On Thursday, I took the boys over to Grandma & Grandpa’s for lunch as usual. Then Doug’s mom called to say that Zevan was complaining of a tummy ache and that his stomach was really hard. I figured he was gassy and suggested she do bicycles with his legs to help him out. Some time later she called me back and said that he threw up twice and had 2 dirty diapers and feels much better now.

Skip to later that evening, I’m at the climbing gym bouldering on my own (May’s out of town), and when I finish up to get ready to meet the girls at Marigolds, my phone rings. It’s Doug.

“Zander just threw up all over the place.” He asked for laundry advice, and said that Zander was losing it. I did not want to come home just for that. I suggested he put Zander in front of a movie or something.

When I got home Zander was asleep. He threw up two more times in the night. Both required linen changes. It’s so sad to see him kneeling in front of the toilet, throwing up. He said, “I wish no one ever had to get sick.”

Poor little guys.

I’m so inconsistent. I did not work out at all yesterday. In fact, I sat on my butt most of the day working.

In fact, I was up until 3:30 AM last night/this morning working.

I finished up some work on Dani’s Baby Cotton Bottoms website around 2 AM. Then, when I scanned my inbox, I realized I forgot that Previews comes out today and I needed to take down the old Previews and process the new pages.

Sigh. :bummer::qsigh:

About 5 minutes into that, Zevan came out of his room crying hysterically, “Mom, I can’t find my mowf”

What?

Sob. Sob. “I can’t find my mowf”

You can’t find your mouth?

“No!” Sob. Sob. “I can’t find my mouse.”

Uh. Okay. So on my lap he sat, and I worked with him there. Until 3:30 AM.

Ugh. :bummer::qugh:

Did I mention that the next day is my run day? And that I am hosting the playdate? And I have a meeting with a merchant account processor afterwards? And the house is kind of a wreck?

Here’s my morning:
7:30 AM – wake up, but stay in bed with the Zboys
8:15 AM – finally roll out of bed and call my dad to see if he can take the boys to breakfast so I can run
8:50 AM – my dad shows up
9:00 AM – I go for a 30 minute run. Up and down hills. Down Mesa Rd to Uintah and back up. Then down 19th (killer hill) and back up. Then on Mesa View Court, in a hilly version of running suicides until I hit the 30 minute mark. Whew!

10:10 Drove down to King Soopers to pick up a veggie tray.
10:27 AM Vacuumed the main level and wiped down all the bathroom surfaces
10:35 AM Megan and the girls came while I was showering, and I was greeted by a “Hi Miss Maida” from sweet little Anna’s voice.

Let the playdate begin. Roll call! Megan, Silvia, Anna, Jamie, Avery, Jennifer, Bradley, Joy, Dominic, Paige, Matt, Max, Chase, Charlotte, Candy, Misha, Lindsey, Diego, Kristi, Kylie, Kaitlynn, Julie, Zoe… I *think* that’s everyone.

1:30 – 1:45 PM. Most everyone left.

Diego, Kylie, Misha, Zander and Zevan got a little trampoline time.

One by one, the kids started melting down.

2:45 PM everyone went home. The boys even went down for a nap!
3:15 PM My dad showed up to pick up the boys, but they were sleeping. So I worked on scanning and fixing an old photo for him
4:15 PM The person I was meeting had not shown up, so I called him. He forgot! So he said he’d come down now
4:25 PM We have a good meeting. The boys wake up and we finish up.

Doug’s going out with the other dads tonight, and I think I’m going to take the boys out to eat. I’ll call my dad. And Tiffany. And Candy. And Megan. See who wants to join us

Start at Cog Railway, up Barr Trail from trailhead and down through actual route

Monument Valley Park run… pushing Zevan in the double jogging stroller

I drove up to Castlerock today to meet Berni so I could get the nebulizer that we borrowed from Wendy for Ash.

