what a waste!

so if you've been reading meemer's blog, as well as mine, you know that scooter has had a long-lasting cold. as you would expect, a sick baby leads to sleep-deprived parents. add to this condition, the incredibly cold weather, the numerous snow storms, and you have a group of people who are getting pretty down. now factor in the fact that harry is off-track, and chilly only goes to school for a couple of hours, three days a week. now we're talking cabin-fever conditions!

but wait. what's that on the horizon? a holiday weekend?! a saturday and a monday with no plans? (apart from normal saturday chores) that could be just what the doctor ordered! we can get things done, then go somewhere and do something fun! we can rest up and maybe get a nice long run in on monday, as well as some other fun activity for all! so many possibilities! of course, it never quite works the way you want...

as you can probably guess, meemer and i both caught scooter's cold, and let me just say, it was a bad one! i feel for the kid! i was (more) tired. i was congested both head and chest. i had a cough that wouldn't stop. it would give me headaches though. meemer was just as bad, and only half a day or so ahead of me. (like the previews for me).

saturday wasn't nearly as fun (or productive) as it was supposed to be. it passed in a haze. i gladly took the chance to lay with scooter to get him down for a nap! 3 hours later... wow! i rarely nap anymore, and never for that long! i felt much better, but it killed the rest of saturday! at least we have monday! sunday was eaten up with church and other meeting, but at least we got out of the house a bit.

monday was cold. seriously cold! and snowy! not snowing hard, but snowing constantly. all. day. long! we ended up with several inches. (it was hard to measure due to the drifting, but i'd say somewhere between 4" and 6" with drifts up to 18"!) so we didn't get to go anywhere, or do anything fun. (ok a movie or two, and of course, lego star wars!)

it just seems wrong to miss out on a perfectly good holiday. especially in such a crappy month! it has been a long, lousy winter, and it's only january! (almost february!) i guess there is a plus side. i got over the worst of my cold, and was able to play some games with the boys, enjoy a nap, and play lego star wars with meemer until we're at 85%. all without using any sick leave...