OH WHAT A WEEKEND!

IT'S MONDAY. I AM SOMEWHAT GLAD ITS MONDAY BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT IS MONDAY AFTER ALL. I KNEW ON THURSDAY THAT I WOULD HAVE A HECTIC WEEKEND, BUT I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR JUST HOW HECTIC IT ACTUALLY WAS. THURSDAY NIGHT DEAN AND CODY (BETH'S BOYS) STAYED THE NIGHT WITH US. FRIDAY MORNING ANGELA CAME AND DROPPED OFF KIETH AND JAYDEN. (IT WAS HER BIRTHDAY WEEKEND AND THEY WENT OUT OF TOWN IN WHICH I AGREED TO KEEP THE BOYS FOR THEM.) SO FRIDAY AROUND 10:20AM WE HAUL ALL 6 KIDS INTO THE VEHICLE AND HEAD TO THE CHURCH TO DROP BRITTNEE OFF. SHE DID REALLY GOOD. SHE OF COURSE WAS HESITANT BUT SHE DID NOT CRY. WE WERE REALLY PROUD OF HER. (I DIDN'T CRY EITHER) SO NOW WE HAVE 5 KIDS IN THE TRUCK. NOW WE HEAD TO BETH'S TO RELIEVE OURSELVES OF 2 MORE KIDS. WE ENDED UP STAYING THERE FOR THE NIGHT. THE MEN (RAY AND CHRIS) DECIDED THEY WANTED TO GO CAMPING SAT. NIGHT AND THEREFOR SPENT MOST OF THE NIGHT GETTING EVERYTHING READY WHICH INCLUDED A TRIP TO WALMART AT MIDNIGHT. OK, SO EVERYTHING IS HECTIC BUT NOT THAT BAD SO FAR. WELL, WE GET UP SAT. AND HEAD OUT FOR ANOTHER ONE OF OUR FRIENDS KIDS BIRTHDAY PARTY. MY MOM KEPT JAYDEN WHILE WE WENT SO ALL I HAD TO WORRY ABOUT WAS TY AND KIETH. THE PARTY ENDS, RAY, CHRIS AND DEAN HEAD TO THE RIVER FOR THEIR CAMP NIGHT; BETH AND I HEAD TO MY HOUSE TO GET JAYDEN AND MORE STUFF SO THAT THE KIDS AND I COULD STAY AT BETH'S AGAIN. SO FAR, EVERYTHING IS OK. HALF WAY TO BETH'S, TY THROWS UP. HERE WE GO. OUT OF THE BLUE, ALL OF A SUDDEN HE JUST GETS SICK. NO WARNING. THERE IT WAS, ALL OVER HIM AND HIS CARSEAT. GREAT!!!! REMEMBER I HAVE MY 2 NEPHEWS AND CODY IN THE TRUCK AS WELL. WE GOT TO BETH'S, GOT TY OUT, GOT THE REST OF THE KIDS OUT, GOT THE CARSEAT OUT AND BEGAN OUR TIRESOME NIGHT. SINCE ANGELA WAS ALL THE WAY IN ANOTHER STATE AND THE KIDS HAD ALREADY BEEN EXPOSED TO EVERYTHING THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO WITH THEM BUT CONTINUE TO TAKE CARE OF THEM. THANKFULLY I HAD BETH TO HELP ME! SHE IS MY LIFESAVER! TY DID NOT THROW UP ANYMORE. HE RAN A FEVER EVERY SIX TO EIGHT HOURS ALL THE WAY UP TO LAST NIGHT. THEY WERE NOT JUST LOW GRADE FEVERS EITHER. SATURDAY NIGHT THE TYLENOL DID NOT BREAK HIS FEVER AND I HAD TO HAUL MY PAJAMA WEARING BUTT TO KROGER AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING TO FETCH SOME MOTRIN. THAT DID THE TRICK AND WE FINALLY GOT TO BED AROUND 3AM. I WAS RELIEVED OF MY NEPHEWS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND BY THE TIME I CRAWLED IN BED LAST NIGHT I FELT LIKE A ZOMBIE. TY'S LAST FEVER WAS LAST NIGHT AROUND 10:00PM. TODAY HE IS FEVER FREE BUT STILL VERY WHINY. BETH AND I BOTH WILL BE GLAD TO SEE HIM BACK TO NORMAL.

SO THERE YOU HAVE IT! THAT IS THE LONG STORY OF MY GLORIOUS WEEKEND! JUST NEEDED TO GET THAT OFF MY CHEST. THANKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH MY WHINING!

ON A GOOD NOTE, BRITTNEE HAD A BLAST. SHE DID CALL ME BOTH NIGHTS. FRIDAY NIGHT SHE WAS A LITTLE UPSET AND SCARED BUT COME SATURDAY SHE HAD SO MUCH FUN THAT SHE DIDN'T CRY WHEN SHE CALLED THAT NIGHT. SHE DID GOOD BUT WE STILL HAVE A WAYS TO GO BEFORE SHE'S OK WITH GOING ANYWHERE BY HERSELF.