December 30, 2022 - Friday



I didn't think it could get worse (I'm so naive), but it did. Things started so well today though! Everyone woke up late, around 7:30! I felt sooo well-rested. Ollie climbed into bed to "nuggle" and she was fever free!!! Woohoo! But then Ruby walks by the bedroom door and mentions that her stomach is hurting. I'm kind of like, okay, well...let's get some food and some water and see how you feel. She ate a few bites of breakfast but said that she just couldn't eat any more; she felt too sick. Within an hour, Ruby puked all over the daggone floor. Just everywhere. Ben and I were getting ready to leave the house to meet up with Alisha and I had to stop everything to clean her up and clean up the mess. Thankfully, it wasn't a terrible clean up and MJ was there to help, but wow. Such a bummer. MJ urged us to go anyway, so we headed out.

Our hangout with Alisha and Patrick was so nice though. I put my foot in my mouth once, but what visit is complete without me making myself look like an insensitive ass? We went to the Shake Shack and I got that amazing portobello burger again (SO DELICIOUS) and then I started to feel anxious and was kind of hinting that we might just end it at that point, but Ben reminded everyone of the bowling idea, so I just went for it, because how often do I get to see them and they drove so far to come visit with us. We went over to the arcade place and the bowling had a two-hour wait!!! We ended up sitting at the bar instead and had a beer while we talked for another hour and a half or so. It was a really good time and I'm glad we hung out for longer than just that first hour. 

When we got home, we learned that Ruby had thrown up two more times and pooped herself. They had to give her a bath and they ended up babysitting Zayden too! THEN MJ admitted that she and dad have had stomach issues all day too! Both of them thought they might throw up, although neither of them did, and both of them have diarrhea. Then Skyla calls and says that her and Brandon have been sick, throwing up all day. 😲 Oh. My. Gosh. I went from just feeling bad for Ruby to being so scared that I'm going to get this nasty stomach bug, or more of the kids will, and miss the Boettcher party tomorrow and/or be throwing up for the whole drive home on Sunday. Ugh. I am so disappointed and frustrated. There has been no end to the sicknesses this season. And every time we get over one I think, woo! We're safe for a little while! Just to come down with another thing in a week or two.

Poor Clemi has been so bummed and lonely and bored all day that when Ben and I got back from our visit I asked her if she wanted to go for a walk. Turns out, everyone but Ruby wanted to go! So we walked around the block in 56-degree weather and it felt great to have some fresh air and stretch our legs a bit. 

Oh, in addition to all of this mess, Sadie (dad and MJs dog) injured herself the first night we were there. It got really bad and she had to go to the vet today. MJ was there for hours and now she's going out of her mind with stress because of how messed up Sadie is and how expensive the vet visit was and how much work taking care of Sadie's wounds is going to be. Good times!




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