Sick Day...

Today I woke up feeling still sick like I had yesterday though to add to the matter I know was on the verge of a migraine headache.  Lovely!  I couldn't get to sleep last night until around 4:30am is my guess.  I felt so sick and couldn't get to sleep between that and the baby playing his nightly drums across my belly.  I laid in bed all day.  Got up for breakfast.  I was trying to help Kaila gather up all her books for her homework list and had a difficult time talking.  I couldn't process things.  I couldn't think of the words I wanted and the wrong words kept coming out.  I felt sick and decided it would be best to just go lay back down.

Addie bless her soul entertained herself while I slept while the older kids were at school. She laid next to me putting her arm around me, played on my phone, and cleaned I felt so terrible that at 10:30 I asked Vaughn and Suzi if one of them could go get Glenn for me.  They did bless their hearts and I was able to continue sleeping.  Vaughn got the kids a yogurt and put on a movie for them with the promise of coming back to get them after running errands with Grandma later.

Kevin came home in between and got the kids pizza for lunch and was able to stay home the rest of the day. I got up to eat some pizza and then returned back to bed.  I looked up what oils I could use and doused myself and went back to sleep.  Kevin tried getting me up for dinner but I was still not feeling well.

Sadly Kaila was having a rough night after not liking dinner and it just exploded from there.  I managed to get up and help hold her and talk with her and problem solve what things she might try to do next time.  I explained that when I was younger and upset I use to go to my room, shut the door, and turn on my music and lay on my bed to calm down.  I asked her what she could do.  She said she doesn't have music in her room.  I explained that's what I did...what can you do?  What calms you down?  She said that reading, playing with her doll, or Sophia helps calm her down.  I told next time instead of continuing to fight with dad and argue she might try one of those techniques to calm down.

Later after Kevin finished showering the younger kids I had Kaila explain to Kevin what we discussed and to apologize to him.  I wanted to make sure Kevin knew what we had discussed so we would all be on the right page and for Kaila to make amends to her poor behavior choices.  She told me the soup that Kevin (Dad) made for dinner was too spicy and she wanted to make something else for dinner.  I explained to her that Daddy was playing both mommy and daddy today and that was a lot of work for him.  He probably ran out of patients and didn't want to deal with one more thing.  She said that it wasn't spicy because Glenn and Addie were both eating it up.  I told her that I would taste it and let her know because I'm sensitive to spice too.  To her disappointment I told her it wasn't spicy.