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I’ve had a crappy week (and a half). I mentioned that hubs was out of town….he still is. His Estimated Date of Return is still unknown, which makes every day one day closer to him being back, but I have no idea how many there are in between.
The kids? Well, their mom is short on patience, short on humor, short on sleep. Short in general.
The weather? It snowed today, all day, if that tells you anything. In Kansas. On April 23rd. I believe the sun came out yesterday, so there’s that.
There was one bright spot to the last nine days. I went to the first official read through of the Listen To Your Mother-Kansas City show, which I’ll be reading in on May 11th (and you should totally come to if you’re local). I got to meet all but one of the rest of the cast, and we all cried and laughed together, baring our souls for two hours and then enjoying each others’ company at dinner afterwards.
But, I didn’t take any pictures that afternoon.
And then I came home to a beagle that has arthritis and was laying under the bush on the front porch, unable to move his back legs and therefore, walk. So all of that awesome, “I just met a bunch of new friends and had a great time with them away from my kids where I had an adult beverage that I so desperately needed” feeling went straight out the window as I carried him upstairs and proceeded to not sleep, listening to his heavy panting all night. And the next morning, I took him to the vet, where he had puppy acupuncture and we scheduled three more rounds in the next week and a half.
So, now I have four kids and a disabled dog (who now refuses to lie down and relax, even at night) to take care of. On my own.
My week has been craptastic. How YOU doin’?
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I know I can't help since I live 500 or so miles away. But, the next time I'm in Kansas, I'll take you for an adult drink. 🙂 Hopefully, you won't have anything more overwhelming than normal when you get back home.
Thanks, Tara! Yes, fingers crossed that nothing else comes up. I could use a dose of boring. 🙂
That is one rough week. So sorry that you have to deal with this on your own, Greta. I hope the days between now and your husband's return are very, very few.
Thank you, Kim. Here's hoping!
I think hubby needs to send you on a girls weekend, to Louisiana after this last week or 2! Just sayin'.
HUGS!!!
Haha, YES!
Sometimes, the days are like that. And you hate that they're like that and you want a DO OVER!!! I understand. I can only imagine how hard it is to have a house full of kids and pets and no one to help you. Big hugs.
It is hard! Even when he's "home" it's hard, because he works long hours. Oh well…..it'll pass!
I hope this week is better. Hugs.
It was for a while. Ha! Never a dull moment around here. 🙂
OH man you have had a rough week. I hope hubby comes home soon hun..
Thank you! He did, thankfully.
I'm so sorry about your week. It does sound horrible. You need another BlissDom vaca. I hope your hubby comes home soon!!!!! Hang in there!!!!
I do! We need our own personal Blissdom weekend. Or, you know, a spa weekend. 🙂
Ugh. That's way too much to deal with on your own! Can't say it's been much better here this week. I hope he comes home soon!
I hope your week has gotten better!
When it rains, it pours.
I'm so sorry that you have all of this to deal with on your own… but I'm so very proud of you for being a part of LTYM!!
xo
Thank you, Leighann! One more week until the big show!!
Oh I hate it when husbands are gone! Everything goes wrong during that time! Hope you get a break soon and the dog at least starts relaxing!
Well, he relaxes now, but he still can't walk. Sigh. Thanks, Audrey!
I think you win at having the most craptastic week. All I did was hurt my back at the gym, but I know it will get better soon. Fingers crossed your hubs gets to come home soon.
Hurting your back is nothing to sneeze at! That's an award I don't mind giving to somebody else. 🙂
You are a champ! You can do it!
I survived (barely)!
My hubs used to be on the road for weeks at a time, come home for a few days and go back out. His longest time out was 5 almost 6 weeks. We moved to where he is working, so he's home everyday but that means we're 300 miles away from everyone I ever knew. So, because I don't warm up to new people real fast, I've only met local cashiers. This week was my 10th wedding anniversary which would be great except for the affair my hubs last year still kinda smarts. I don't know if this qualifies as worse, but at least my kids & 5 pets (4 guineas & 1 cat) are all healthy. Hang in there. I know the snow sucks but warmer sun-shinier days are coming.
Ugh. NO BUENO.
Yeah that sounds pretty bad. Solo parenting is SO hard. I hope your husband gets home soon and things get back to normal.
He's back! Still not exactly "normal" but I doubt we'll ever really be. 🙂
oh Greta! I'm so sorry! Running the show alone is so tough! I know how exhausted you must feel. I have nothing to say but God Speed my dear!
Thank you, Kerry! We miss you this week…hope you're doing well, friend!
Boo to a crappy week! I wish I was closer so I could help out. You have such a big heart to take the dog in. Hang in there. I hope Hubs gets come soon and then sends you to a spa for a few days or at very least lets you sleep in and take a long shower interrupted.
Thanks, Nicolette! I didn't get a spa trip or day off, but I got to take a hot bath, so….there's that? 🙂
So sorry to hear about your doggie! It's so hard to see them suffer. I hope the accunpuncture helps. Can they give him any medication? Also wanted to remind you that you are an amazing mother doing a great job! I don't know how you manage 4 kids without Hubble! I've been alone twice w Sylvia and I'm a mess. So kudos to you! Hope the next few days get better and better! And NO pics from LTYM?? We're you feeling ok?
Thank you, Kelly! I had the choice to have the vet give him steroids, but he recommended the acupuncture. Still no change, though, and trip #4 is on Monday. I'm pretty exhausted by the whole situation…I'll never have five kids, I know that now!!
Yes, I was feeling fine at the LTYM read-through, but our co-producer was the only one taking pictures that day. It just didn't happen for anybody else! I think all the nerves and emotions had something to do with it. Another read-through tomorrow, and I'm going to take at least a couple of pictures then!
Ugh sorry to hear about your week! I know the kind so well and they are just ICK. But LTYM – that is lovely and I'm glad you had that bit of lovely in the week.
It was lovely, and definitely a bright spot! Thank you, Tricia!
Wish I was closer so we could hang and I could help you with everything! I know those weeks where you are in the thick of it and I don't like when any of my friends are feeling like that.
Hope things are looking up! How is your dog? Is the acupuncture working?
I wish you lived closer, too, Kristen! But thank you so much. I survived…still dealing with the dog, but hopefully he'll get better soon. He hasn't had any change yet, and frankly, I'm exhausted.
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