THE COST~

OUR WEEK OF SICK FAMILY MEMBERS IS STILL NOT OVER. BY LATE LAST NIGHT, ALL FIVE OF US WERE NOT FEELING WELL IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. BRINKLEY HAD COME HOME EARLY FROM SCHOOL AND BY 8 PM JAXI WAS VOMITING WITH HUGE TEARS ROLLING DOWN HIS FACE, BEGGING FOR ME TO HELP HIM.

THIS MORNING FINALLY BROUGHT ON A LITTLE RELIEF. THAT WAS WHEN I WALKED INTO MY LAUNDRY ROOM AND NEARLY FAINTED. THIS IS WHAT 5 FULL DAYS OF A SICKLY FEELING FAMILY OF 5 HAS LEFT ME WITH OR WITHOUT, DEPENDING ON HOW I LOOK AT IT!!!!

27 HUGE AND VERY DIRTY SWIMMING TOWELS THAT CAUGHT ALL KINDS OF FLUIDS

72 SIZE 6 DIAPERS... HE IS 2 AND POTTY TRAINING... THAT IS ALMOST 15 A DAY.. NO WONDER HE IS RAW!!!

A TOTAL OF 10 POUNDS LOST BETWEEN ME, JAXI AND PUDGIE

3 EMPTY GALLON BOTTLES OF BLEACH

6 LYSOL CANS

A GRAND TOTAL OF 17 HOURS OF SLEEP IN THESE 5 DAYS FOR ME

17 LOADS OF LAUNDRY TO CATCH UP ON NOW

4 BATHROOMS THAT NEED SERIOUS DISENFECTING AGAIN

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE... EVERYONE EXCEPT TOMMY WOKE UP SMILING AND IN GOOD MOODS TODAY. POOR DADDY HAD TO GOTO DEFENSIVE TACTICS TODAY AND WAS JUST A MISERABLE MESS!