Finally, Back To Normal (if you call this normal)

So, as I said before: 

I was off on Monday (still on vacation) and yesterday I was at work but I was too busy from being gone to blog.  I just started looking at coupons when I decided I had to leave.  Both of the kids were running fevers and I felt like shit.  Supa, Dazzle and I were sick while we were on vacation...I'll get to how we got to this point of sickness later.

Let's continue on from that point.

I was off on Monday but Supa and the kids had to go back to school and work.  I was still sick but I didn't think I was bad enough to go to the doctor yet.   I had a few things to do at the house (like clean out my closet and upload bloggy pictures).  Here is what I discovered in the closet:


Pants, pants and more pants



This is just some of what I pulled out. 

As you can see, I had plenty to sort out.  I worked in the closet for a couple of hours, giving it a total face lift. 

I met Jade for lunch and enjoyed my time with her.  Then I went back home and spent the next couple of hours working on pictures. 

Tuesday, I got up and got on the treadmill before work.  I really wasn't feeling well but I figured it would just go away eventually.  I took the Neon to school and then when I woke up Dazzle, she had a fever.  Wonderful!  Dazzle stayed home to rest and I went on to work. 

I was at work all day when Neon got home from school and called me.  He had a fever too.  GREAT!?!  I felt like shit and I thought I might have a fever also!  I told my boss I had to leave work and go take everyone to the doctor.  WTF?!  You gotta do what you gotta do right?!

In the meantime, back in my hometown, Aunt Darling was getting sick.  My Mom was getting sick and they actually had to take my Grampa to the hospital.  He's 88 years old so if he gets sick, he's not getting better without the hospital.  A couple of days later, Uncle Darling said that he too was sick.  FML!!   I felt so bad!!  All of this sickness was our fault.  Of course when I called to talk to my Grampa he said it was absolutely not our fault and that I shouldn't feel bad at all.  He knew I didn't get sick on purpose but I still felt bad.  :(

The kids and I went to the CVS Minute Clinic and all three of us had sinus infections just like I thought.  We were given antibiotics and were ordered to stay home until Thursday. 

Long story short, Grampa got better and finally got to go home (several days later).  The kids and I stayed home on Wednesday, returned to work/school Thursday and before I knew it, it was Saturday again. 

This past Saturday, Supa was off.  (A true fucking miracle after being on vacation)  We had plenty of things to accomplish. 

First things first, my nails needed to be done in the worst "I just got back from vacation" kind of way. 


I got the crackle polish this time and I love it!  I love how each nail looks different. 

When I got back to the house, Supa, Dazzle and I took Neon to his first swimming lesson at the downtown YMCA.  He will go for 6 Saturday's until he is swimming like a little fish.  I'm excited about him learning.  I don't want to go to the beach this summer (or my friend's swimming pool) and have to worry about my youngest child (who refused up until this point to learn how to swim) drowning.  The instructor said he did really well at his first lesson.  She just thinks he needs to become more comfortable in the water and relax!

We toured the YMCA while we were there and of course we want to become members.  Maybe one day soon but not right this minute.  We'll have to think about it some more.  I did take some pictures of the building.  It was really cool!


The ceiling (photo by Dazzle) was vaulted and very pretty!



I liked the YMCA presidential hallway ;)  That is a photo of every person that was ever president of the YMCA.
 Very historic.



The exercise room (one of them) with the indoor track.  It was super nice with a great window view.

After we finished with swimming lessons, we went to Lizard's Thicket and had some lunch together.  Then we were off to look for some summer shoes for the kids.  Surprisingly, we only had to visit one shoe store before we were victorious.  Then we ran to Target and back home again. 

Jade came over to see us that night.  We just hung out and I went to bed early fell asleep in the couch quickly. 

Sunday when I woke up, I realized there was only one banana left and I wanted it so....


Everyone thought it was hilarious that I called a banana an apple but that is not what I was going for!  I was marking it Apple so that no one would eat it!  It was mine!  In the end, I ate the apple, er, banana. 

After my fruity breakfast, Jade brought Cat Mama over to hang out with Dazzle and Neon and off we went to the flea market.  

The movie guy was not there AGAIN.  (I don't even want to talk about my DVD withdrawals.  I already announced to Supa that if that slack mother fucker wasn't there next week, I was going straight to Walmart).  The Mexican people that sell the super cheap fruit were there though!  I got a watermelon, cantaloupe, pineapple and cucumber for $8.00.  Wow.  Right up my cheap ass alley.  We walked around for awhile, loaded up with fruit, ran by the dumpster, ran to Bilo and then were back home for lunch.  

Supa worked 7-6 so the kids and I had to keep ourselves busy.  I cut up fruit and got dinner ready.  We spent quite a while in the kitchen getting everything ready for Monday.

Fruit for our lunch boxes all week!  YAY!

By the time Supa was home, dinner (ground chicken breast wraps - think mega healthy) was eaten and cleaned up, I was ready to flop on the couch which is exactly what I did.  :)

What a great weekend.  Now that we're all feeling better, hopefully we can resume life as we know it.  (No blog title pun intended)

Until tomorrow,

Apple Darling