My first week with H was last week.  He went to my neighbor’s for one day while I went into work, but other than that, it was just me and him all week long!  It was wonderful.  We took walks to the park, played in the yard, made pancakes, painted pictures, and ate grilled cheese together for lunch.  We were both getting into the swing of things, but then…the weekend happened.  On Saturday I had to go to campus to participate in the commencement ceremony.  I finished up and left for home immediately because Rob was home sick with H and he needed some relief.  I came home, fixed us some lunch, and then we laid low the rest of the day.  That night my throat was starting to feel sore, but I thought maybe I was just imagining things.  On Mother’s Day, it was evident that I really *was* sick.  We went out to breakfast, then we came home and spent the rest of the day at the house.  Today was the first day since then that I have left the neighborhood.  My ears started bothering me on Monday, and then today I couldn’t stand it any longer.  I dragged H with me to my primary care doc, I got the confirmation that my ears are a mess, and I was given a prescription to clear up the infection.  Tonight I’m in quite a bit of discomfort, and I am irritated that my ears are doing this again.  It’s so frustrating.  No amount of exercise, good diet, and low stress seems to be having any sort of positive effect on my health.  It’s possible that I just got some bug from H—he had an ear infection last week, as evidenced by his tubes letting some seriously icky ear goop escape his middle ear.  He went through a week of waking up several times at night, but this week he has been sleeping through the night.  I think he’s past the worst of it now.  I know things will be better once this week is over.  It’s just really hard to adequately take care of an active preschooler when you feel this awful:(