When days come filled with strife (with a 3 & 5 year-old they are bound to come) and I feel completely rundown…I try to find a positive in the day.  Like today, I’ve had 2 nights of very little sleep coupled with a battle against a cold (which finally tookover) which makes me one short-fused Momma.  I hate being a short-fused Momma…it’s not fun.  There is nothing positive in being short-fused…NOTHING.

To avoid becoming the Momma that I can’t stand in the stores, I find myself taking A LOT of deep breathes and counting to 10 over and over again.  There really is something to counting and taking deep breathes…I used to think people were crazy, but they really knew what they were doing all along.  Charming tells me that I do it without even thinking now…all the time. (oops)

To top it off, this is the 6th or 7th time I’ve had sinus issues and a cold since December.  Can we say R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S?  Who gets 6 or 7 colds in 3 months?!  Oh, wait…this native Southern California girl does…at least since she moved to Reno.  If citrus trees would survive here, I should have an orchard of lemons to help battle these stupid colds….and bee hives for the honey.  There are now four staple drinks that I have…1) water, 2) coffee, 3) coffee frappe and 4) hot honey lemonade.  The water cancels out the coffee and the hot lemonade cancels out the coffee frappe.

Oh yeah, I was supposed to find a positive in my day wasn’t I?  Do not fret, there is one…well more than just one, but I’ll share the first one that came to mind.  While the wind is howling, the rain & snow are falling and the nights are cold, I am blessed to have a roof over my head with a heater in full swing.  And the icing on the cake is that I have a wonderful husband who loves me inspite of the crankies & grumpies that come along with my being sick. 

Now if my girls could only understand that when I put a movie on, have us all on my bed and then say, “Momma needs you to be quiet and watch your movie while I take a little nap”, I really mean that they need to be quiet and not howl & scream.  Not expecting that day to come anytime soon.

Ah well, such is the life of a sick Momma.  Hot honey lemonade & Italian chicken noodle soup here I come!