I’ve Got a Serious Case of the Shakes

Major emergency here, folks. I haven’t been to CVS in FOUR DAYS. The last time I was there was Monday, and I couldn’t even go to one of my “regular” CVSes because they were both CLOSED due to the power outages from Sunday’s windstorm. So, I went to a not-so-coupon-friendly location because I HAD to get Joshua’s Zyrtec.

My two fave CVSes did not re-open until Wednesday. I excitedly called Wednesday to see if they were open and was filled with GLEE when told that they were. However, scheduling snafus (started because SOPHIE wouldn’t nap. Little booger.) prevented me from actually going. I was very sad! Then yesterday, we had Joshua’s homeschool co-op all day and I was going to go to CVS on the way home but he FELL ASLEEP on the way home and ruined those plans. (See, I am not fanatic enough about CVS to wake my kid up to go. Aren’t you proud, Emily?)

So today’s the day. It’s gotta be, ’cause I am about to die. I have some seriously painful CVS withdrawal symptoms. I’ve got the shakes, dry mouth, my nails are bitten to shreds, I’m irritable, and I think I’ve gained five pounds. I need some sweet deals, some coupons, and some ECBs to make everything okay again! Today I need to go to CVS so bad I would go with dirty hair and no makeup (normally I pretty myself up for CVS. But I will go fugly to Walgreens), no breakfast, and I MAY just take my kids in their PJs.

We addicts will sometimes do anything for a score. For this junkie, that time has come.

(P.S. I had an article published at Blissfully Domestic today about Getting the Most Out of Your Coupons! Do me a favor and go check it out. Leave me a comment so they will think I am a really great writer and I won’t get fired. K? Thx!)

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My coughy, sneezy, smiley baby

Sam has his first cold. It’s so sad! He is so pitiful… he’s coughing and sneezing constantly and just generally doesn’t feel good. He hasn’t had a fever or anything and he’s not horribly sick, just a little under the weather.

This, of course, also means that his sleeping has gone from bad to worse. The last three nights he has pretty much woken up each time we’ve had the audacity to lay him down. The poor baby just wants to be held, which I can understand. Actually last night and the night before, we’ve just brought him into our bed so that we all could get some sleep, and that has worked pretty well. I resorted to that last night after waking up in the rocking chair and figuring out that I had been asleep sitting up (and holding the baby) for over an hour. Desperate times, people.

I’ve been giving him Advil about once a day, but I’m not sure if there’s anything else to do for him, besides giving him lots of snuggles.

What do you do to help your kids feel better when they’re sick? Any suggestions? I just want to fix it!

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