Sick boy, Hospital visits, & sleeplessness...

So, Ethan has been sick. Just a cold, really. But, in the middle of the night he woke wheezing and crouping & crying & generally in bad shape. We tried to do a nebulizer treatment, we tried the steam to cold routine, we tried cold drinks...nothing worked. Then, his lips started getting bluish while he was gasping for air and his blue eyes were bugging out and I knew we were in a whole new territory! I called 911 and an ambulance was here in record time. We went to the hospital and they gave my boy several breathing treatments including a ephedrine combo solution that he also had to inhale. He had steroids given orally and within 6 hours, he was declared well enough to leave.

Of course, that was just the start of a whole new problem cause now I was without a vehicle. LOL! My family wouldn't answer the phone and no cabs ran until 9 a.m. However, I was lucky and a wonderful friend that I clean for was on shift last night. She ran into me in the hall and offered me her car to take Ethan home. She told me all I had to do was get her car back to her by the afternoon. It was such a blessing!

Now, I am exhausted. I got less than 5 hours sleep and I plan to get at least 12. So, I'm going bed now.

I am the BEST big sister EVER! LOL!

So, on Friday December 14th I will be whisking my 16 year old sister out of school EARLY for a concert in Philly!!!! YAY! We are going to see New Atlantic! And, they are playing with 2 other bands that I am not to sure of, but they sound really cool. Nice, mellow, rock music. Not too hard, not too soft...just awesome!! Her 16th birthday is THIS Thursday and I am taking her and a friend of her choice to the concert as a birthday gift. :) So, she will get the tickets this Thursday, but the concert in a couple weeks. YAY! So cool! I am psyched! I love doing awesome things like this! I am the best!

Oh, and, I just got paid from a house sitting gig and the money is fierce! Who can top $150 for 3 days of doing almost NOTHING???? Not me, man! I love it! So, I more than made up the cash spent on concert tickets cause they only cost me $45!

Black Friday is a Poor, Single, Mamas DREAM!

I have not been a huge fan of Black Friday in the past. I HATE crowds of people and I HATE shopping, so Black Friday is definitely not the day for me! But, now, you can shop ONLINE and get all the same prices as in the store AND some places even offer FREE SHIPPING!

So, I shopped for my 3 sisters, my mom, my dad, my grandpa, and, of course, my child. I spent less than $150 on everyone. And, while that may seem rather low, I got some NICE stuff! Of course, I had also been hoarding for my boy for quite some time. I had forgotten some of the stuff I had purchased for him until I rummaged thru my closets today. I go way overboard without even meaning to. *sigh*

My 2 biggest purchases for my son only cost me $53!! A bounce house and a battery powered ride on police motorcycle!! I love it! It's so exciting for me to be able to give to my child on such a tight budget. So, THANK GOD FOR BLACK FRIDAY!

Are you KIDDING ME????

So, hello, it is the day BEFORE Thanksgiving! I am supposed to leave for NY today! Is that gonna happen???? NO!

UGH! My kid starts running a fever yesterday afternoon and now he has spent 1/2 the morning on the toilet. It's gross and upsetting cause who the hell wants to spend Thanksgiving alone with a sick kid?? Not me, man! The doctor says he has an intestinal thing. NO SHIT! REALLY??

To top it ALL OFF, the dog I am watching and was supposed to leave in someone else's care tonight, is sick. It's nasty! Her eye has rolled up into her head and the white is showing and it's all inflamed and oozy and YUCK! OH LORD!

I'm not even gonna jinx myself and ask if things can get worse cause God knows they always can and they still might. I mean, at this point we are waiting to go to the vet for the dog and waiting for my son to start the vomiting phase of this virus.

Happy Freaking Thanksgiving to All!

To Vaccinate OR NOT to Vaccinate...that is the question!

