Welcome 2007…Can I have a do-over?

2007 Resolutions: To be more positive. Establish a healthy work-life balance.

Some Goals for 2007: Enter the blogosphere (starting with this blog), finish in the top 3 of my division in FFL ‘07, finish Resident Evil IV, and read 1 new book every 3 months average (books on cd during the commute to work do count), leave 2007 healthier than we’re starting it.

December 31, 2006 - We managed to get out of the house and enjoy 2 parties new year’s eve. The first was a pajama party at the Drobniks. Tasha and I were still in recovery mode from the flu last week and neither of us was able to eat much of anything. I forced down a bottled water and that was about all I could manage. The kids seemed to enjoy themselves in the basement, though when I went down to check on them, they were all sitting on the couch vegging out while the rest of the kids were playing football. It was weird to see 3 six-year-old boys just sitting there watching the other kids.

Next we headed over to the Eggenbergers for our traditional gathering. It was much more low key than in years past since everyone has small children now and I guess we’re all getting older, which was fine for me since I couldn’t eat or drink anything. Still, it was fun to hang out for a while. Braden got a little clingy around 11pm and felt like he had a fever. Tasha took him home and sure enough he was just under 100. Logan and Jake somehow made it to midnight and as soon as the toasting was done, we headed home.

January 1, 2007 – Logan and Braden both woke up with fevers. By the end of the day Logan also broke out into his first case of pink eye.

January 2, 2007 – The doctor confirms Logan has conjunctivitis and that Braden’s ear tubes aren’t working anymore and fluid is building up, which is why he’s been complaining of ear pain. On the bright side, Jake seems to be healthy.

January 3, 2007 – Braden woke up at 6am with a coughing fit. He coughed himself into getting sick. We’re starting out the year on a real downer here. Maybe we should have eaten some cabbage?

January 5, 2007 - Lo and behold, I have now acquired a sore throat.

January 6, 2007 – Braden has woken up around 6am 3 mornings in a row now, and because I am such a light sleeper, I am always the first to attend it. I find it amazing how losing that last hour of sleep can have such a devastating impact to your energy level for the rest of the day. Having triplets is truly a blessing but the sharing of germs is something I could do without! My sore throat continues.

January 7, 2007 – I didn’t get much sleep. My throat felt like it was on fire, which seems to always be the case at night. During the day it’s tolerable, but night time just sucks. This evening Jake also joined the sore thoat/headache/fever club and Braden told us he can’t hear. It’s either the tubes coming out or the fluid build-up. Either way, probably not a good thing. On the bright side, the boys had a great basketball practive/game today. This was the second game we won by more than 10 points, which is the highest point differential they will allow on the scoreboard.

January 9, 2007 – I went to the doctor today.  Still a bad sore throat and my voice is starting to diminish.  I got a 3 dose prescription for Zpak.  Take 1 pill a day for 3 days, and it stays in your body for 10.  Woo hoo!  About 2 hours after taking my first dose, I started feeling the only side effect I ended up getting.  It was a strange stomach sensation , not quite nausea, not really cramping, but an uncomfortable almost burning feeling that came and went for about 45 minutes, then it went away.  Not too bad all in all.

January 10, 2007 – Jake’s got pink eye(s).  I have no voice.  Things couldn’t be better.  It’s so great that I’m being more positive this year, otherwise this would completely suck.

January 11, 2007 – I’ve decided I don’t really care for the zpak side effects.  It’s physically not that bad, but knowing what you’re going to get seems to make it that much worse anticipating the sensations.  My throat is feeling much better and my voice is showing signs of life.  Not bad, except it seems all the pain has been exchanged for a maddening tickle at the base of my throat which is instigating some wicked coughing fits.  Not dry ones either mind you, but the kind where you try to cough as hard as you can to scratch the itch and then end up with a little (or big) gift from your lungs that you can either choose to swallow and think about what you’re adding to your diet, or spit out and completely gross out your family.  Oh yeah, I’m a spitter.

January 12, 2007 – I can talk!   If it weren’t for the having to wait 10 days, I might have a beer to celebrate.  Poker tonight across the street.  I need to win some money tonight to lose at Tim’s all day Bears poker party tomorrow.  Nothing better than poker, free food, free beer, and football…unless it was the Bears playing and you could also drink the free beer.

That’s the last update for this blog entry.  It only took me 2 weeks of the new year to consider this entry and decide that each day really should be it’s own blog entry, not an extension of this one.  Cut me some slack, I’m still new to this.