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The One About The Sick Kid

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We had a nice healthy run but it’s come to an end. Tuesday Kaili developed a low grade fever and some mediocre whining, nothing else. Wednesday night was rough, she woke up every few hours and at 2:00 A.M. she was burning up. I took her temperature 3 times and it averaged to a 102 degree fever. I gave her some Advil and went back to bed trying not to worry. I laid there until the sun came up, checking on her every so often.

Kaili was yelling “mommy, I wake up” by 6:00, this was going to be a long day. Thankfully, I already had the day off and Shane would be home soon.

Her Advil wore off and her fever came back along with hoarseness and a cough. She is in a decent mood considering  and she goes  through some sever whining fits but fingers crossed this is the worst of it!?!?

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Keeping her busy
Keeping her busy

Tomorrow, is my last scheduled day of work for now. I really enjoy working but I also miss having some free days. The grass is always greener I guess.

Monday is my sono aka Sonohysterogram at Reproductive Partners, here we go again….Ready for all the fertility lingo?

Pizza and Pumpkins

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Friday evening Kaili was invited over to a friends house to pick a pumpkin. My friend has a serious green thumb and I feel like a bad human being when I go to her house because her backyard is like a little farm and I can’t even grow tomatoes in a container.

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Saturday I found myself with leftover blue cheese and Pears from our Farm Fresh delivery. I knew that I wanted to put them on a pizza with some arugula because I heart arugula . Sprouts didn’t have any pre-made pizza dough, are they done with that? So I was forced to make my own. I used this Martha Stewart recipe that only required an hour rise time, perfect.

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Preheat oven to 450.

Once the dough was rolled out i brushed garlic + olive oil onto the dough and baked it for a few minutes. Then I threw on some mozzarella, crumbled blue cheese, roasted pears and red onions and baked for 10 minutes, toss on some arugula and return to oven for a few more minutes.

I would actually recommend using gorgonzola instead of blue. The cheese was so strong that it overpowered the other flavors.

Anniversary Stay-cation

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Shane surprised me with a weekend stay-cation for our 7 year anniversary.  Paradise Point is a resort on Mission Bay and somewhere I have been wanting to go for about 7 years now. Apparently all the cool people of San Diego have frequented their Barefoot Bar on Sundays, for drinks and live music. I was not one of the cool people, Shane was.

When we went to check in we were told it would be longer than they hoped for us to get into our room. Apparently the guests that checked out had “lived it up” the night before and well, you get the picture.  So we had to sit at the bar and stare at this awful view while we waited. Luckily we ended up getting another room other than the one where the rockstars stayed.

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The entire resort is gorgeous, you tend to forget where you are.

View from the lobby
View from the lobby

And the view from our room was perfect.

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Shane got us a bay view suite that suited us just fine.

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Once we settle in we decided on a swim maybe accompanied by drinks and dinner. But the main pool was full of kids and the pool  bar and grill closed at 5….on a Friday. That wouldn’t have been a huge deal but it was a big wedding weekend there and their other bayside lounge was closed for a private event. That forced us back the Barefoot bar we were at earlier in the day for dinner, no biggy but either was their food.

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Saturday was the perfect day. We casually got up and sat out to enjoy the view and the weather, absolutely perfect weather.

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POOL and SUN was all we had planned for the day. We sat there all afternoon, perfect day, perfect day.

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Not a bad way to celebrate our 7th year of marriage.

Ramblings

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This is going to be a catch up blog post. The past week has flown by and I was shocked to see that today was September 4th…what happened?

I dropped Kaili off at school this morning, actually left her there, I had a hard time leaving. But now I have a few hours of peace and quiet to clean, watch SYTYCD, sit in the sun and read?

Our 7 year wedding anniversary is coming up and Shane is whisking me away for the weekend.  The destination has been a surprise until I finally figured it out this morning in the shower. It’s not far from our house but it’s somewhere I have been wanting to stay. I will tell you on Friday.

Now for the phone dump.

Can you believe how long her hair is getting?

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Friday was “water” day at school.

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Friday night was relax in the tub with a glass of wine kind of night…<—– things white girls say!

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Saturday we were in Irvine for my cousins wedding. It was a gorgeous wedding and she was a beautiful bride but ladies, having your wedding on a holiday weekend isn’t always  best for your guests.

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We had some friends come over to play and Kaili said she wants a baby in the house. I guess I should go call Dr. Garzo to talk about getting knocked up. Stay tuned for that conversation.

