Guess what I got to do Today???

Oldest daughter was home sick. She had gone back to school yesterday after being home for two days and even volunteered at th local Girl Scout Round-up night but wouldn't you know it ... by the end of the night she was relapsing.

By the time we got home she was having a tough time standing without feeling like she was going to fall over ... no fever just tons of dizziness ... lay her down or even sit for a bit and she would be fine to go on. But it really concerned me when she took a drink from her gatorade bottle (dr had recommended Gatorade to replace electrolytes she may have been losing - we think the dr believes she dieting which she is not) ... anywho ... she was taking a swig while walking from the kitchen to the hallway when she 'blacked out'.

I thought it was just her eyes adjusting but she said no it wasn't that - she's had that happen and this wasn't it ... luckily she didn't have much left in her bottle so the mess was minimum (younger sister was walking up the steps at the same time and to say the floor is slippery when its wet would be like saying ice is a little viscous) ...

anyhow - what is really great is that I actually got some very quality knitting time -- YAH!! It also means that I am almost to the end of my partner's socks - haven't made up my mind whether that's good or bad yet. As was fun designing them, even if they were supersimple, and fun to learn to do two at once - no more SSS! but now I'm getting up to the tough part ... the toes. If I start too soon, the socks will be too small, starting too late would be preferred with this pattern though. I got some sock blockers for my anniversary so i can kind of gauge it - one set is the size of my partners foot.

Normally when I have one home sick I can't get anything done because they are 'mom' this and 'mo-0-0-0-m' that ... doesn't matter how old they get, they all love that feeling of being overly mothered when they are sick (the same thing they get on my case about when they are well).

But oldest son had day off from college and they spent the day challenging each other on the PS2 - he bought Madden football and they get to battle each other (he a Viking fan

VS.

, and she a Green Bay fan - don't know where we went wrong with her). As long as she laid on the couch and didn't get up she was fine ... laying on her stomach was fine ... standing and walking? she said it was like she was on a boat.

Got her into dr -- a virus shouldn't make her dizzy if she didnt have a fever to go with it. dr checked her white cell count(normal), checked her glands(normal), checked her ears ... etc. so its more blood tests. but her bp was a tad low -- I have the same issue sometimes.

but until I hear otherwise I will assume she is fine, and this too shall pass ... hopefully over the weekend.