Back Among the Living

So I'm almost feeling up to par. Still a bit tired but I can eat again. Most of the week was juice and rice with some toast and eggs. I can stand the smell of food again at least. For a while I couldn't open the fridge without holding my nose. Couldn't even stand the smell of food on the kid's breath. Poor Sarina, I had to rock her while turning my face away because her breath smelled like chicken. Luckily Mark and the kids have not gotten it so far. Thank God!

We've had a bit of a slow week. I had a college friend in town for the night on Monday and that was great fun. Especially for her and her husband. They really enjoyed seeing me chase after a two year old. They were all smiles the whole time. Chuckling to themselves over my frenetic attempts to socialize and keep two children happy. This was their first time seeing me be a Mom. I think they left feeling pretty good that they are no longer parenting small children.

Ben really enjoyed having them here. He showed them all his cool dinosaur stuff and talked their ears off. I've never seen him be so social before. Ben had vacation bible school this week. He was not happy about going and had to be dragged there but had a good time anyway. He got to ride a donkey and pet bunnies and a llama licked him on the head (so he says).

Sarina has a new obsession with lemonade. She demands lemonade and juice boxes all day. She loves "box" it is the coolest thing to her but not to me as she spills the box everywhere. She was very clingy when my friends were here and then had one of her up all night episodes that night. It was lovely. I was exhausted already. She really seems to get out of sorts when strangers are around for a period of time.

The weather this week as been lovely and warm. We've had the slip and slide out and the pool. Two great kid entertainers. Even the bigger neighbor girls came over to slide. One of the neighbor girls has been babysitting for me twice a week and that has been a great help. She is great with the kids and they love her. It is so nice to get a few hours a week to do my errands. Yesterday I actually went for a walk by myself. Oh heaven.

No plans this weekend. That is a good thing. I can catch up after a rather lazy lay about week. Still have plants I need to get into the ground and tons of laundry to do. Why do things not stop when my body stops working? I have work tonight. I hope I make it through. Still feeling unenergised. That makes me make bad choices for food. I've been drinking juice a big diet no no. Plus so many carbs with no fiber! No doubt I'll be up this week even though I could barely eat I did not get out much at all. I haven't worn my pedometer all week.