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Day 291:

Well, I'm not grateful for the Blogger app right now. It hasn't been working on my phone, and my energy/motivation/desire to charge and open up ye olde laptop is low low low. But I did it. For you. And then my laptop wouldn't connect to our wi-fi. What? For real? I zoned out on Facebook and email for 10 minutes on my phone before realizing that I could use my phone as a hotspot. So stick it, wi-fi.

I'm sick today. Like my whole face hurts from sinus sick. My husband took the kids outside so I could lie down, because he loves me. #grateful

In God's great mercy, the boys were really good this morning while I moped around coughing on everything and trying not to leave Kleenexes everywhere. We played the world's longest game of Uno, ending in a tie. The toddler played by himself in his room for a long time until I freaked him out by watching him on the video monitor. I had to move the camera to find him, since it's usually aimed at his crib, and the movement freaked him out. It's completely my fault if he becomes one of those people who is paranoid and develops all sorts of conspiracy theories. Anyway, we dropped off #2 at preschool and #3 slept until it was pickup time. I may have dozed off for 20 minutes, but I did "rest" for about an hour.

I'm hoping for a miracle healing tonight since we have our first new town playdate tomorrow. I feel like I've tried all the home remedies you can try. Damn you, virus.

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