UPDATE!
God must read my blog. He read it and was like, "Oh, you think you're tough? Then this is going to be hilarious!"
Text conversation between John and myself.
(beware it's about poop)
THURSDAY
Me: We've been in the bathroom for almost 2 hours . . . UGH! 8:19PM
John: sorry 8:30PM
Me: Going on 2.5 hours. I just lost my temper with him big time. 8:58PM
John: sorry 9:33PM
Me: It's 3 hours now. He's still awake - it's 9:30PM, he's in the tub. I'm hoping the warm water helps him relax. 9:35PM
FRIDAY
John: My cadets are leaving. It's a bitter sweet day. 7:04AM
Me: Porter is trying to poop. It's a stinky bum day. 7:13AM
John: He still hasn't pooped? 8:43AM
Me: Nope. He's been on the pot for at least 2 hours this morning. He's missing school! 9:05AM
John: Holy cow! Get him relaxed. 9:09AM
John: Everything come out ok? 9:23AM
John: How are things going? 9:53AM
Me: Just gave him an enema. Hopefully that works. 10:29 AM
Me: Still no poop. I've given him a suppository now too. He's sound asleep. 1:22 PM
John: Wow, wow, wow. 1:38PM
John: How's it going? 6:41PM
Me: Called the doctor and they said to take him to the ER. The ER took an x-ray to make sure there was no blockage. Said to keep doing enemas and Miralax. 3.5 hrs with 3 kids in the ER by myself and they didn't do anything for him! We're home now, gave him another enema, and he is asleep on the bathroom floor, still hasn't pooped. Gabe took like 500 pictures at the hospital. 8:17PM
SATURDAY
John: Anything changed? 11:04AM
Me: He was up about every hour last night. Still no progress, except there's now lots of dirty laundry, Gabe is coughing and was awake at 3AM, my throat is on fire, my foot still hurts (although the puss is finally clear, not yellow), and Quentin drank one of Porter's cups of Miralax so now he can't stop pooping! Porter is sound asleep in the bathtub.
John: Hi! Hope Porter has been fixed. 5:04PM
It's 8:30PM on Saturday and my little guy is making some very slow progress and a whole lot of laundry. I am humbled and shall never, ever, ever toot my own horn again. All I've wanted the last 48 hours is my husband! (and for the poop to stop!)
Original Post
These pictures pretty much sum up this last week of my life as a single mom. CRAZY!
Here's What's Been Going On Since I've Been On My Own:
1) We got two offers on our house! I thought I could sell our house FSBO and be unemotional, but boy was I wrong. When the first offer came in at $22,000 below our asking price my emotions hit the fan! Thankfully, I was able to negotiate with two buyers and reach a price I am happy with and our house is now under contract. Now we are just praying that the deal goes through smoothly : )
2) I murdered a chipmunk. I knew we had a chipmunk living in our garage and I thought it was probably best to get it out before it turned into an infestation. I have never killed anything intentionally before. John's always been the one to take care of our animal issues. I didn't think I could deal with the blood and guts of a mouse/rat trap. So I read about a homemade trap online called the Chipper Dipper. Well, it worked. All it took was a bag of sunflower seeds, a bucket of water, and a few hours later I had a dead chipmunk. RIP Alvin. And hey, if times ever get tough I now know I can at least provide chipmunk meat for my family : )
3) I've been on the phone every day with TMO trying to get our move scheduled. My military friends will appreciate what a chore this is! I'm making progress, but it's not done yet. And to complicate things we are of course doing a partial DITY. Heaven forbid we ever make this easy on ourselves!
4) Since our house has been on the market I've been keeping it super clean, ready to show anytime. I am SO glad the house if finally under contract and I can ease up on the OCD cleaning! And now the packing can begin, ugh!
5) I picked out a house in Oklahoma and signed a lease. I sure hope John likes it! It's close to his work and super close to the kid's school.
5) Finally got my New York pistol permit!
6) Fixed my brand new iPad. What happened to it is still a mystery. I'm pretty sure it had a run in with the Quentin monster, but I guess we'll never know. It was fine when I got in the shower and when I got out it looked like this : (
So I thought to myself, "What would John do?" Immediately, I knew he'd get on YouTube and figure out how to fix it. So that's what I did. $30 in parts from Amazon and a few YouTube videos later and thankfully it's good as new! I must admit I'm pretty darn impressed with myself.
8) And when I've just had it and can't face being the woman/mommy in charge any more. I just sit down in front of the TV (or with my new iPad) and eat my feelings. Unfortunately, this happens quite often. . . I'm on Season 3 of Royal Pains and Level 29 of Hay Day.
Do I need a man? No, I can obviously get along just fine without one. It's important to be independent and able to do things on my own, but I am so thankful I don't have to all the time. I love having a husband that helps with so much and I can't wait until he comes home!
