Duenorth's Journal

     I feel like such a scatterbrain. I forgot that I was supposed to do a reading comp assignment for philosophy. I'd checked the prof's website where he usually posts assignments & nothing was there. I did the reading, but then opened my notebook before class & I'd written the assignment in it! Ergh...he's letting me email it to him. It may have helped that he was also giving me the message that DD had gotten sick in preschool (threw up and temp of 100.4) They'd gotten hold of stbx on his cell and he picked her up. I called on one of the school phones and talked to him, then went right home after class so that I could take care of her. She was lethargic and temp still 100.3, but her tummy no longer hurt. I guess she skipped lunch and actually had not eaten since about 9:30AM and was sick around noon. She urped again at his house and was okay the rest of the afternoon.

     She didn't want to go in her bed, so I made up the couch and she lay there watching tv and dozing for a few hours. Then she was hungry and asked for supper. From previous 24 hr flu experience, I knew to just give her one little bite about every half hour. She successfully held down a dozen bites of solid food (that got gradually bigger) and drank many sips of cold water. Her fever had broken and temp back down to normal by bedtime, though she was still tired. Instead of kidding around & bouncing on the bed, she let me tuck her right in under the covers and asked me to pick out the bedtime story book. I asked if she wanted the light on or off and she said "off", so too tired to even pretend she wanted to stay up longer! About five minutes later she came out to go potty and then wanted me to tuck her in again and sing our creative upgrade of "Old MacDonald's" (who has cool & funny stuff now like fairy princesses, dragons and dinosaurs) & a few other lullabys. Didn't hear another peep, she went right to sleep.

     School went well (aside from the one assignment), but I'm already feeling the rub of taking on so much this semester. I kept my self-promise to head right to school after dropping off DD so that I'd have time for some studio work. I had to park 3 blocks from the art building and hike through the 9 degree cold and snow. I stopped at the cafe 1/2 way to warm up and get my coffee and scone to go, so it was not quite so arduous. I arrived in the studio about 9:30AM and did some preliminary clean-up of the print studio in preparation for a quick monotype session. I'd passed through the paint studios to drop my coat & stuff in my space when I ran into my painting teacher & advisor. Since we missed our 1st meeting yesterday, he suggested we grab one then. Had a great chat about art for 1/2 hour, then as I was debating if I could still fit in any printmaking before my 11AM art history class....my advanced art advisor arrived ready for my meeting with her. (which I'd completely forgotten about!!! I must be losing my mind!) So talked with her 1/2 hour, went very well...aside from my not having gotten any work done yet.

     Not time left to work...too much set-up and clean-up time needed to monotype, so I sat and chatted with another art student friend until class. The teacher had actually set up for us to watch the Presidential inauguration live at the beginning of class. I thought it was a great speech, very inspiring. I hope he can deliver, our nation needs the change.

      Between classes I had time to get lunch and review the philosophy reading again. That's when I discovered the assignment in my notebook, but it was too late to get it ready for class.       

     I'd planned to follow my studio schedule and go in after dropping DD off tomorrow morning, but now will have to stay home with DD. Her school has a "24 hour" rule for sick kids, which I think is prudent anyway. Stbx said he would stay with her during my 1 hr class which is really helpful, but I have so much work I need to do!

     DD just got up again @ 11PM while I was working on this journal entry. She had to go potty again. I am thrilled that she is waking up to go potty! However I also wish she could sleep through & be dry, but not complaining...I think the ice water had something to do with it. She wanted to have another snack and sit with me awhile, so I let her eat some fruit and then she cuddled on my lap and talked. We talked about day to day stuff until she mentioned moving again. She did not seem upset, but talked about "when we moved" and that she wanted to make sure that we would bring her toys and all the kitties. I talked to her about it and told her that we might move someday, but not right now. (She asked if we were moving tomorrow.) I told her that I would tell her and talk to her about it ahead of time and that we would take Everything, including the pets. Then she asked if we could take the tree in the yard and I said no it was too big, but there would be new trees. She seemed to relax and snuggled up with me for a few minutes, then said her tummy hurt a little bit but she didn't think she was going to be sick. Then she wanted to talk about tomorrow and was very disappointed about not going to school to see her friends. We talked some more, cuddled some more and then she asked for some ice. I suggested she take the cup to her room and tucked her in. We talked a little more with me sitting on her bed and she did ask me to leave the light on awhile, but it's been totally quiet, I'm sure she's asleep by now.

     Need some Zzzzzz's myself! Going to try anyway :)