November 8, 2021 - Monday


Why does my camera almost ALWAYS set its focus on the wrong thing??? It's always something right next to the face, instead of the face. 😑 I'm going to have to learn to do it manually. 

Well, we went to sleep last night thinking everything was good and then Ruby woke me up around 1am, screaming that she had thrown up in her bed. It was so gross. Delirious, me and Ben get her cleaned up and changed, make a bed on our bedroom floor for her, strip her bed, get Clemi to go back to sleep, and then I'm running around getting medicine, and tissues, and a trash can for her to throw up in if she needs to, and a towel. Ben ended up going downstairs to sleep, because he really needed to catch up on some of his lost sleep from the night before. And Ruby did okay. She took about 45 minutes to go back to sleep (she was blowing her nose for nearly ALL of that time), but then she slept until 5am. At that point, she woke up and had to use the bathroom and was screaming that her belly hurt so bad and why won't it stop. She did lay back down and fell back asleep for a couple more hours, thankfully. Then, she stayed home from school today and relaxed on the couch. But she never complained of feeling bad again, throughout the entire day. Of course, we're just waiting to see who gets it next. Will it be our guests from last night? Please, God, NO!!! Will it be Clemi, who was sitting in the car next to her and sleeping in the bed next to her? Will it be Ollie, who kisses and hugs Ruby all the time? Will it be ME, who has cleaned up all of her throw-up from yesterday and last night?? I'm praying that it's none of us and it stops with her. But we'll see! 

So, the rest of today was pretty relaxed. We stayed in the den, watching TV, and honestly, Ollie played great today. She was wonderful. I made some chicken and rice soup for dinner and we had that with homemade bread - delicious!

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day. I have to get my wisdom tooth removed at 1pm, Jonas has archery after school, and then he has his first vaccine tomorrow evening at 6:30. 🙌 Hopefully Ben can do some of the running around, since I'll likely feel a little rough after the tooth extraction. 

Playing red light, green light.




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