I was off by a couple days...

I was right, although I was off by a couple days. I wasn't being pessimistic. I was being realistic. We're sick...again. I knew it was unavoidable. I started feeling puny Monday afternoon. When I mentioned this to Gary he told me he'd been fighting a cold for 2 days. Yeah, thanks for kissing me, Sweetie! Oh well... Last night at 8:30 Boo was coughing in bed. I didn't want her to wake up Doodle, so when I decided she wasn't going to work through it and go back to sleep anytime soon I scooped her up and brought her out to the living room. We made a bed on the floor, fired up the vaporizer, slathered on some Vicks and took a little medicine. I tickled her to sleep, fell asleep eventually and was woken up to Doodle coughing in their bedroom at 2:45. I had turned up the monitor in our room so Gary would be sure to hear her if she began coughing. I'm not sure whether he didn't hear her coughing or that he just knew I'd hear her and take care of her. Either way, he remained in bed. I scooped her up, gave her a little medicine, gave her a drink, slathered on the Vicks and tucked her into bed next to me on the floor. It took her what seemed like FOREVER to settle down and stop coughing, but she finally did. I had already decided that there would be no school today (obviously), so we slept until about 7:15 this morning. I could've slept longer... I'm pretty sure they're about a day behind me with this cold. Hanny told me this morning that I have a really growly voice. That's putting it mildly. I've already told them that I can't spend the day breaking up arguments and asking endless questions about what they want to eat. My voice just isn't going to last today. Hopefully we'll get through this one without much of a hitch. On the plus side, they've already got a scheduled doctor's appointment on Friday, so that's a mind-settling thing.

Maybe we'll make some cookies. It's cold, I'm sick, I'm in the mood for comfort foods. Boo wants ham, mashed potatoes/gravy and green beans for dinner. I told Hanny we'll probably make vegetable soup (with big fat noodles) for supper. Who knows what we'll end up with, but we have great aspirations. I predict a nap in the not so distant future, though. I'll probably be the only napper.