Today has been a really lousy day for me. Kyle took the kids yesterday, to Laurel’s house for Lars’ birthday party. He left me home with Lydia so that I could maybe get some rest since, overdoing it this week I wasn’t feeling very well. I expected him to be home with the kids maybe around dinner time. However that’s not what happened. I got a text on my phone from Laurel at 8:30 saying that the kids have been fed, but Kyle is not feeling well and she was letting him nap. Then about 11pm she called to tell me that Kyle just looks miserable and she’s not letting them come home. She said that she will put the kids to bed and make sure that none of them escape, and they would take them to church with them and that way Kyle could get some rest, and I could just take care of Lydia and get some rest.
So I spent the weekend totally and completely alone. Saturday night I had a horrible fever, and was just dripping with sweat I HAD to take a shower to rinse off, but that just made me feel like I was freezing. Every time Lydia woke up to eat I just laid in bed not wanting to move. Then when I finally made myself get up to go take care of her my legs just felt like they didn’t want to hold me up. When I got word that Kyle wasn’t coming home I had to go let Chewy out in the backyard so the poor dog could pee, and I had to let Jango in for the night, and since I was up and in the kitchen I decided to get the tylenol and take it to my room with me.
Sunday was the same. I spent most of the day in bed sleeping, until Lydia cried to let me know she was hungry. I was consistently taking tylenol every 4 hours to keep the fever down and I don’t think I actually got up just for the sake of getting up until 4 in the afternoon. After church my visiting teachers stopped by to drop off the Mother’s day treat that our ward passed out, and when they found out that I was sick and my family wasn’t home they offered to bring me a plate of some dinner. I didn’t actually hear anything from Kyle until after 6 and he just asked how I was doing.
Kyle wasn’t feeling well either. He spent the day at Laurel’s house just sleeping, and Laurel and Roine took the kids to church with them. After church Laurel’s family were planning on going over to Karen’s house to spend some time with her since she didn’t want to spend mother’s day all alone. And when she found out that Kyle and the kids were in town she got so excited and they all went over to her house. They didn’t leave there until late, and they finally got home about 10pm. Of course by the time they got home all the kids were sleeping and Kyle just brought them in and carried them to their beds. So I didn’t even get to see most of them. Tyra was awake and came in to say goodnight. Kyle brought me a pile of cards that they had made for me while at cousins house, and that was it for mother’s day this year. I was just so sad to be left alone and mostly ignored all weekend. 🙁