Wednesday at bright and early o'clock: Load up the boys and Andy and we caravan to the repair shop to drop the swagger wagon off to be looked at again (it was at the same shop last week) because one tire keeps leaking air. After we drop it off, we take Andy to work and come home riding in style in the Camry (but we have A/C, woot!)
Wednesday 10:30 AM - Andy calls to tell me the shop says we really need four new tires, that the leaky tire can't be fixed and all four are about at the end of their life. Okay, not what we wanted to spend money on right now, but oh well. The tires aren't in stock so they need to be ordered and the swagger wagon will be spending the night at the shop.
Wednesday 2:00 PM - Drake wakes up from his nap BURNING up. I use the forehead thermometer and it says 100.5 but it's not so reliable and I have a feeling it's much higher than that so unfortunately for Drake and myself we have to check it the old school way. 102.7 :( Poor buddy, I give him some tylenol and cuddles and load the boys up in the car to go pick up Andy.
Wednesday 6:00 PM - Drake's fever still isn't coming down but he doesn't seem too bothered. We give him a bath and some more tylenol to see if that will do the trick. We get it down to 101 point something and Andy rocks him to sleep. Drake NEVER wants to be rocked, let alone sit still long enough to fall asleep so we know he isn't feeling the greatest, but Andy is soaking up the extra snuggles :)
I'm semi-freaked out by Drake's high temp so I keep going up to check on him every 20 minutes.
Wednesday 11:00 PM - Drake wakes up and is burning up again! More tylenol for his temp that is now 103.1. Kellan has NEVER had a fever this high so Andy calls the doctors office just to make sure there is nothing else we should be doing for Drakey (and there isn't). So...more tylenol and another bath for Drake. This kid is a champ, he happily played in the tub for 20 minutes and splashed everywhere.
Thursday 4:00 AM - Up to check on Drake and nothing says "good morning" like having a thermometer in your rear, poor guy. Still has a fever, so more tylenol, a bottle, and more snuggles. We are efficient though and he's back in bed in 15 minutes.
Thursday 6:30 AM - Everyone up to take Andy to work since we only have one car. I bring Drakey down to give him some cheerios before we go. I put him in his highchair, step back and notice something on the floor. Ummm, A LOT of somethings on the floor - and they are moving!! Little ants, everywhere on the kitchen floor. Of course there are. Just about this time Kellan comes down the stairs, sees the ants and immediately gets hysterical and starts screaming (his new thing anytime he sees a bug...lovely). Andy comes down the stairs during Kellan's screaming fit to see our new house guests. At this point all I could do was laugh because we have Andy stepping over ants making his lunch like it ain't no thang, Kellan screaming everytime an ant gets near him (which was all the time because they were everywhere). Drake happily munching on his cheerios in his highchair, enjoying the show, and me chasing ants with the vacuum - all before 7 AM.
With the ant crisis mainly cleaned up we head out to take Andy to work. On the drive home I had my stroke of genius. There was still a small parade of ants coming out from the baseboard after I vacuumed so I was trying to figure out how I could block them. I got it - clear tape, #winning!!! So we got home and I put Drake in his highchair for the second round of morning entertainment and taped all along the bottom of the baseboard in the kitchen. My trusty side kick Kel would scream and alert me to any ants who got out before I finished the tape barricade. I sprayed the outside of the house with ant killer and I'm happy to report they are gone - at least for now!
9:00 AM - More tylenol for Drake who still has a fever, and I put him down for nap. I am starving and haven't had breakfast or coffee yet due to all the excitement this morning. It's quiet and I am so looking forward to coffee and sitting down for a hot minute. But oh no - the icing on the cake is that today, of all days, is the day my beloved Keurig decides to QUIT WORKING. Really?!
At this point I wave the white flag and call my Mom who brings me over a large coffee and breakfast, she's the best!! After breakfast Kellan was kind enough to perform a concert for me and be extra sweet to his sick little brother.
Cheers to crazy days! There is a glass of wine waiting for me at the end of this one :)
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