Feeling pretty cruddy

That previous post is one of the few light-hearted things to happen today. Today is probably in my top 5 if not top 3 tough days of parenting. For one thing, I feel pretty yucky. Whatever Eli has been having, it hit me yesterday. Last night was all tossing and turning and sweating and chilling and this morning it was aches, pains and this no man's land between tired and wired, hungry and nauseous This morning was just snippets of rest, between discussing with Tom how to handle today and taking 15 min. to fall asleep at any given time and having to wake up 15 min. later. Probably can't feel much worse than this besides pregnancy.

Which I'm sure we're not pregnant.

But I am thankful that Hoa could take Tobey for the morning. I kind of missed him when she dropped him back off for nap. He and Joshua had fun playing outside; she even gave him a bath! I'm thankful that Tobey went down for a nap sans fuss. Eli's been in and out of sleep all day, not really staying up for more than an hour or an hour and a half at a time. The morning was just snippets of naps but finally midday he took a 3 hour nap. Too bad I couldn't capitalize on all 3 hours of it but it was better than nothing. I think the most pathetic thing about my existence today was that I wanted to eat something easy on my tummy and ended up digging out a bowl of jook that I made for Eli from organic rice and organic chicken. Yes, I ate baby food.

The bright side of today: Got some Mother's Day flowers from Tom delivered. And the Fisher Price record player that I won on eBay with Auction Sniper finally came today. Honestly, I had forgotten about it; that's how long it took. Someone's not getting any positive feedback from me.