While I was there, we went bra shopping, and I got measured by the fitter. She measured me at a 36 A. I had a 36 nearlyB on, and it was too small. She gave me different styles. And after a while it became apparent that my left breast was noticeably larger than my right one. Great. So I’m between band sizes (actually 35), and one cup needs to be bigger than the other. Wonderful.

I did find a bra that fit, so I bought 4 of them! My sister found some, too.

After that ordeal, we comforted ourselves with caramel apples from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory before we had to head home.

Now I need to get some work done before the boys get home, and before I head to the climbing gym tonight!

My sciatic pain kept me from running this morning. I brought Zevan over to my parents house and did the BWO+ workout.

Then I had a client meeting for Tillie Designs at Starbucks with Tracy and Tiffany.

I raced over to pick up Zander from school after the meeting, and then picked up Zevan so we could grab lunch at Wendy’s. As we were driving over, both boys decided they wanted to eat at the park.

Zander had one of his “I don’t want to eat anything” pouting, near tantrums because he saw KFC from Wendy’s and “changed his mind.” UGH. I still bought his lunch from Wendy’s. I told him that he could just sit in the car while Zevan and I had a picnic lunch at the park. He continued to complain and pout. I ignored him.

After we hit the drive through and I ran inside to see if anyone from the mom’s group was there. I didn’t, so we just went on to the park.

As we unloaded, Zander was still pouting, so I took the picnic blanket, sand toys and food to the park with Zevan. I told Zander he could join us if he changed his mind and decided to be cooperative. About 5 minutes into my picnic with Zevan, Zander came out and proclaimed “I changed my mind.” Zevan and I gave him a hearty welcome to sit and eat with us.

The stage coach returned to the playground, a little bit sleeker (less to stick out, but a little less easier to climb on the outside), with green paint on the body and an odd choice of orange for the wheels. The Park & Rec guys who fixed it up were out there, taking pictures of themselves in it. Sweet. The kids were all over it after lunch. Zander missed some of the parts they took off – so did I because it gave him less surfaces to put his feet on to climb down.

Otherwise, it was the hit that it was before. It was nice to have that back.

I got a call on my cell phone from Matt and Lara. They were in town during their Colorado visit (they live in PA now) and wanted to see us if we were around. So I asked them to meet us at the park.

The day went on as usual, until the incident. Apparently, Elijah went down the notoriously “fast slide” head first. All I saw was Shanyn carrying him, blood everywhere, coming from near his mouth, all over her shirt. I grabbed a box of tissues from my car, another mom pulled out baby wipes and Wendy had an ice pack in her car. It was frantic, but controlled. After a few minutes, the bleeding stopped, and after about 20 minutes, Elijah was back up and playing with his friends. Pretty amazing.

Zander and Zevan decided they wanted to go home earlier than usual. I didn’t want to go, so I stalled a bit. Zander was gathering up his sand toys, and wanted to head to the car. So odd. Then he convinced Zevan that Zevan wanted to leave as well. Matt & Lara weren’t there yet, so I stalled some more.

When they arrived, we were packed and ready to go, and then the boys decided they wanted to stay! UGH. So, I redirected them home by asking them if they wanted to show Uncle Matt their trampoline. Of course they did.

We had some trampoline time and hang out time. It was nice. After they left, I tried to work, but I couldn’t keep my eyes open. My allergies are really bad lately (particularly bad pollen count lately), and it’s wiping me out. We all laid down on the big bed to rest. We fell asleep for a long time – almost 2 hours.

So I got this weird pain in my left butt cheek while working today, and didn’t think much of it. Pretty much a dull ache, weird twinge kind of thing all day.

After I got back from driving to Chipotle, I sat down to eat. When I got up, I got a shooting pain from my butt all the way down my leg. Any time I put weight on my left leg, the pain was unbearable. YOWCH!

I figure it’s some kind of sciatic thing, so I did the usual stretches, but it’s not feeling any better. It’s fine when I’m sitting down, but if I try to stand or walk, it really hurts. WAH! I was going to run early tomorrow morning before my client meeting, but I don’t think I can do it now.