11:26 am November 10, 2008Let
I’ve had a cold for over a week. A nasty one. Lots of congestion. The floor next to my side of the bed, littered with discarded tissues. I feel pretty crappy. Also? I look crappy. I look like I have a cold. Y’know, that indefinable quality that one takes on when one is very congested and crappy. Plus last night? I was awake on and off with contractions. Contractions hard enough to wake me from a Tylenol PM induced, drooling sleep. So yeah, cold: check. No sleep: check.
So this morning I was brushing Zoe’s hair in front of the mirror, and I made the mistake of looking up at my own reflection.
“Wow,” I said. “I look really nice.”
“No you don’t,” said Zoe. “Especially your hair.” And here she tried vaguely to reach up and smooth down my wild hair, but sighed and gave up because her mother was so beyond help.
“I know,” I said. “I was being sarcastic. I look exactly like how I feel.”
“How’s that? Really, really bad?”
*sigh*
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That sucks. But on a brighter side maybe the contractions are doing something.
Comment by Sam — November 10, 2008 @ 11:52 am
Oh those kind children of ours, building us up when we need it most.
*snort*
Take care.
Comment by Lisa Milton — November 10, 2008 @ 1:30 pm
So – the looking totally crappy has nothing to do with you not bathing, since you are writing like a mad woman? Maybe baby boy is ready to get out of you and get some pie of his very own.
I am sorry about the cold – there is nothing worse than being all congested and not able to sleep.
Comment by shahara — November 10, 2008 @ 2:20 pm
Kids are great ego-boosters, eh? Julia told me the other day, “Mom, you’re tummy is very big. It’s just really not small.”
My mom says to her, “Julia, that’s not nice to say.”
She says, “Well, if she makes her tummy smaller, then it won’t be true and I won’t have to say it.”
Awesome!
Sorry about your cold. I have one, too.
Comment by Leslie — November 11, 2008 @ 8:02 pm