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Mar. 1st, 2009 04:10 pmBrad will be home in about 15-17 days. That is a guess. But about that long. Maybe sooner. Maybe not. But it is still such a small number now. A number you can count in weeks instead of months. It feels sort of earth shattering. I have moments where I don't understand why it isn't on the news! Heh.
Maria woke up with a fever this morning and though she is acting pretty much fine, it was the highest fever she's ever had while living with us. Don't know about when she was littler. Headache and really high fever seems to be the hallmark of this particular brand of the flu. Lord, have mercy on me. I really don't want to get it. Anyway, since she is sick we couldn't go to my parents' house for lunch or anywhere else really, but we did run to the store for supplies and while there picked up some crafty type projects to do. Maria chose an arm band/bracelet set to decorate. Zoe chose butterfly glitter cards to make. Luci chose little clay horses to paint. It was funny watching them pick stuff out. Zoe's first card was lovely and while I was making lunch she snuck up behind me and handed me an envelope with the card in it and it said, "Dear mom, I love you. Love Zoe." Why does that mean so much? It is just kind of amazing to me what my children's simple gestures of love and affection do to my heart. The whole world should be this way. We should all do such lovely, sweet things for each other. How can you NOT love someone back who offers themselves like that? "....for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these..."
I received my clothing and shoe orders. The shoes are perfect and so comfortable. The clothes? Well, every single shirt is too big (guess I'm not as big as I thought?). One of the skirts is perfect. A short sleeved little bolero type sweater I bought to go with a skirt I already own will work. But I think everything else is going back. *sigh* My favorite skirt, one that Zoe grabbed when it came out of the bag and said "I want this for wall paper in my room! It is so beeeaaauuutiful!", well, it looks awful on me. That is very often the case. The fabric, colors and styles that draw me, that make me happy to look at, almost always look terrible on me. If I was about 60lbs lighter they might look good however. Heh.
Now I should go do something productive. We did go shopping, do crafts and I made homemade soup for lunch, but that is literally all I've done today. The girls ate Kashi instant oatmeal for breakfast. So, in order to feel productive I need to do considerably more. Yeah. Gettin' right on that....
Maria woke up with a fever this morning and though she is acting pretty much fine, it was the highest fever she's ever had while living with us. Don't know about when she was littler. Headache and really high fever seems to be the hallmark of this particular brand of the flu. Lord, have mercy on me. I really don't want to get it. Anyway, since she is sick we couldn't go to my parents' house for lunch or anywhere else really, but we did run to the store for supplies and while there picked up some crafty type projects to do. Maria chose an arm band/bracelet set to decorate. Zoe chose butterfly glitter cards to make. Luci chose little clay horses to paint. It was funny watching them pick stuff out. Zoe's first card was lovely and while I was making lunch she snuck up behind me and handed me an envelope with the card in it and it said, "Dear mom, I love you. Love Zoe." Why does that mean so much? It is just kind of amazing to me what my children's simple gestures of love and affection do to my heart. The whole world should be this way. We should all do such lovely, sweet things for each other. How can you NOT love someone back who offers themselves like that? "....for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these..."
I received my clothing and shoe orders. The shoes are perfect and so comfortable. The clothes? Well, every single shirt is too big (guess I'm not as big as I thought?). One of the skirts is perfect. A short sleeved little bolero type sweater I bought to go with a skirt I already own will work. But I think everything else is going back. *sigh* My favorite skirt, one that Zoe grabbed when it came out of the bag and said "I want this for wall paper in my room! It is so beeeaaauuutiful!", well, it looks awful on me. That is very often the case. The fabric, colors and styles that draw me, that make me happy to look at, almost always look terrible on me. If I was about 60lbs lighter they might look good however. Heh.
Now I should go do something productive. We did go shopping, do crafts and I made homemade soup for lunch, but that is literally all I've done today. The girls ate Kashi instant oatmeal for breakfast. So, in order to feel productive I need to do considerably more. Yeah. Gettin' right on that....
