I ended up doing some car cleaning today , looking for my credit cards and ID. car cleaning is an unusual task for me, especially on a potential awesome day.
a while ago i realized that today, boxing day was ideal. Kids at school, Alla at work and i have a solo day as we dont work today. i love the planning part, though most plans fail. its part of the fun. so any things could be accomplished, i can sneak one of the kids and continue my buckeye trail journey. i can do two session, one in the morning and take the other in the after noon. even the weather is accommodating. after a week of snow, some heavy and more then a week of just above freezing temps (during the day), it is finally warm today, the snow has completely melted, it is not raining and i am stuck here, completely hike less. i had other plans. complete the route plan for Sardinia, finish a photo album, continue my school project, watch a man u game. so many possibilities.
however..
it started last Monday night when Mattan had a fever, nothing severe, just a 24 hour virus that doesn't know how to count. a normal day at work, Mattan is home with a sitter and no fever. Tuesday night, the fever returns. Ibuprofen. the meds help and in the morning mattan is all better, but cant go to school, sick policy. I stay home to help out. all day fine, then at night fever strikes again. we now address it as a nocturnal virus. i stay home with him on Thursday and i am not very work efficient this week. two many little distractions. but it is nice to have once again fever less Mattan cuddle on me all day.
the fever strikes again that night and now it has brought a friend, Tal vomits in bed. we change the sheets and this vomitirus is nasty, poor tal vomits several times and get a nightly ER visit. XRay is fine, he didn't swallow anything, just a bug they say.
I stay home Friday, i dont even try to work. both kids seems on during the day, they are cuddly, playful, eat well and full of snot in all shapes and colors. Tal gets inhalation to help him clear out his raspy lungs.
then friday evening comes, Mattan has no fever, yeah all better.. Till Tal vomits again, and a few times more in the next hour. now on the carpet. he seems fine, smiling and then without warning, Mary carpetmess. wipes at first, paper towels, shark vacum, and finally several rounds of napkins moisted with detergent and i almost got the stench out of the carpet,
we were to have company on Friday, we call it off, and have a smaller meal just with family.
on Saturday, Kids are fine, except the endless parade of holiday green from their noses. I am adapt at yanking the blobs out. we now have a new Instruction for Mattan to call a Nazelet (Snot) break.
I talk with my mom and she assures me that viruses dont last this long, by Monday my dream day both kids will be fine.but the nocturnal strikes again, carpet cleaning efforts continue. bed sheets were replaced multiple times, laundry machine is aiming to strike. yet the cycle continues. chicken soup is not helping. lots of pedialite and other measures to keep Tal hydrated. on sunday we think things are going well, Tal has an appetite , some what , he eats pomegranate and rests during the day, he looks a bit sleepy , but not worse.
we have a very nice family meal at Dina's , play a game, which is as noisy and argumentative as any other family gathering. part of the fun.
by Now alla is sick too, just a basic cold and very stuffed. Mattan found a way to have more snot, i didnt think it was possible, today he sneezed and had a little trail from nose to chin. no i didn't take a photo, though i did want to.
as we come home, Alla sees that Tal looks funny and rushes him to the sink almost in time. she cleans him while i clean the floor and cabinet doors, then Alla cleans her puke covered hair... well just a little bit. Tal didnt look good last night, we considered an ER again, but decided not to. we gave him as much liquid as he would have.
this morning, a.k.a awesome solo day. Alla was planning to come home at noon, asked for sick day , waiting for replacement. and Mattan would return to school.
then around 8 am, Mattan is dressed and ready to go, then he vomits his yogurt.
Alla goes to work and i have a solo morning with both. Mattan eats some rice and reports a tummy ache. he seems ok, kind of , he plays and drinks a bit, then I see that he is funny looking, i rush him to the sink just in time, vomit #2 i thought I had all content in the sink, and soon i find the missing piece, just under my sock.... more laundry.
Tal has an appetite and eats chicken and is now a sleep. Alla came back as well, they all nap. but before that. Alla shut off the "office" my new binge watching show and Mattan took my phone to watch Thomas, so without entertainment i went to clean my car to try to find my credit cards, gone for about 4 days. Im not worried, they will turn out. 4 days ago, Alla cleaned the house a bit for the upcoming guests. i think that is the cause of the latest disappearance. While clearing the car i found 22 single socks, mostly Tal's since he always takes his socks off. 22 of them, plus 2 pairs of underwear, a hat and whiff.
whiff is a train lost not long ago, found at last.
but still no credit cards.
the 22 socks were only in the back, on further excursions to the front, i remove a few more socks, some in whole pair sets.
meanwhile Tal has a bad new habit where he takes his diaper off. not a useful trait when the diaper is not clean. so today i had a little variety in the types of material i was cleaning off the floor. Tal finally had diarrhea today, that is a good sign , it is meant to signal the end of the noctuVirus for him. I hope Mattan will not repeat this chaos.
so awesome day became, no keys, floor poop, vomit socks kind of a day. but at least man u won.... cheers from the only not sick person in this house, for now....
oh, they are all sleeping.. i think i will watch the office.
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