Monday, March 24, 2014

Our monsoon

Everyone has heard the expression "It never rains, but it pours."  Last week, we had a figurative monsoon.

Monday (St. Patrick's Day) was the day we started ripping out our kitchen.  Yay!  We've been looking forward to this for months -- or in my case, years!

So the weekend before was supposed to be a double camp weekend for the boyz.  This was going to be perfect.  We could move the kitchen table, etc. into the dining room and buy some last minute kitchen things we've been wanting to shop for together (new chairs, dishes, faucet, etc.) while we had the house to ourselves.  We were also going to go over to my parents for a belated birthday celebration (remember it snowed then) as well as St. Pat's dinner.  My mom loves to host things and it just doesn't work at her house with Alan so this was going to be a wonderful relaxing, ADULT weekend.

Friday afternoon
Friday morning Alan gets up to go to school and five minutes before the bus is scheduled to come has explosive diarrhea.  Now with Alan, this could mean he is sick or it could mean he got too much dairy in the previous few days (he's lactose intolerant).  I kept him home to be safe and he seemed a little sluggish at first but by early afternoon he was back to his typical self.  I told myself we had just finished off some Cookies & Cream Pop-tarts and went ahead and packed for camp.

When I dropped him off, I told his buddy what had happened (I don't believe in trying to sneak something like that by them).  I knew that Alan technically should not be at camp (it had been less than 24 hours since he had diarrhea) but he didn't SEEM sick.  In fact, he heard me say "camp" earlier in the day and repeated it several times which is usually a positive thing.  He doesn't say "yes", he just repeats the words if that is what he wants.

DH and I grabbed a late dinner Friday night and watched a movie.  I talked to the nurse at camp Saturday morning (about something different) and she said Alan was doing fine -- eating breakfast, etc.  It seemed like the crisis had been averted.  We ran errands, had some beer to celebrate St. Pat's and went over to my parents' house.  About a half hour after we got there, I got a call from the director of camp to say that Alan was just lying around and he hadn't eaten any lunch or dinner.  Great.

So we went to pick him up early.  He still didn't seem "sick", but he wasn't exactly "right" either.  Shortly after we got home, I got sick.  I didn't have any of the really nasty stuff, I was just weak, shaky and NOT hungry (all I ate all day Sunday was a granola bar).  Then Sunday night on the way home from camp, Joe puked all over his car while driving.  My sainted hubby cleaned that up while Joe and I slept.  Luckily by then Alan seemed back to normal.

Monday morning I struggled to vertical long enough to let the contractor in and drive Alan to day camp (it was his spring break but I had signed him up for a day camp knowing this was close to kitchen time) and then came home and slept some more. 

By Monday afternoon I felt better.  When I picked Alan up, one of the staff stopped me to tell me about the college option for Joe.  We got the paperwork on Tuesday, had the tour on Wednesday, filled out the paperwork on Thursday and submitted it on Friday.

Joe was FANTASTIC about filling out most of the paperwork himself.

Meanwhile, the kitchen went from this ...

to this ...

to this ...



I'm exhausted just writing all this, so hopefully you have a sense of our monsoon from last week.  At least this week is calling for calmer weather ... and the installation of new cabinets!


10 comments:

  1. Hugs to you from afar! What a week for you all! I don't know about you all, but when we have a huge project planned something small or several small unexpected things always happen. Can't wait to see your finished kitchen!!! I am also very excited for Joe. What an exciting phase of life for him! I pray you are all on the mend and feeling much better by this evening. Blessings!

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    1. We are all healthy, thank God! It was just a bit of an auspicious start to the whole project! lol

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  2. Oh my! I don't envy getting sick or the kitchen situation! I know the kitchen will all be worth it in the end, but I hate living in a renovation zone! I hope it gets done quickly and that the barfing and pooping is over!

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    1. Everyone IS healthy and so far the renovation is going relatively smoothly. Say a prayer things continue that way!

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  3. OH my....what a week. You know when I saw the pics on FB I thought it was one of your mini projects at first. So cool that you are taking your talent and redoing your home. I'm just sorry your weekend went downhill

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    1. Ha ha! Most of the time people see mini projects and assume they are real life, but that is the first time I've heard of someone seeing a real life and assuming it was mini. :-) This week is shaping up to be far superior!!!

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  4. Hahahahahaaaaaaaaa. In our household, "family-style" diarrhea always adds to the "fun" at "special" times. Glad you made it through, sister :)
    Love,

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    1. It was NOT FUN, but thank goodness everyone is healthy now! :-)

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  5. It never rains eh? Hopefully the cabinets are well on the way to being installed now :)

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    1. They are! Hopefully I can post some pictures tomorrow! :-)

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