We've had a wild week at the Pauley household. (How many times have I started a blog post with that sentence?) Last Wednesday as I was getting ready to head to Laramie for a presentation, I had a call from the school nurse. Reina had a sore throat and wanted to come home. I zipped over to pick her up, took her home, went to Laramie, gave my presentation and drove home in the snow. Glenn was keeping an eye on her. She didn't have a fever so I thought maybe she was just having an off day. About 10:30 pm, she barfed. I thought "well maybe it's just the pain medicine I gave her that upset her stomach." And then she barfed again and again and again until 8:00 a.m. She's usually very stoic about being sick but this one hit her hard. I would doze off only to be woken up by "MOM I NEED YOU I BARFED" many times. I should clarify, I'm happy to be there for her and I know these days won't last forever but boy did we both need some sleep when morning came. Long story short, she had all of the symptoms of influenza or strep but she'd just had the flu shot and the strep test was negative and she slowly started to feel better. So far, no one else in the house has caught it and we are hoping it stays that way.
The day after Reina came home sick, Glenn had to endure one of those events that happens when you turn 50. The big colonoscopy. I think it's safe to say that the days leading up to the test were harder on him than the actual procedure. As someone who likes multiple fruits and veggies every day, being on a low fiber diet was tough. The last 24-hours when he could only drink clear broth were even more brutal. I knew he was hungry when he picked giant burgers for dinner the night after his colonoscopy. He's happy to report that all of the tests came back normal and his dr (supposedly) told him that Glenn had the cleanest, most magnificent colon he'd ever seen.
Yesterday, the weather took a turn and we started to get quite a bit of snow. As I was driving home from work, I had a call from the school - this time with the automated news that classes were canceled for today. There was much rejoicing from the younger members of the household who know get a 6-day break for Thanksgiving. Just when I was wondering how I would juggle my work day and their extra day off, I received a text saying that State Offices were also closed. I didn't necessary 'rejoice' but I was happy to not burn a vacation day. Glenn was already sleep so he didn't find out the exciting news until 6 a.m.
We had a fun snow day. Glenn and I did some extra chores. Reina played with a girl next door. Will ventured outside for some fun in the snow and we all watched a movie. It was a nice relaxing way to kick off this fun week.
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| We built a Lego gingerbread house for Christmas decorations this year. I mostly put it together but Will helped with the tricky parts. At one point, I couldn't figure out where a piece was supposed to go and Will took a look at it and told me in a serious voice, "wow Mom, these really are big boy Legos." |
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| The snow out our front door this morning. |
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| The dogs' idea of a perfect snow day |
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| Soxy's too |
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| Out big kid laying face down in a snow drift. He wanted to jump off of that shed but Glenn put the kibosh on that before I even heard of the plans. Phew. |
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