This has been a bang up of a week. And by bang up, I mean, DEAR UNIVERSE, PLEASE STOP BEATING ME OVER THE HEAD WITH A MALLET. NO LOVE, ME.
Wednesday, I tried to man up and go to work, despite waking up at 2AM with my eyes swollen shut thanks to my arch-nemesis, pink eye. Work was a disaster because instead of being understanding that you're sick, 8th graders tell you you're disgusting. Repeatedly. Then to add to the disaster, the boys' sitter called and said that Luke was crying and complaining of an earache. Some major shuffling involved and we ended up at the doctor that afternoon. He walked in the room, looked at me, and said, "Is anyone in this room healthy?" Because his doctor is wonderful, he checked me over, too. We both had pink eye and ear infections (a first for both of us!). Apparently my ear drum was bulging (ew) and he couldn't believe that I wasn't in more pain (because I am a rockstar). We walked out of there with four prescriptions. The doctor is usually more of a "wait and see, try these natural remedies" guy, so I was pretty convinced of our sickness at that point. Well, not to mention the part where I thought I was surely going to die at any moment.
But the completely awesome amazing part of Wednesday? My house cleaner came. And I was having 11th hour thoughts that I was being ridiculous and lazy in not being able to clean my own house, but walking into a clean house on Wednesday? Vanished those thoughts. Of course, not even five minutes after we got home, Tommy dumped his entire snack on the nice clean kitchen floor. I wanted to cry for a moment, but then as the evening wore on and I saw all the little touches, like dusted and Pledged dressers and sparkling mirrors and windows? Oh, hiring someone to clean my house is quite honestly the best thing I've ever done. I feel so much more relaxed, knowing that right now, picking up at the end of the night is all I have to do. I don't have to pick up toys and dishes and then go mop or vacuum. The vacuum tracks on the floor were done by someone else. The squeaky clean bathtub I bathed in last night? I got to enjoy it, but I didn't have to clean it.
Honsetly, I have no idea why I didn't budget for this before, because it is SO SMART. Seriously. I might be sick and miserable, but at least I am sick and miserable IN A CLEAN HOUSE.
Today started off a little suspect. I slept past call off time because Tommy had me up at 3:30. I got ready to leave in ten minutes... and then backed into Shane's car in the driveway. Something tells me it's going to be one of those days where I run out of the building in the afternoon, shouting TGIF!
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YES to the house cleaner! I decided while I was pregnant that if I have to work outside of the house, then I'm not about to spend precious free time mopping the floors and wiping pubes off the toilet. I would give up 100 other things before I gave this up.
I hope the meds work and that you guys are feeling better soon.
I am SOOOO jealous! And not of the double doozy combo of pinkeye & ear infection! (BTW, I had a bad ear infection last year with my sinus infection and had NO clue until the Dr. told me---my sinus issues were so overpowering I did not notice the ear) Enjoy enjoy! How often do you get to have the cleaner? Wait..on second thought, maybe I don;t want to know :)
A house cleaner is a fabulous idea! Gooo job.
I hope your day gets better. Bummer about the cars, but things like that just happen...
Oh man, what a rough week. . .at least it was a short one. I hope you are feeling better and get some much needed rest this weekend in your clean house :-)
I'm so glad you were able to relax in a clean house and not have to be the one worried about cleaning it. Especially with a bulging ear drum (you must have a super hero pain threshold) and all the sick. I can't believe you went to work- you're right- you are a rock star. I know it's hard to call in when you're a teacher, but still. Hopefully after a rough morning, today will get better and this will be the weekend of healing and you'll all be as good as new next week!
Oh ERIN!!!!!!!
Hope you are feeling better! The house cleaner gig is awesome. I've never had one come regularly, but have used one from time to time when I am in a bind and just can't get it all done. There is NO better feeling than having a clean house!
Don't feel bad about backing into your husband's car...I've done the same thing! Unfortunately, he had owned his car for about 12 days before I managed to back into it. He was NOT happy, but I think the fact that I was a crying, blubbering mess kept him from getting too upset with me.
Feel better!
OMIGOSH yes. I adore my house cleaner. There is nothing like coming home and having all of the hard scrubbing stuff done. It inspires me to clean closets and shit like that.
Hope you are feeling better soon. Pink eye is the worst.
Oh, I'm so sorry you're having such a rough week. I agree with you though- you ARE a rockstar for how you've been handling everything. You totally deserve a clean house (that you didn't have to clean)!
I am so sorry that everyone is sick, but I am so happy for you that you are sick in a clean house! How amazing will this year be without having to worry about cleaning when you get home. I hope you are feeling better!
I'm mildly obsessed with our cleaning lady. She's the BEST. I also love her kids and her husband. They rock!
When my husband announced that he was going to be deployed for a year, I got serious about finding a cleaning lady. I seriously give up eating out and other small things to keep her coming every other week now that he's home. So worth every penny I pay her.
I had a very simple procedure Wed, and ended up with Pnuemonia. Seriously, what was Wednesday thinking?
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