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  1. Maddy says:

    Yes there’s nothing like a dose of cabin fever, galloping bottoms and no other adult around to make you really feel it. Hope he’s home soon safe and sound [hopefully holding a shovel]
    Cheers

    Maddy’s last blog post..Holiday [Christmas for some] meme

    December 16th, 2007 at 12:10 pm

  2. Brenda says:

    That’s so true…we tend to take on the mood of whatever is going on. You are right..it won’t last forever. I had to tell myself that every hour when Kyle was a newborn.

    Brenda’s last blog post..A baby reindeer and a lost Santa

    December 16th, 2007 at 7:56 pm

  3. MammaLoves says:

    It is so easy to lose perspective, and I know what you mean about being a single parent. I don’t know if I could do it.

    MammaLoves’s last blog post..Intervention Needed STAT!

    December 17th, 2007 at 1:17 pm

  4. mamatulip says:

    I was thinking about you this weekend, because it’s been a while since you’ve been over at my place and I was wondering how you’re doing. And now I know.

    The year I was pregnant with Oliver, and the year after, we did all of our Christmas shopping during the last week of Christmas. The first time around I was too sick to care about shopping and the second time around I was too sick to care about shopping.

    Ho, ho, ho.

    Anyway. Listen girl, I have had those same feelings you’re having right now. If you ever need someone to talk to, you know where to find me. I’m always here for ya, babe.

    mamatulip’s last blog post..The one where I carp and complain (and swear) a lot

    December 17th, 2007 at 3:17 pm

  5. Chris says:

    It’s good that you can at least take something good from all this, by finding a new appreciation for what your mother did.

    Chris’s last blog post..Found Something I Wasn’t Hunting For

    December 17th, 2007 at 4:37 pm

  6. cate says:

    i definitely couldn’t be a single parent, and i have the ultimate respect for those who are.

    i was 3 months pregnant with my second son at Christmas time (all-day-long puking morning sickness for the first 6 months) when my first son was 7 months old. i know how hard it is to get anything done…it ain’t easy!

    btw, we got hit by the storm-of-the-century up here in Ottawa too. my hubby spent 5…count ‘em….5 hours shoveling our two-car driveway (he had to do it in stages, because it was just too much). we have a 5 foot wall of snow on the side of our driveway now! glad to hear you weathered the storm safe at home!

    cate’s last blog post..warning - changes are afoot

    December 18th, 2007 at 1:34 am

  7. Mrs. Mustard says:

    I am also pregnant this Christmas with number 2, but the sickness passed a while ago. Thank Vishnu.
    We didn’t get the storm up here in Timmins, but we get snow all. the. time. It was actually kinda nice that we didn’t have to shovel this weekend.
    Oh wait, we did. Crap. Scratch that.

    Mrs. Mustard’s last blog post..The B&B race continues

    December 18th, 2007 at 9:08 am

  8. Annalise says:

    Hi Girly (I hope this will post), :)
    I totally hear ‘ya about all of this. It’s the worst when they’re very sick, I call it peeing out of the butt too, yuck! Poor guy and you! And being preggo. AND working. I know it’s hard. I’m about to re-enter the workforce, we desperately need the money. And I do sometimes entertain the thought of being a single-parent (we have our problems too), the way I look at it sometimes when he’s driving me crazy is the only difference between me and a single-Mom is that I’m not working outside the home. I do everything else. ‘Cept I’m not preggo., that’s got to be rough, hang-in there :)

    December 18th, 2007 at 12:20 pm

  9. ali says:

    sending much love your way, Sam! ;)
    ali’s last blog post..in the mind of a toddler

    December 18th, 2007 at 12:54 pm

  10. ali says:

    hmm…my comment didn’t work…i just wrote that i was sending you much love, and i wish, a snowblower ;)
    ali’s last blog post..in the mind of a toddler

    December 18th, 2007 at 1:07 pm

  11. Tina says:

    We’re in it too. Another 30 cm piled onto the last 40 from a coupel of weeks ago. The pile of snow on top of my patio table is almost as tall as my patio table! lol.

