For the last 4 days I've been laid up at home. Literally. Laying in bed or on the couch, unable to move or even sit up for long periods of time.
Nothing major, just a bout of gastro that then turned into a severe throat infection. Complete with body aches, shivers, blinding headaches etc..
It sucks.
But it sucks even more because of the timing.
Phil has just done 10 night shifts, 8 of those he was away from home so it feels as though we've been living on another planet in different time zones.
Tuesday he came home and Wednesday and Thursday were his days off.
Days off are hard to come by around here so whenever we get time together we usually like to pack our days with family time like going to the park or playing games with the kids etc.
This time though phil ran around like a crazy lunatic trying to get the kids off to school in the mornings, took Isla in for her vaccinations, took Isla off to kindy gym, attended the kids open night at school and ran around filling up my cup with water and ice and bringing me my heat pack and being the perfect housewife substitute.
But it sucked, we didn't get to go out for lunch, we didn't get to take the kids to the park together, we didn't even get to sit at the table and eat a meal altogether and more importantly I didn't get to have that first alcoholic drink I've been dying for!!
And sometimes that makes me so grumpy.
We don't get much time together as it is. Hubby's just done 8days away and when he goes back to work next week he will do a couple days in town but then he's off again for another 5 days.
In this family we never seem to get our timing right (see previous posts about family holidays).
Hopefully next time hubby gets days off I'll be feeling better and we will have to make up for this shitty week
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