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The Moms Getaway

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Halfway through July I decided I needed to runaway take a few days away, you know before summer ended. I knew who also deserved a break, my friend Michelle, super mom of 3 kiddos. She agreed and that’s when we planned on Palm Springs. We had just been there with the men, we knew where we could stay but we weren’t sure if 107 degree weather was what we wanted. After a few weeks of hemming and hawing we decided that PS would be our best option.

We met at the Hyatt downtown Friday afternoon, quickly caught up then headed out for dinner.  We hopped around to a few different places enjoying small bites at each.  We were dining on the patio at one of the spots and the misters were on keeping patrons cool, or should I say wet is a better word?

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I told her it looked like she backed her ass up into a fountain. We slyly made our way bathroom to “air dry” her lady lumps.

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That didn’t work so well. Maybe the hairdryer would be a better choice? (Please excuse the toilet shot)

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Problem solved. We then hit a modern bistro called Lulu’s. They had happy hour all night  in the bar area. Good food, good drinks, good prices.

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We ended the night watching people make fools of themselves singing Karaoke, pure enjoyment.

The next morning we went and saved a couple spots at the pool before eating  drinking breakfast. Pinnochio’s has good food, bad coffee and cheap bottomless mimosas.

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We found ourselves tasting olive oils and vinegars soon after at Olive A’Sudden.

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We sat in the room chatting until finally dragging ourselves out into the heat. We spent the evening in the pool until the sun went down and we decided it was probably a good time  to get dinner. We met a nice San Diegan couple at the pool and they joined us for a just OK Thai dinner.

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We decided to dance the night away at a popular gay dance club, it was the perfect ending to a much needed girls getaway.

Shane took Kaili to SeaWorld that Friday and wore her out.

Happy K…

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Not so happy K…

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They had a great weekend and apparently she was a perfect angel for him. (mmmhmm) He even did her hair, I was impressed.

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What A Weekend!

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I had the best weekend, ab fab! Kristi came out late Friday night to celebrate her birthday with yours truly. She brought along her brother in-law or in her words , “a play date for Shane.”

Saturday morning we hit the bay for some paddle boarding. The weather wasn’t the greatest but it turned out to be just fine meaning it didn’t rain, and we weren’t shivering. The only concern I had once we were on our boards was that we were surrounded and I really mean surrounded by jelly fish. Big ones, small ones, gazillions of them. I really didn’t want to go swimming with them, at all! Luckily mission accomplished, we stayed dry.

We followed up the SUP morning with cake and champagne. I made a coconut cake for the birthday girl but I I half-assed it using a Trader Joe’s vanilla cake mix and doctoring it up. The frosting was coconut cream cheese, there really isn’t anything better.

I apologize for any regurgitated pictures. If you are following me on Instagram you have seen some of these. I try not to do this very often but this weekend was so busy that you’re just going to have to deal and accept my apology 🙂

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After K’s nap we took the trolley downtown to grab lunch and people watch  the crazies at Comic Con. Next year or one year soon we will get tickets and really check the whole thing out. (AKA meet True Blood stars) I could have stayed down there all day  and night…next time.

We ate lunch at Hodad’s because A). we haven’t been to the downtown location yet. B). anything remotely close to the convention center was packed and C.) it’s Hodad’s, if you haven’t gone you should.

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After lunch we headed to a little tasting room and enjoyed the scenery and some wine. Kaili was such a trooper , happily went along with everything we did, and none of the costumes scared her…bonus!

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We ended the night with pizza, more wine and some hot tub converstions. Such a great day.

Get that pizza!!
Get that pizza! Picture courtesy of Kristi Kowalski

The next morning we hit the beach for some breakfast. Kaili wasn’t in tears when I dragged her down to the ocean, things are looking up.

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Quick video of ComicCon people watching.

The One About The Sick Kid

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Oh, where do I begin? Puke, throw up, puke, throw up…yep, that sums it up. Kaili got hit with the “ick” out of nowhere Saturday. She was her jolly old self but after nap she was a little slow. Slow in the tired sense not in the….well you know what I am saying. Then out it came, flying from her mouth like it had a score to settle. Yuck!  And then she was fine. This continued for two days until the fever hit and then she really slowed down. Luckily it ran it’s course and she is feelin’ fine. The hardest part about the whole “epic puke” fest is keeping her hydrated. She only drinks water and milk. She only wantswater and milk. We were offering her juice, gatorade and soda and she turned her nose up at all of it. It got to the point where I was syringing gatorade and pedialite into her mouth a teaspoon at a time just to keep my sanity. Her grandma came out to stay with her so I could go to work Monday and that is so nice.. Kaili started to pick back up and by Tuesday was pretty much her normal self aside from her “normal” appetite, which may be f*cked up for awhile. We bravely took her out to dinner Tuesday evening and when she was done she let everyone know by yelling “LADY ALL DONE” to the waitress clear across the room. Brilliance I tell ya!

