The first week of November entailed my 2 youngest daughters getting food posioning, and then just when they were starting to recover I got it about 5 times worse. I don't recall being that sick to my stomach EVER, and I don't wish to repeat it. I was only sick 24 hours, but lost 11 pounds. It took me the rest of the week to get back to feeling normal, but I only had one day to sleep, before my oldest daughter went into labor. So, after only the one day of rest, I then went 58 hours with no sleep, at the hospital with her. It was well worth it, though, because being there with her, and seeing my grandson being born was the most amazing, awesome experience ever.
The whole time I was sick, recovering, and gone at the hospital, 14 year old Colleen took care of EVERYTHING here at the house, even sacrificing her sleep time to get up at 6:45 two mornings in a row to come take care of our 16 pets. (I promise we aren't hoarders; they are all very well taken care of and my house is as clean as any homeschooler's house is.) I could not have done it without Colleen's help, though.
Two days after the baby was born, we had a cat emergency, requiring us to make a late Saturday night trip to the vet for a deathly sick cat, who ended up anesthetized just for the vet to be able to examine him, and then undergoing surgery.
The next few days involved a few visits over to April's house, because she was afraid to change her new son's diaper for fear of hurting him, and was letting her husband do ALL the baby care. Since he was going back to work the next day, she needed to learn to do it herself. She went through a brief period of new mommy panic, but all is well now.
My husband had a birthday early in the month, but unfortunately that was the day I was half dead from being sick. His dad also had a birthday, which I DID manage to at least get his presents to him on time. My husband had to wait 11 days before I had time to make his birthday dinner and cake, and that was all he got this year.
So by now it is mid-November, and I think we will get back on track with school. But, alas, another sick cat, another trip to the vet, and a sick baby. Thankfully, Brendan just had a common case of thrush, but it took our whole afternoon waiting for the doctor to call back, and me to go get his medicine. Of course his health insurance card came in the mail about an hour AFTER I left. LOL
Then Thanksgiving week. Which, as all of you know, entails a gigantic grocery shopping trip and two days of cooking. The girls and I work at the animal shelter on Thanksgiving Day, itself, since they don't get much help on holidays, and had our dinner Friday. Saturday we worked at the animal shelter again, since we wouldn't be able to go for our usual Sunday hours. Last Sunday we went to my ex-sister-in-law's for a second Thanksgiving dinner. I am turkey'd out, but it was all good. Just a really busy week, and a really busy month. One thing after another.
This past week, we actually got things accomplished. We got our 7 month old kitten neutered...the last of my pets to need "fixed". This one was a planned vet visit, unlike the two prior emergency cat visits. We did school every single day, and we managed to do every single 4th grade subject, and every single 8th grade subject done.
I am proud of my daughters for working so hard all week, and all month, helping me, dealing with all the baby and cat issues. We have 3 more weeks till we go on Christmas break, so I pray we have a smoother month, and can meet our goals for schoolwork.
Now I have 23 days to figure out Christmas. : )
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