Author Archives: Dad

We Got The Rona

Ok, there is no way to sugarcoat this, we all got the rona.

The last two weeks have been tough.

I’m not pointing fingers or anything, but H, you caught it from a classmate at a birthday party and brought it home!

Thankfully you only had fever and a headache for a day.

Next I got it.

Mine was hard, but mostly because I was filling in for someone on vacation and couldn’t call in sick to work…

I had fever and body ache for two days and then was just really tired for about a week.

K got it next and only had the fever and headache for 24 hours.

Finally, mom got it. But she never had a fever somehow. She just did not feel right but felt like she was getting a cold or something.

Having to do quarantine part 2 was the hardest part.

Not being able to see other people and barely leaving the house is close to torture…

It sounds like a vacation – but with mom and I both working from home, trying to keep up with all the classwork and homework of a second-grader, and entertain a five-year-old and almost two-year-old – it was difficult.

We all start getting on each others nerves, nobody could find space to be alone in, and nobody different was ever there to talk to.

Mom and I had to keep reminding ourselves to give y’all grace.

We forget how many social interactions you have on a daily basis.

My favorite part was the long walks we took together everyday.

A few days ago a woman stopped beside us after pulling out of the alley.

She said:

I just love seeing ya’ll out on your walks everyday, y’all are such a cute family!

Anyway, we all survived.

In fact, today was your first day back at school. I went to work too.

And mom worked from home one last day.

I love you.

-Dad

Sweet Pee

K, tonight you called me sweet pee.

Oh yeah, it should be “sweet pea,”

P-E-A

But you said “Awww, daddy, you’re my sweet pee.

Sweet – because you are such a sweet daddy. And pee – because you pee so much.

I mean.

Sometimes there are just no words…

I love you.

-Dad

Absolute Weekend

What an absolute weekend.

Oh my word.

T, you got a stomach bug at school and started throwing up Thursday night.

You threw up off and on all day Friday too. Mom stayed home with you all day.

Then school was out, dad was off work, you were feeling better, and we thought all was right with the world again.

And then mom started getting sick late Friday night!

We woke up Saturday morning and then K, you started throwing up!!!

I helped clean up where I could. Changed sheets. Sprayed Lysol. I went to the store and stocked up on Gatorade, soup, and ginger ale too.

H and I even drank a bunch of Welch’s 100% grape juice – and mostly hid in the master bedroom – trying to ward off the infection.

And maybe it worked? Post Poc Ergo Propter Hoc.

But at least we didn’t get sick!

Work is crazy, so I sure could have used a relaxing weekend.

But I’m glad that’s over.

I love you.

-Dad