So We Watched the Inauguration

So, I am not the only one home with the flu, today both girls are struggling through it.. of course I am required to cater to them make sure they are pampered and attended.. yeah right!!

Today they wanted to watch reruns and movies... enjoy their time and laze away.. they actually argued when I insisted that they change the channel. Oh my watch history take place? Be a part of it in some small way? No way not these kids..

But I won, I am the mom after all. The just sometimes forget it.. It was pretty cool if nothing else President Obama speaks a pretty speech.. full of promise and hope and in the end that is what we need more than even reality.. we need hope! we need to believe that we can do it..

So today spending my morning with the beasties, watching them slowly fall silent, listen to what was going on... finally realizing what was happening I saw hope..

Proof that He is a Man

So son #2 had the flu, spent two very very bad days moaning, hurling, whining and moaning some more. We all had to drop everything to make sure he survived... he did... I am not quite sure if I think that was a good thing or a bad one.

Daughter #2 gets it, she is pretty self sufficient not expecting lots of attention but still needed some. Of course he was constantly on her case, needling her pestering her just making her life miserable in general (she is 14 he will be 19 in two weeks).

Finally I succumbed, all I asked for was a little bit of silence. Not to be constantly in my face expecting me to be there, I didn't want to talk about football or the inauguration or especially reruns of charmed. And yet, how have I spent my day? Well it wasn't sleeping or reading or recuperating...

oh and as a side note, when you only have access to one bathroom and members of the family have the flu, you do not get the luxury of locking the door while you take a leisurely bath...