Monday, March 15, 2010

Horribly crabby times

Trying to make a long story short:

I was on my way to go and work out before family got into town on Saturday and found the basement to have medium amounts of water in it due to the dehumidifier never being turned on. So I start rushing around trying to move all of the items I'm strong enough to move so everything's not ruined (after turning on the dehumidifier, of course). And leave in a huff to go buy a second dehumidifier (one is normally fine as long as we start it before flooding actually happens). So I buy a smaller dehumidifier just to supplement the larger one, but it was still over $150. Ouch. I get home and Hubby says that he'll just shop vac every hour that night and that after the first day, the one dehumidifier should be good. Not sure I trusted that b/c his family was coming into town and who wants to use that time vacuuming up water? I mean, really? But I agree b/c he promises he'll do it.
P.S. I felt like the rest of our house was a wreck and unclean and HATE feeling that way when people are coming over. My plan is always to have the place semi-clean, but not uber-clean.
Onward: The next day I go downstairs to empty the water bucket for the dehumidifier...which is empty. WHAT??? Yeah, so it sounds like it's working, but isn't actually sucking anything up. Oh yeah, and Hubby didn't go downstairs once the day before to shop vac. So the basement still has standing water everywhere.
Another side note: If the drylocking had been done in the fall like was said to be done, there would be only one wall that would leak (behind the stairs) as opposed to everywhere.
Onward again: So I wake Hubby up and tell him it's not working and I go to work out. I can't take the stress and anger. And I get a call after I've been at the gym for no more than maybe 40 minutes by Hubby freaking out asking where I am b/c I've been gone FOREVER. Right... If the baby is hungry, there are bottles in the fridge. Give him one. But... I stop working out and go to the locker room to get ready to come home. (I walked there and back) By the time I get home, Baby is SCREAMING his head off (and this is coming from one of the most easygoing babies I've ever dealt with). And Hubby's confused b/c the children's tylenol says not to give it to infants {Is there really a difference between infants and childrens tylenol? I mean, that's a serious question. Someone please answer.} but Baby is hot. No, he'd not taken Baby's temperature yet, but Baby was red in the face from screaming and crying so much and felt hot. Ends up Baby was never given a bottle, was overly stimulated, hadn 't gotten a nap at all that morning...Yeah, you get my point. So I take him to his room and feed and rock him, which is hard b/c he's still upset. And after a while he calms down and is sleeping, not red, and no longer warm. Granted, it happens to all of us, but should I really be putting a list of 'Could this be the problem' for when I'm not there? Honestly?
I can't even think of what else went wrong this weekend, but those pretty much sum up the aura of my weekend, if a weekend can have an aura.
HOWEVER, while it was a ridiculously stressful weekend, it was also really blessed. Family came into town (including my one and only nephew, who's getting HUGE). It was/is really great to hang out with them. And I found that my SIL and I are more similar that I thought. She's pregnant with their first biological child and her pregnancy is quite similar to mine thusfar. She's had less nausea, but more actual vomiting, but has also had recurring headaches. She weighed the exact same amount starting out and has lost a little in the first two months (the exact amount I lost) and has been able to maintain that weight (like I did). Here's hoping, though, that her nausea/vomiting stops before the halfway mark!!! Anyway, it's fun to hang out with them!!!