Last night/ this morning

[averygoodun42]

Last night:

I feel like I should have sympathy for Babe, as he is coughing mightily, and he is tired and he is feeling miserable, but I don't. I do feel sympathy for Geoff who needs his sleep and is getting yelled at by a cranky kid in payment for his efforts of soothing instead.

Babe has been a royal pain in the keister the last couple of days.

Now I just have to figure out a way to survive the rest of the summer (and any other summers we spend here). I guess window a/c is the way to go. Bleh.

Now I should get myself to bed. 2 hours time difference should not be so difficult to overcome.\

ETA: (as a reminder to myself) I should note that Babe did restore my sympathy in him when, five minutes after he'd sent me away (and I'd gone to bed), he started crying for me. Geoff was still sitting with him at that point. I went in, sat down next to Geoff and said, "You know I love you, don't you?"

Babe replied with a very quiet and hesitant "Mm-hm."

"No matter how annoyed I am with you, or how angry I get, I will love you for always and forever."

No verbal response, but he calmed down significantly and finally relaxed enough to go back to sleep, holding onto my finger.


This morning:

Good things - The alcohol worked in eliminating the smell of the pee-soaked cushions. This is especially good because Babe piddled in bed this morning. Another good related to this is that rubbing alcohol works just as well and is a) cheaper, b) more widely available and c) can be bought on Sundays.

Good thing - The neighborhood children are out, and Babe is out with them. This means that the likelihood of me killing Babe has gone down significantly. I am still tremendously peopled out.

Good thing - internet access in the middle of the night to look up kitchen ideas.

Bad thing - My computer hates LJ. I need to post this now and get off of LJ before it crashes yet again.

Comments

[dickgloucester.livejournal.com]

Well, it's good to see you, anyway. It's perfectly normal to want to kill your children from time to time, so don't worry about that.

You can't buy alcohol on Sundays? Is that just from liquor stores, or in bars and restaurants and stuff, too?

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

:-)

Well, I think you can actually buy liquor from liquor stores that are open on Sundays, but finding those stores (especially as a non-drinker) is a bit challenging. Fortunately, we're not so blue a state that we can't buy drinks from restaurants or bars any dy of the week we choose. I think. As I said, I'm a non drinker, so my research is limited. ;-)

[cck-brit.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness for neighbor children. My two have been out since 9:00am with the boy and girl next door.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Sometimes thank goodness. Sometimes they're a major pain in the neck. Of course, I would like to think that my neighborhood kids are more obnoxious than average... ;-)

[apisa-b.livejournal.com]

I have always cleaned with diluted cider vinegar to get rid of smells. The additional plus: textiles get shiny when they are cleaned with diluted cider vinegar.

I always had to be careful to only clean with vinegar when Drone was not at home, for he just can't stand the smell of it.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

I'm not overly fond of the smell of vinegar, unfortunately. What kind of textiles are you talking about?

:-)

[apisa-b.livejournal.com]

Textiles you just can't put in the washing mashine, like the textile coverings of sofas or chairs, car seats etc.

[junewilliams7.livejournal.com]

would you consider waterproof mattress covers? they have a zipper so they enclose the entire mattress - works really well for allergies, too, which is why we have them. we use mattress pads over that, and then bedsheets, so we don't "feel" like we're sleeping on vinyl or rubber, whatever it is.

poor Babe sounds sick and cranky! I hope you, Babe, and Geoff get enough rest.

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

We have one of those for our mattress, and I sure do like it (even though it's a pain in the back to get it off every year or so to wash it). And, like you, it's for allergies. I am considering one for Babe's bed, but I'm also still considering what size bed Babe is going to have for the rest of his duration here. Right now it's a queen (leftover futon), but a twin has major appeal...

I honestly don't know what's been up with Babe unless he's been reacting to the change in humidity and Geoff and my tempers (we were pretty disappointed to be coming home) and all the stress of traveling... Okay, that's enough to make me cranky, why would it do so for him? ;-)

We are all mellowing out now, though, which is very good. Babe was actually very good today,except for a major meltdown this morning. And once we get Babe's room a/c unit installed, I think that things will improve even further!

[junewilliams7.livejournal.com]

without a/c, I'd be very cranky too!

[averygoodun.livejournal.com]

Oh,Babe's social interactions have only been meaningful for the last four months or so, but he's always enjoyed hanging out and playing with the neighborhood kids! The tough part about that, though, is that as parents, we get to be the wardens and say who, where, when and if they get to play with them.

I'll try vinegar sometime, though I hate the smell. Geoff probably likes it better, though... *blergh*

:-)