Big M. is home sick today and I'm home with him. Funny, I took him to the doctor for a routine check-up yesterday and he was the picture of health..."Heart, lungs, eyes, ears and stomach all look and sound good!" Then last night he started coughing and complaining of a sore throat. I chalked it up to seasonal allergies, turned on the humidifier in his room, gave him a cough drop and sent him to bed. This morning at 5:00 am he came into our room, crying and coughing as if he's been smoking 3 packs a day his whole life..."I don't feel good, Mom!" I called for a sub (an adventure that may become another post for another time), ran Little M. to daycare and have spent my day...
Thursday, May 14, 2009
I knew it couldn't be my fault...
CLEANING MY HOUSE! (amongst other things)
And here's where my "catchy" title comes into play...Good lord, gentle readers, I can hardly believe how damn productive I am when that sweet little terror who goes by the name Little M. isn't around! Below is a list of things I have accomplished since 8:30 this morning:
1. Swept and mopped the stairs, living room, dining room, kitchen, computer room, downstairs bathroom and laundry room.
2. Dusted computer room and downstairs bathroom.
3. Cleaned sink, tub and toilet in downstairs bathroom.
4. Washed, dried, folded and put away 3 loads of laundry.
5. Made granola in my crockpot.
6. Organized all the books and cd's that Mr. EM has just left sitting in the general vicinity of the shelves on which they belong. (I hate when he does that! And while I'm on this tangent, gentle readers, tell me...where would you put a Dave Matthews Band cd in alphabetical order? I say in the M's, he says in the D's. Help us out here.)
7. Took out the recycling.
8. Washed 2 loads of dishes.
It is now 1:15 in the afternoon. In the midst of doing the above list, I also made time to eat lunch and get on Facebook for a short time. In the next 3 hours (Mr. EM and Little M. will be home around 4:30) I plan to get a lasagna made for dinner tonight and write at least one IEP, plus get another one started for meetings I have coming up in the next 2 weeks.
If Little M. had been home with me today, I would not have accomplished even half of the above tasks. I'd be every bit as tired as I am right now, but much of my house would still be dirty and I'd be stressing over when I was going to have time to write those IEP's.
All this time I've been wondering why my house is always such a pit of filth and why I never seem to have enough time to clean it. Now I know who the culprit is...
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Just look at him! He has "time to distract my mom" written all over him!
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7 comments:
Aw man! I know what you mean! When the boys were gone last week, we cleaned almost the entire house (except out bedroom, which, shut the door, who cares) in an hour and a half. Sweeping, mopping, dishes, vacuuming, putting away toys, making beds... and then it miraculously stayed clean. It would take me 2 days to do all of that if they were home... and it all would have been undone in a matter of minutes. Kids! Always gettin' in the way!
Hope Big M feels better soon!!
I definitely know where you're coming from!
Awesome!
hmmmmm...I think D for DMB.
Ever since I spent the day shopping online while my teen was sick, Husband has been more willing to stay home with sick kiddos! :)
Isn't that funny?
But I know exactly what you mean. Even now at 13 Rach still says, "mom, entertain me." But it was much worse when she was little.
somewhat OT, but how do you make granola in your crock pot. I make mine in the oven, but it's a messy job....
Ah...it was that doctor's office that made him sick, you know. It never fails. Liv will be right as rain when I take her in for her school check up and within ten hours of leaving the ofc (and research says that it takes 6-11 hours for a virus to show itself, in general), she will be sick as a dog.
I gave up on a clean house long ago. And I say Matthews for the cd.
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