Recovery Needed

I've had some terrible couple of weeks here. I'm exhausted and drained. In no particular order, we have:

• 6 visits to the pediatrician in the last week and a half, at $20 each
• Croupy cough, fever in Sunny
• Pink eye in Sunny, but of course not at the same time as the cough and fever
• Bronchitis in Little Man
• Ear infection in Nemo, for which he took amoxicillin, to which he turned out to be allergic
• At least 2 more teeth on their way for Nemo
• Thanks to the ears and teeth, Nemo wants.To.Be.Held.Constantly. Oh, yeah, and he isn't sleeping worth shit.
• Suitcases from Chicago still not unpacked
• Planning for a trip this weekend back to Illinois to scatter my grandfather's ashes on his land, and to visit his older sister and have a local memorial service, since she couldn't travel for his other one
• One three-hour meeting with an attorney dealing with issues pertaining to my grandfather's estate
• One three-hour meeting with my uncle dealing with issues and paperwork pertaining to my grandfather's estate (separate from the attorney)
• My van going in the shop to make sure it is well enough to take us to Illinois and back, during which I time I have a rental van since we only own one vehicle that can transport all of our kids
• An estimated $2100 in repairs to said van (seems I needed all my brakes to safely drive, or something)
• Some sort of bug infestation I can't find the source to, but who keep biting up my kids' legs - Sunny has 8 bites on one leg alone, and although some came from being outside at dusk in shorts (thanks, Poppy!), she has sprouted a couple of new ones overnight while sleeping
• My credit card number was stolen while we were in Chicago and someone tried to charge thousands of dollars of stuff - Bank of America caught it, called me, and went over all the charges one by one with me, most of which they had denied. I am not liable for anything, but they had to cancel my number and issue a new one with new cards, and since we only have one card, we were without our credit cards for a few days, which made planning for the trip to Illinois, um, challenging. I called Bank of America and they Fed-Ex'd me new cards overnight. They Rock.
• We are coming to the time in my therapy where I need to deal with my issues with my father. And I don't want to. I know I HAVE to, but I really don't want to.

There's more, but my brain is fried. Today was the first day in a week and a half that I've had breakfast before noon. I've lost 2 more pounds (did I mention that I walked so much and ate so little that I lost somewhere around 4-5 pounds in Chicago? Hard to tell exactly how much when breastfeeding) - while I'm happy with the result, I wish it had happened in a manner that helps stress, not causes it.

Off to do my 18th load of laundry in 3 days.

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Comments

[amaras_mom]

Unfortunately, it's all too common. I've had my wallet stolen (from my work desk of all places - I got up to use the copy machine and when I returned, it was gone from my purse). And I've had someone try to use my credit card number at an online store. How it happens, even after you do everythng right is beyond me.

But I'm glad your financial institution took care of it for you. Just keep diligent watch and make sure nothing else suspicious crops up...

[Angi]

UGH...what a yuck couple of weeks! Have a safe trip & I'll be thinking of you over the weekend through your Grandfather's memorial service & all of the logisitic stuff that you still have to get through.

AND therapy issues? Oh my, do you need a break! I hope whatever it is that you need to deal with does not take too much out of you. As another Momma to four, I understand that most days I have nothing else to give/take, I'll pray for you!