Get Up, Get Up, Get Down with the Sickness

Everyone in my adorable immediate family is sick with some kind of nasty stomach virus. At least, that's what we think it is. And all of this after some different, unrelated sickness for each us earlier in the week.

I was the first one to get sick on Saturday night, so we figured it might have just been food poisoning from stinkin' Taco Bell. OMG, I have decided to NEVER eat at fast food restaurants again. We had gone to the mall for a sort of extended birthday celebration/relaxation time for me. Unlike many a stereotypical woman, I get no joy from shopping. But I do love to visit the Barnes and Noble in the mall, grab a coffee and something I have never read before, and sit down in relative silence without having to tend a totally restless toddler. Brandon will go off with Bowen for awhile and let me browse B&N. And usually we eat at the mall when we make these occasional trips because it is easier. Boy, was that a bad idea.

So later that night I start feeling bad which leads to a horrific morning of violent illness. All Saturday I felt like I could barely move, got dizzy when I stood up, became best friends with my toilet, and consumed copious amounts of Gatorade and Jell-O. Poor Brandon was forced to watch Bowen while trying to complete homework that was due today.

So early in the wee hours of the morning Bowen wakes up.... well, exhibiting the same signs of illness as I had. Poor little guy didn't sleep well and we had to get up many times all night. Brandon announced he was feeling the same way and buried himself under the covers in misery. Luckily, I was feeling just better enough to weather the many waking of my little guy all night.

This morning I am still making progress while my two guys are feeling terrible. And it is Bowen's birthday today.

I figure we will just postpone the celebrations until a couple days hence when we all feel better and can actually enjoy some cake. For now, it's liquids and lots of movie watching on the couch.


Enjoy this, my favourite version of the song, first heard on one of my all-time favourite zombie movies: Dawn of the Dead!!! Warning: NSFW!

Bowen's First Haircut

I cut Bowen's hair for the first time today. I have only ever trimmed the hair above his eyes when it got too long and bothered him.

But I cut it all over today. And it made me kinda sad. I am actually mourning the loss of his long hair. I think Brandon is, too.

Bowen had this beautiful, long toddler hair that curled up on the bottom in "wings". It was freakin' adorable. And, as is typical for me, I did not care that his hair was long and he was a little boy (often mistaken at the park for a girl because of it) because his hair was just too beautiful to chop yet. And toddlers look great with long hair. They still have that uber soft baby hair that is a joy to look at and touch.

But, I realized as the weather has gotten warmer that Bowen's hair was making him hot and sweaty. And it's only going to get hotter. So I resolved to cut it. After much struggle, lots of convincing, only a little crying, and mommy following toddler all around the living room with a pair of scissors, I managed to complete our first haircut endeavor. Bowen now has a very boyishly short haircut. It makes him look older and I am not used to it at all. But it is certainly growing on me and I always enjoy an opportunity to see my son in a new light and appreciate him anew. Possible pictures later on his blog.

More Tomorrow

Terrible, terrible, horrible, awful, horrific, no good, bad, scary, horrible, horrific, depressing fucking day.

Everything Important

I hate blogging. Kinda.

I have so many important things I want to talk about, yet:

• I am tired. Me no want writie.
• It takes so long to explain everything in my head. A two second thought consists of too many words to type.
  
• Real life is not really that entertaining. I am not a fan of reality T.V. I love movies. Movies=mostly fantastical/exaggerated depictions of real life to entertain/make a point/whatever. Blogging about real life is like the reality t.v. of words.
• Who cares, really? I mean, who will read this regularly except me, Brandon, and maybe Wren? Really.
• I have good movies to watch, good books to read. "3:10 to Yuma" arrived from Netflix today. It already rocks and I'm not even done with it. Hurrah for great flicks! Finished re-reading Dune and am on to Dune Messiah. Hurrah for good books!
• It's easier to talk about meaningless nothings than the meat of my day that matters to me.
  
• Bowen wears me out. And today was a GOOD day!