As if raising our kids and keeping them safe weren't already this monumental task, parents are also expected to wade thru the medical world as if we were part of its staff. I mean, if you walk blindly into the world of medicine and allow doctors to do whatever they want, you get called stupid. AND, if you research everything and question everything, you also get called stupid for not possibly following a doctor's advice. So, where, I ask you, is the happy medium??



I am a selective vaccinator. I DO want to keep my son safe. I DO love my son. I DO worry about him getting sick. BUT, my son has a compromised immune system already thanks to severe asthma AND, in my family, we have experience with bad side effects after vaccinations. So, I choose which vaccines my son gets very, very, carefully. Well, today, as I was leaving the doctor's office after having my son vaccinated a woman looked over at me as Ethan was clawing at his leg and said "Shot?". I nodded and she said "Well, we have to do what's best for them." And, my child pipes in "But, I don't get shots ever cause I hate them!". The woman looked appalled and I explained that my child was selectively vaccinated due to his severe asthma and my beliefs on certain shots. Well, hell, you would have thought I told her I let my boy play with loaded guns! She shook her head and said "You are a danger to all children!". And, very calmly I said "No, ma'am, your children are more of a danger to MINE!".

And, honestly, it's true! Children that are vaccinated pose more of a threat to my boy than he does to them because many doctors use live and active cultures. A live virus can cause a reaction in the child who gets the shot and then they can pass the virus to others. Hence why they advise parents of small children not to take their little ones around cancer patients and such after they have had a shot!

I am not against peoples' choices to vaccinate or not, but before you judge me...KNOW what you are talking about! KNOW that my choice has volumes of research behind it, just like yours. But, sadly, many parents that DO vaccinate, don't even research WHY they choose to do it. They just do. So, who is less responsible? Me or them? Hmmmm...

What a nice day!

I don't say that quite often enough about my life. I mean, it's not that I take my life for granted. I sometimes think I have it rough, but most of the time I feel I am very blessed! In any case, today was a wonderful day! I had NO jobs scheduled and I slept in until 9 a.m. while my son played QUIETLY with his toys. Once I got up we had eggs and bacon for breakfast and I checked the local movie listings. I had 2 free movie tickets and decided we would go see Bee Movie. It was adorable! I mean, sure, there is a "lesson" throughout the movie about the vanishing bees and how they pollenate 1/3 of our food supply and such...which kids totally don't get...but it was cute! Ethan enjoyed it immensely and then we went out to eat! We had a coupon for a free meal for him because he enrolled in the birthday club. We also bought Ratatouille on DVD for $15.99 as compared to the $23.99 it will be tomorrow. Now, my little angel is sound asleep and life is good. We have to clean tomorrow, but it's just a few hours and we'll be fine.

So, yeah...it was a nice day!

Unlimited Funds????

Yeah, WHAT is THAT? I am not privvy to UNLIMITED FUNDS! My funds are quite limited! And, people who owe me money do NOT seem to grasp that concept! I mean, HELLO, I clean houses for a living, do you think I am made of money??? If I were, would I be scrubbing YOUR toilet and caring for YOUR kids??? NO! I would be sitting on a tropical island somewhere, nursing a drink, and watching my kid frolic in the sand! But, instead, I am doing YOUR domestic chores and not getting paid! WTF??

See, this all stems from some rich, privledged, snobby, bitch who owes me $372!! She said she would have a check waiting for me yesterday...I went to the house and looked for it; Surprise, it wasn't there! But, I still had to stay and do my job cause I couldn't leave underage kids alone all night long! So, I did my job and still, no money, and no call! I can hardly stand it! My bank account is dwindling, my bills are late, and my blood pressure is going to hit the ceiling if I don't get the money she owes me!

Other people pay me at the ends of my job, but not her, cause I guess she's special! PUH-LEEZE! All I have to say, in conclusion, is that, people who HAVE money and OWE other people money...need to pay up! It's no fun being working middle class and not getting paid for the work you do. No fun at all!