You Guessed It!

Yep. I am sick. Well, I did tell you. It's a bad upper respiratory thing with fever. Abbie seems fine, but still congested. I'm a mess. Not getting any sleep at night. Sometimes in the mornings. Well, it can't last forever, and I'm doing all I can to recover. Josh bought me jell-o.

My kids have never done the Mothers' Day thing before. Well, why would they? It's mommies who make holidays, and I wasn't about to declare a holiday for myself. It's against my principles. Besides, I have no opinion of Mothers' Day. Actually, that's not quite true. I have several opinions of Mothers' Day. When my grandmother was small, Mothers' Day was a day for anti-war demonstrations - led by the mothers of fallen soldiers. She told me about it. I think they didn't celebrate Mother's Day in her family because they thought it unpatriotic. That last part is a guess. Also, my mother doesn't really believe in Mother's Day, mainly for the reason that if you don't appreciate your mother, one day's worth of apology a year isn't going to make up for it. If you do appreciate your mother, then why do you need a holiday to tell her so? So, with that as my Mothers' Day background, I became a mother. Since I don't declare holidays for myself, it's mostly on Josh and his views to decide if Mothers' Day will be celebrated in our house. So far, it has not. But this year Josh has to work overtime on Mothers' Day. That, at least, he noticed. He and Grant brought me flowers and Cadbury chocolate, and Grant also made stuff in school, and showed it to me very proudly. Love that. So, since it's just us tomorrow - since I can't go to taiko anyway - I think maybe the kids and I should go out. Abbie has been feeling left out of the Mothers' Day preparation. Maybe we could go and get some bubble tea at the tea shop, and I'll let her pay. What do you think?

A co-worker of Josh's gave him some tiger lilies. I'm going to try to work up the energy to plant them today, in pots. We also got some freesia for the kids to plant in little pots, too, but that's already been done. The pots are, of course, because I'm tired of wasting plant life be sending it to my clay yard to live. Besides, we can take stuff with us when we move if it's in pots. Orange isn't my favorite color for lilies, but Josh is excited.

The kids played very cutely yesterday afternoon. Today they are in the basement. The dogs are all outside. They're still getting along nicely, but Raphael ate an ant trap this morning, and I'm worried he might be sick. He looks fine, but he's a big dog, and that would be a LOT of vomit. Best they stay in the yard for a while.

Behind on bills and laundry. I am either going to start that today or Monday. Tomorrow is not looking good.

Last I heard, my parents are enjoying their vacation! May really is my favorite month. Love and good health to you all!