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FaceTiming Uncle Wags before “Puke Meltdown ’13”
All smiles. Thank the maker of wine she didn't puke on our bed.
All smiles. Thank the maker of wine she didn’t puke on our bed.
Despite her illness we watched USA beat the shit out of Cuba.
Despite her illness we watched USA beat the shit out of Cuba.
no filter, so pretty.
no filter, so pretty.
Someone's feeling better.
Someone’s feeling better.
Damn, she is cute, even a few lbs. lighter.
Damn, she is cute, even if she is a few lbs. lighter.

Guess What?

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My daughter is adorable, but you already knew that.

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Avocado toast is all I want for breakfast these days. I like mine with an egg, K likes hers with fruit or a masala burger, Shane thinks it’s all gross. Shows you what he knows.

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No seriously, guess what? Nike Tennis is advertising David Wagner on Twitter. Now that’s pretty awesome! You should follow them both so you can say you knew about him before he hits celebrity status. People it’s going to happen.

 

Long Day

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Kaili has been playing quietly in her room, alone for the past 20 minutes. The last time she was in there entertaining herself she came out butt booty naked and had indian war painted poop all over her. I am nervous about what may come.

Tuesday’s are the only day I am not working as Kaili is supposed to have speech but her teacher wanted a summer vacation so I am stuck with the kid today. It’s hot and humid outside making it difficult to really want to be out there for too long. What did I do when I was home all day everyday with her? Jeezus, this school thing was a great idea. We ate breakfast, took a walk, played in the water table, took a shower, colored, ate lunch and it’s not even noon yet.

Sprinkles to entice her to actually eat the banana. Didn't really work.
Sprinkles to entice her to actually eat the banana. Didn’t really work.

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Playing with feathers
Playing with feathers

She’s been doing fine with no naps, which is scary but it is what it is. If she naps it throws off her bedtime by a few hours, which is crazy and happened the day she started school. Sometimes that is ok but sometimes it’s not, ya know I’m saying? I mean I got to get that girl in bed at a reasonable time, my favorite shows are 2 hours long and I need them watched before Shane gets home so I don’t have to hear about how bad they are.

Tomorrow we go back to school, I think she’s happy about it.

Back To Work

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Oh you guys, it’s so nice to be working again, granted it’s only been two days but it’s been nice.

early morning entertainment
early morning entertainment

It’s nice to have a reason to take a shower in the morning. It’s nice to not wonder if I am providing  enough stimulation for K’s little brain.It’s nice to have some time away from Kaili and out of the house. It’s nice to not feel guilty for letting her watch cartoons since I know she will be busy learning and playing most of the day. It’s nice to not change diapers for a few hours. It’s nice to focus on something other than “what in the hell am I going to do today?” And it’s nice to be busy doing what I love.

breakfast with Mickey
breakfast with Mickey

Teaching is like second nature, what is interesting is doing it all again but this time with a 2 year old. This was my classroom back in 2007, before she was even a thought. Now she is painting in it, it’s surreal.

busy painting while I get things ready for the day.
busy painting while I get things ready for the day.

I was worried it would be hard for both Kaili and I to be away from each other but it’s not, it’s fine. She whimpers a bit when I say goodbye to her in the morning but that’s the extent of it. I was worried that when she saw me during the day, either walking by her classroom or outside that she would want to be with me, not the case so far.

watching her through the classroom window.
watching her through the classroom window.

I was worried that she wouldn’t nap and the teachers would have a hell of a time keeping her on her cot. This part is true. She hasn’t napped and isn’t showing any signs of doing so. They have to sit with her to keep her quiet but they say she is doing fine. One day it will take a toll on her and she will just crash…right? one day?

Kaili not napping
Kaili not napping

Luckily these non-nap days aren’t a cause for meltdown city in the afternoon, she seems to handle it pretty well. I got to say things went as well as I could have hoped for. We’ll see how it goes from here.