Blogger Flu

It seems that along with the swine flu, there have been several outbreaks of blogger flu going around the internet. I’ve been feeling particularly out-of-sorts myself, and I’ve read at least 15 posts from other bloggers having similar issues over the last month.

Symptoms of blogger flu include, but aren’t limited to, feeling down or overwhelmed, trouble putting thoughts to the keyboard, difficulty in organizing coherent posts, and a generalized worry that no one would want to read about your boring life at the moment anyway. It’s not quite to pandemic status yet, but I wouldn’t doubt its ability to mutate.

I’ve wanted to write several times in the past week, but when the time became available, I sat down to the computer and my thoughts took on the consistency of pea soup. The harder I tried to craft a post, the more difficult it became. But then when I went back into my blog reader and started to catch up on the thousands hundreds of posts I’m behind on reading, I noticed I wasn’t alone in my writer’s block. It seems a lot of people are struggling with what to write, wondering if they’ve lost their blogging mojo. Some are dealing with a lot of heavy life issues, some are crazy busy, and some are feeling depressed. (And some are dealing with ALL THREE. And while there’s no “I” in “some”, there’s definitely “me”. Ahem.)

So I’m not going to stress out if the words aren’t there. Because I know it’s just a temporary illness and soon I’ll be back. And I’m certain the words will yet again flow freely instead of being dragged from my head by force. I’ll rest, regroup, conserve my strength, and come back better than ever.

Anyone else out there want to admit to a touch of the blogger flu? I promise I won’t make you wear a mask.



Haiku Friday: The Sickness Strikes

After a long day
at clinical, the phone call
came: Cordy is sick.

No one wants to come
home to find your child has just
thrown up on your couch.

Another bug, caught
from preschool most likely. I
hope we don’t catch it.

Some kind of stomach bug has been spreading across Columbus, and some ill child at Cordy’s school was kind enough to share the virus with her. She’s normally a very healthy child – it takes a lot for a stomach bug to slow her down. Yet tonight she fell asleep early and refused to eat, worrying it would hurt her stomach. This kid never turns down a meal, so she must feel pretty miserable.

Now I must pray to the stomach bug gods to spare me from her germs. There are plenty of bad Mother’s Day gifts out there, but I think that might be one of the worst. Actually, I seem to remember this entire Mother’s Day virus scenario playing out like this last year. Damn.

To play along for Haiku Friday, follow these steps:

1. Write your own haiku on your blog. You can do one or many, all following a theme or just random. What’s a haiku, you ask? Click here.

2. Sign the Mister Linky below with your name and the link to your haiku post (the specific post URL, not your main blog URL). DON’T sign unless you have a haiku this week. If you need help with this, please let me know.

3. Pick up a Haiku Friday button to display on the post or in your sidebar by clicking the button at the top.

REMEMBER: Do not post your link unless you have a haiku this week! I will delete any links without haiku!



Who’s Taking Home A Miffy?

According to Random.org, it’s #4 – Steph!

Congrats, Steph – e-mail me your address so your giant Miffy can get to you soon.

And forgive me for being absent the past few days. The entire family has been struck down by a stomach virus I can only describe as mean. Cordy had it first, then me, then Mira, and now Aaron. For a little while yesterday, I thought I was heading to the hospital for sure due to constant vomiting.

Note to parents: when your kid is sick, do everyone a favor and keep your kid home from preschool. If it wasn’t for a classmate projectile vomiting all over Cordy’s class last week, we might not be parenting from the couch, weak and feverish.

PS – Haiku Friday will be appearing, only a little later in the morning than usual. Check over with Jennifer to see if she has it up before me, in case you’re in a hurry to haiku.



Mystery Solved. Yuck.

This morning, Cordy’s weird moods continued. After being awake for only an hour, she stood in front of me and said, “Whet’s go baff!”

“You want to take a bath?” I asked.

“O-K! Whet’s go up de staiwers!”

She likes baths. But not enough to request them willingly.

Then Ms. Jekyll turned into Ms. Hyde when we left the house. As I closed the front door, she started to struggle and cry, fighting me and kicking me as I tried to get her strapped into the car. She screamed half of the way, then arrived at the babysitter’s house happy and back to normal. I was still wondering what the hell was going on.

And then tonight, I got my answer.

Aaron called me as I left work, and the first thing I heard was Cordy screaming in the background. On the way home, Cordy had made some sad, whiny noises, pointing to her throat, and Aaron thought that maybe her coat was bothering her.

But then she vomited all over the car.

There was no warning before that. She had not eaten recently, she had not been crying. Aaron pulled over to assess the damage and try to clean her up, but there was too much. I suggested he put her back into the vomit-covered carseat and just get home, since she was going to need a bath anyway. Worst of all, she had thrown up all over her puppy, and wailed when she wasn’t allowed to hold him the rest of the way home.

I had planned to attend a meeting for ICAN tonight, looking for support and resources for trying a VBAC with baby #2. But even though Aaron had it all under control, I couldn’t go. My baby was sick, and I needed to be there. I had already pulled into the parking lot for the meeting, but I couldn’t get out of the car. Going home to cuddle my sick child was the only thing on my mind. The meeting could wait until next month.

I arrived home to find Aaron helping Cordy into PJs after her bath. The poor thing was shivering and, even after a warm bath, had ice cold skin. She quickly climbed into my lap, and I allowed her to watch TV to distract her, holding her close to transfer some of my own warmth to her. Slowly she warmed up, and she tried so hard to act like everything was fine. She climbed off my lap to attempt to dance, but could barely keep her balance on both feet.

She drank a little watered-down juice, and seemed to be feeling better before she went to bed. Bedtime was fairly easy, although she looked troubled as we went upstairs, probably realizing puppy was not with her as he usually is. She went to sleep quickly, and Aaron and I began the task of rinsing the car seat cover, her clothing, puppy, and other vomit-covered items before throwing them into the wash.

So it is possible the moodiness of the past few days has been the result of a virus slowly working itself into her system. It’s the best explanation I have at the moment. It’s likely I will be staying home from work tomorrow to make sure she is getting better, which is fine, considering the massive snow storm moving in tonight.

And while I’m exhausted and would love to go to sleep, I must wait for the laundry to finish drying. Then I can pull puppy out, clean and fresh, sneak into Cordy’s room, and place it in her crib, so that if she wakes in the middle of the night, she will find her dear puppy next to her, ready for a hug.

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