We officially celebrated Mike's birthday this weekend and you can see the pictures here. You can also expect a detailed account of the three-themed menu I threw together later this week at Food Lush. It was a really fun party and Kyle, who was kept up way past his bedtime to join the festivities, charmed the pants off everyone.
Right up to the point he came down with the flu. (Again.)
Who else is sick of this broken record?
Mike and I leave next week for a week-long, much-overdue, much-needed vacation to Boston so taking time off work this week is painfully bad timing. Not to mention I'm pretty nervous that this could lead to something else, as the flu so often does. I hope he's okay by the time we leave. I hope he's okay by tomorrow. And not just because of our travel plans but because this kid just needs a break.
Suffice it to say, I'm not doing so well right now. He's sick so often I've lost count and when I think of what's in store for us in the coming fall/winter months, I'm driven straight into the arms of a bottle of tequila. I really don't know how many more sicknesses and copays and missed days of work I can handle without just crumbling into a pile of bad words and tears.
I don't want to complain too much because I know in the grand scheme of things, he's still a healthy child. He doesn't have anything that can't be treated and we have insurance, and I should never take those two things for granted and I don't ever take those two things for granted, swear it.
It's still really hard, though.
I guess all I can say is, please cross your fingers or throw up some prayers for him to be feeling better in no time, but definitely in time for our trip next week. He needs a break from all these fevers and viruses and yucky things and we really need to go on a trip without the guilt of leaving a sick kid with his grandparents hanging over us.
He needs to be well and we need him to be well and we need your good thoughts to help make that happen.