*Heat wave- it's hot y'all. And having no A/C makes a huge difference. I am not complaining because it's a nice change from the rainy/grey/cloudy weather but it's still HOT. I think the main thing is no air circulation. We have fans in all our bedrooms and we move another fan from the living room to the kitchen as we need it. Ceiling fans would really come in handy right now. I think it's suppose to be near 80 degrees today.
*Bailey- well not long after I wrote my previous post about her behavior, she puked everywhere! That instantly explains part of her awful behavior- she was obviously not feeling well. She must have some sort of stomach bug. She threw up all that night and morning and since has thrown up a couple more times around 1am. Very strange. I thought she was feeling better and so on Sunday night we were together with our interns for dinner. We also celebrated Marc's (34th!) birthday that night with cake and ice cream. I don't know if it was the cake or what , but she came into our room about 1:15am on Monday and right as she was about to tell me she was going to be sick, out it came! And y'all- I need you to know that no bowl could have caught this. I kid you not, in the dark, Marc and I both heard the loudest splatter sound ever. It was so disgusting. Poor girl. It was all over the carpet, the end of our bed and up the side of our wardrobe. I thought Marc was going to be sick while cleaning it up. (What a daddy!) Aren't you glad I'm describing it for you? EEK! She has been sleeping on the floor by my side of the bed for almost a week now because of her random throwing up issues. I hope she is over it now, if not I'm going to have to take her to the doctor. And I am really not in the mood to deal with that.
*80 students arrive today for a cultural exchange trip. Our 15 interns will be leading them around the city and engaging people in conversation. They will be here for one week, then we have a week to catch our breath, then another group of students will come for a week. This is the second summer we have done this and it is fun and really cool, but it's a lot of work and wears us both out. Marc has been with our interns pretty much since they arrived, which leaves me with the girls and my bad attitude. Just being honest here, but I struggle sometimes being bitter that I can't just get up and go and be with everyone like he can. I really love having the interns around, they are young and American and that is always fun- especially for our girls! They love the attention. Last year they cried for several days when the interns left. It will be sad day at the end of July when we have to say goodbye again. It's hard explaining that to your children that this is the life we lead. There are always going to be goodbyes. We are planning a girl night next week with the 11 female interns so that will be a fun time for me to get involved and hang out. One of the girls said that she wanted to get to know me better because she was just going to adopt me as ...get ready for it...another mom. EXCUSE ME? :) I so thought she was going to say friend, sister, something other than mom. I'm only 32!!!!
*I washed my brand new pink skirt last night. With other clothes. They are all now pink. I have tried 3 times to get it all out and it did not work. I was so sick last night. I had 2 new dresses for the girls in there and some of Addison's clothes. The burp cloths and bibs are not a big deal, most of them were pink and are now just bright pink. I can't believe I did that.
Well, my bullet points have turned into paragraphs. Here are some photos from yesterday afternoon. It was a lovely, sunny day so we had a picnic after Cerys got home from school. And yes, Bailey was still in her pj's.
Help Mommy, my legs are too fat for this Bumbo!
Some days Cerys feels the need for a bow, headband and a clip.
She's looking a little rough, but you should see me!!! It's been a rough week huh Bales?
Watching a little Wimbledon last night! Go Andy Murray!
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Another mom?! I am so sorry!! I've been getting "ma'am" everywhere I go these days. {sigh} I guess we're just getting old. :)
It is a little strange to think that my cousin who was born the week after I graduated high school is now 16.
Hope the random vomiting is gone!!
you need some shout color catchers for your laundry. those things are miracle workers! Can you get them there?
I top out at 75 degrees, so I feel for you. And that is with low humidity. Raise the humidity and I think I top out at 70. I would die w/o AC.
And I can totally relate about the jealousy that Mark gets to go out and you stay home. I deal with that too. David does all sorts of things all the time and here I sit. But he has a ton of single friends who have no obligations. I have 0. I rarely do anything and frankly, it really stinks at times!
So maybe I'll just fly out to Cardiff and we can hang out. ha!
I'm irritable when I'm hot, too. Praying for the heat wave to end quickly!
Cerys sounds like my kind of girl. Even with this buzz cut, I still try to use clips, barrettes and scarves.
80 degrees and no AC is not good. I hope it cools off for you soon. Just yesterday my husband was teaching big group of interns from our church at our LPM office. I really wanted to be there and help host them. I had a babysitter come to stay with Jackson and I brought Annabeth with me. Well, when I arrived they'd already started and Annabeth was wide awake. I realized that there was no room to get in and out if she fussed. So I just left. I was so bummed. It's hard to miss out on what your husband gets to do. Well, I hope you have lots of fun on your girls night!
I will confess my attitude isn't the best at the moment either and I do have AC and no puking 3 year old so really no excuse.
Praying your daughter is feeling better and you are too. Stay cool!
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