These past few days I have been hit with one of the hardest things (at least for me) to deal with as a single parent. Having a sick kid and being sick yourself. My darling little Lil has the flu, so for the past three nights she has been up coughing, sneezing, whimpering, crying, tossing and turning, kicking covers off and screaming "NO NO NO MINE MINE MINE!!" in her sleep. Suffice to say I have had a total of 4 hours of broken sleep in 3 days. Which wouldn't be too bad if I too weren't sick. So I am stuck in this zombie-like stupor, wandering around the house bleary-eyed in my jammies trying do get my girl to eat something, anything! Trying not to fall asleep while I am pouring her yet another glass of juice she is demanding but will not drink. Then rocking her in my lap while trying to get homework done. Feeling as if this fuzzy dream state of sickness and lack of sleep will never end...
Hopefully you have family members or friends who can help you out with the kids.
ReplyDeleteWe have friends who are married and just had a baby boy, we cooked dinner for them and did the laundry for them because the mom was so tired and the father had to go to work and school. I also ran out and did food shopping for them (they gave me a debit card). Maybe they will name their next kid after me.
Wow! You are a wonderful friend. That is so lovely of you to help out. Sad to say not many people are that thoughtful. My mother is a *wonderful* help. She watches the girls (or girl depending on the day and time) while I am at school and at home a bit so I am able to get homework done. But I hate to ask too often as she does SOOO much for me.
ReplyDeleteSounds tuff my mother was a single mother of 3. keep up the good work
ReplyDeletekeep up the hard work.
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