, sometimes she is up with the kids (like last night) or she has a bout of insomnia. I grab some sleep around 1pm and back up at 5pm Sunday (another day of rinse and repeat), out the door at 6pm and at work at 7pm, to work yet another 12 hour shift. Getting off work at 7am Monday morning, and going trough the same routine with the kids.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I have off.
Now that I think this is a bit more clear, let's catch back up.....
Tuesday night, my daughter got sick. My wife stayed up with her as she went through puking through the night. My son (2 years old) wasn't sleeping well either, and so he slept with me as my wife stayed with our daughter.
I was up early 7am to get ready for a doc appointment, and ended up having to wake my son (2 years old) and take him with me for a 8:15am appointment. Not overly a big deal, just tired. This is also something I had to fast for, 10 hours of not being able to drink or eat anything. It really is a cruel thing, especially for a coffee drinker like myself. I probably have more coffee than blood. *chuckles*
Anyways, the resident vampire at the doctor's office finished taking my blood and I was out the door within 10 minutes, then of to Walmart for some quick shopping.
Never send me to buy groceries when I am very hungry and thirsty.....
Extras were bought, including a nice foot-long baked sub from subway. Chicken and bacon, with melted shredded cheese on honey oat bread (yum). I felt a bit guilty so bought a foot long seafood sub for the wife. Pah, sue me. I was hungry. I did not make it out of the parking lot and my sub was gone. *laughs*
At home, taking care of the kids, and trying to get wife some sleep time since she barely had any.
I put my son down at noon, figured I would put him down for a nap early since I had to wake him early. He is out within minutes....
My daughter is curled up on the couch, bucket near the side of it, watching the movie Robots, over and over again..and again...
I can tell you each scene, who says what line, before it happens....
Shrek is the same way.....
I go to work with Shrek music stuck in my head, and makes for a long day... *chuckles*
Anyways, son is running around like we gave him coffee (of course we didn't, don't even think it *rolls eyes*), and my daughter is having a whiny day. She is allowed since she is sick, but it's grating on the nerves....
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Posted by Break from Sanity @ 11:54 PM
This is the beginning.
The start of what I want, how I will write, and the easiness on my eyes as I look at it.
The Light House a light shining out in the Darkness to signal the way home....
Let the Light shine through the Darkness, for surely there is darkness in my soul that as I write, will allow the light to shine in.
I do not know where this will take me, so bear with me as I write day-to-day.
It will take me through good times and bad, through moments of fun and laughter, to sad moments of tears and grief.....
My thoughts, my opinions, my feelings.
