I feel like poo

Yep, that's right POO.  C left yesterday morning and it's been a crazy week.  First A got really sick.  He got an upper respiratory infection with croup.  After a trip to the ER and alot of rest, he's better.  Guess what?  K's got croup.  Started late last night and he woke up making that horrible coughing sound and had a fever.  Oh, and guess what else?  I'm now sitting here with a sore throat and a bit of a fever myself.  Oh and top it all off, I tried calling C's hotel room a few times and he wasn't there.  No big deal, right?  It was starting at 10 pm his time and he still wasn't there at 2:30 am.  I finally got in touch with him around 3:30 am his time and he'd been out to dinner and then out for drinks.  Is it wrong for me to not like him right now??  Meanwhile, I've got K who is sick, A is screaming "Mom, watch this!" and running full speed while saying "AAAAAAAH!", and H has taken up swearing.  He's used bad language at least 3 times today.  I have no idea why he's decided it's okay to swear, but this last time, I called him out to punish him.  I have no bars of soap in the house, as we use liquid soap, so I decide to give him dish detergent on a spoon and swipe his tongue with it.  He makes a face and swallows.  I am ready to start the lecture when he burps and a bubble comes out.  Yes, I'm serious.  He starts to laugh hysterically and yells for his brother so he can share this amazing news and I am standing there dumbfounded.   I thought that could only happen in cartoons.  My stern discipline was a total failure.  

So now, I'm feeling like poo, dealing with the craziness of my boys and deciding if I should prank call C 3 more times over the next few hours just to wake him up.  Is that wrong??  Should I not do that??  Just the thought of that makes me feel a little bit better.  Mu-wa-ha-ha-ha  (that's my evil laugh)  No, better get these kiddos showered up and wind down for the night.  I'm hoping to get to bed early.

Quiet before the ....

Not much to say today, as my mind is elsewhere.  C is getting ready to leave for his trip.  He's heading out on Saturday and it's all starting to be real.  Even though we knew it was coming, it was always just "sometime in the future".  It's almost here now and I'm thinking about it nonstop.  We have been very busy taking the kids to many places and having alot of family time.  Pics are of some of our excursions over the past few weeks.