Another Vidodin Day

This is why I don't eat cereal: I poured my cereal, added milk and sat down to eat. Then I got up to get Lorelei cereal. Then I got up to get Maggie cereal. Then I gave Liam a bite and had to get up to clean up the mess he made when he decided he didn't like it. Then I got up to clean up Lorelei who had since finished her cereal. Since then, my cereal is soggy. Blech. (Also, cereal has a lot of carbs, but since this is Special K with Protein, I made an exception...)
I took a vicodin this morning and I think I'll have to take another one. I'm just aching today and it's not going away. I have to keep on top of the house for the next 9 days so when I go in for my surgery I'm not leaving a mess behind. I hate having a messy house.
Popped another one. My pain is just not under control this morning.
I'm having a flare up on top of everything else. I think it's just from being in constant pain otherwise and having my muscles tense most of the time.
I have laundry to do. As usual. Do laundry and dishes ever stop??
I have a feeling the second vicodin is going to hit me like a brick wall. Hopefully I won't say anything damning in here.
I can't wait until spring. I'm so tired of being cold all the time. It makes me ache. And I want to work outside - cleaning up the backyard and the bottom of the driveway. And I want to open my windows and smell the lovely spring smells. I love the smell of damp earth.
I must not sleep. If I pass out now I will be dead to the world. 5, 3 and 2 year olds cannot take care of themselves.
You'd think that time would go slowly on narcotics, but it actually goes quite quickly.
Impromptu rearranging of the upstairs. I went up to gather laundry, ended up cleaning the air filter and rearranging chairs so that eventually the nice rocking chair and ottoman will be in the living room.
It all started with wanting to get the ottoman to the rocking chair that was in Liam's room out of the TV room. I was thinking that Lorelei's room had room for it, so originally I was just going to switch Liam and Lorelei's chairs. But then I was thinking that the blue chair in the living room is big and Lorelei keeps pulling the stuffing out of it. The only other place to put it is Molly's room and I'd wanted the rocking chair in the living room anyway once we weren't rocking babies anymore. The chair in Lorelei's room is the only other one small enough to fit in Liam's room. So, Lorelei's chair goes in Liam's room, Molly's chair goes in Lorelei's room, the living room chair goes in Molly's room and Liam's chair goes in the living room! :)
Actually, I just remembered, I went upstairs to get a box of tissues for next to the door. Completely forgot about that...
Another load of laundry. I swear we could go away for a week and our closets wouldn't show it - and yet the little kiddos are constantly running out of clothes, particularly Lorelei.
I'm having a very hard time focusing today. Two vicodin, while they work for pain, aren't so helpful in the functioning in a productive manner realm.
I really need to do my photo project. I have all these frames that aren't being used and I want to organize them (plus all the ones currently in use) and put current pictures in them and hang them in a more decorative manner. I'm not a very good interior decorator. When it comes to functional organization, I rock, but it's hard for me to decorate well.
Napped. Feel slightly better, but I need another vicodin. Which will make me sleepy again. There's a PTA meeting tonight. I missed the last 3. I should probably go to this one...
And the chaos begins. The agent is home from school and now everyone feels the need to fight and scream. Oh the joy.
*Sigh* Hopefully Bob will be home within the hour.