    I feel lazy, blah, unmotivated and all I want to do is eat. So I am there with you.

    Oh and Tony is in T.O. for 3 days so I hear ya on the single mom.

    December 18th, 2007 at 2:44 pm

  12. samarama ding dong says:

    Maddy: Thanks for the kind words. There really is nothing worse then being stuck in the house with a sick and needy child. But we made it through, barely, are we’re both alive!

    Brenda: Yup, just have to keep telling myself that it’s temporary. It’s. Only. temporary.

    MamaLoves: Doesn’t the idea of having no one to dump a moody child on, or having the ability to say “Go ask your father” scare the crap outta you? It does me. LOL

    mamatulip: I heart you so hard.

    Chris: thanks! and you’re right. I totally see what my mom went through with a different perspective now. If she only knew. Ha!

    cate: holy moley! 5 HOURS! I would have been sitting in my driveway crying if that were me.

    Mrs. Mustard: Plus, it’s damn cold up there. Cold and snows all the time. I couldn’t take it. LOL

    Annalise: Thanks for the comment, it’s nice to see you around again!

    ali: they’re both there! LOL. Something fishy!!

    Tina: too bad you’re so far, I’d love to commiserate with you!

    December 18th, 2007 at 3:05 pm

  13. Queen of Shake Shake says:

    Hang in there!

    Having the spouse out of town is hard enough, add in a sick kid and it’s enough to send even those imaginary perfect parents over the edge.

    Queen of Shake Shake’s last blog post..I May Be a Southerner but New Yorkers are Rude Assholes

    December 18th, 2007 at 3:35 pm

  14. Shannon says:

    Dealing with sick kids (and myself) here, too. AND we’re ice-bound in the house. It’s definitely enough to drive you mad.

    Just found your blog through CLIQ. LOVE your photos.

    Shannon’s last blog post..Ice and Illness Does Not Equal Exercise

    December 18th, 2007 at 10:15 pm

  15. Chris Cactus says:

    This too shall pass. I just hope it passes quickly for the sake of your sanity ;)
    Chris Cactus’s last blog post..Jinglebell Rock

    December 19th, 2007 at 9:22 am

  16. She Likes Purple says:

    You absolutely can do it, but it doesn’t make the stress any easier to bear. I hope things get better… and quickly.

    She Likes Purple’s last blog post..Early Christmas 2007

    December 19th, 2007 at 11:38 am

  17. Lindsay says:

    Hang in there Sammy…thinking of you…

    December 20th, 2007 at 12:07 am

  18. Jenn says:

    Hope everything is okay. It’s weird not to see a post from you in a couple of days. Thinking about you and hoping everything is a-okay.

    Jenn

    Jenn’s last blog post..This is Why I Don’t Sleep Naked…

    December 20th, 2007 at 12:42 am

  19. Dawn says:

    I get teh cabin fever thing - nonstop rain while Scout is out travelling … getting a full night of sleep …. ugh. Feeling your pain. Tewtally.

    Dawn’s last blog post..Achoo Friday

    December 21st, 2007 at 12:37 am

  20. jsutmylife says:

    Cabin fever sucks! I hope your days get better.

    jsutmylife’s last blog post..Wrapping, Biting, Fighting and Sex Changes!

    December 21st, 2007 at 12:25 pm

  21. Jill/Twipply Skwood says:

    Hoping all this is just a distant memory by now. I remember when one of my kids was small and sick having a conversation that went something like this with a friend - really opened my eyes -

    Me: I don’t know if I can go to the meeting. One of the kids is sick.

    Her: You’ve been home with her for two days now?

    Me: Yeah.

    Her: She has fever?

    Me: Yeah.

    Her: You’ve had to do all kinds of extra laundry?

    Me: Yeah.

    Her: And she’s all whiney?

    Me: Yeah.

    Her: That’s exactly when you need to get out of the house.

    Jill/Twipply Skwood’s last blog post..A Twipply Skwood Christmas

    December 24th, 2007 at 3:25 pm

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