I started to have that tingling feeling of illness in the back of my throat Friday night. When I got home, I crashed out, and I didn't get up until after 1pm Saturday afternoon. I was freezing, sore all over, and had my most monstrous headache in recent history. When it came time to go get the kids from their mom's, everything was slow going, but I did eventually get there.
I had plans for the kids since we didn't do anything last weekend due to Darby's grounding, but I could tell it was going to be trying. It had started to rain, which required more concentration on the road, which aggravated the headache. When we finally got to the movie theater, we had about thirty minutes to spare. I had planned to take them to see the new Pooh movie, but while we were in line they were reading the movies that were playing and started jumping up and down... "Let's see 'Are We There Yet?', Let's see 'Are We There Yet?'". Not being in the mood for conflict, I gave in, and we bought tickets for the next showing. Trouble was, it was more than an hour until that show. Ugh.
So we strolled over to the Marble Slab Creamery where the kids got ice cream after I was frustrated by being skipped in the line twice by the behind the counter help. Then, when I was helped -- only because we were the last three standing there -- I got the question "is this all together?" to which I responded, "well, yes, these ARE my children." I guess they didn't see the resemblance. :)
It took the kids about twenty minutes to finish their ice cream, while I just tried to ignore my headache and increasingly sore lower back. We went ahead and headed back to the theater and sat there for thirty or so minutes waiting for it to start. The movie ended up being about five minutes longer than expected because there was a power outage and it took them a few minutes to get things going again.
By the time we got out of the theater, I felt like I was going to keel over. I was going to take the kids to Nothing but Noodles for dinner because they love that place and it was right by the theater. But I knew I would not be able to eat, and I wasn't so sure about the kids since they were eating when I picked them up from their mom's, then they had ice cream, and then popcorn.
We ended up going to Sonic so I could relieve my back pain by laying down with the seat back while we waited for our order. After Sonic, we were heading home, but I made a last minute decision to go to my dad's. As soon as we got there, I sent the kids to watch TV and I crashed on my dad's couch. I slept there for about three hours before the kids and I went home. All of us went right to be when we got home, and we didn't get up until about ten this morning. I definitely feel better, but I'm not 100%. The shame of it is that it's already such a nice day. It's 63 degrees and excellent outdoor weather, perfect for park going or bike riding. But I'm still pretty slow moving and don't think it's a good idea to press it in that way.
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