Monday Madness: One Of Those Days...in 2006

Dear Friends and Family,

Have you ever had one of those days where anything that could go wrong...did? As moms, I feel like that happens more than I would like to recall! 
I'm going to share a post that I originally posted on May 17, 2006. This was the week before our daughter ended up in the hospital with ITP. It started as a simple UTI. However, little did we know that on both sides of our family there are sulpher allergies that literally almost killed her. 
It's interesting to re-read this post now, twelve years later, knowing that while I wrote this silly letter to my hubby about the bad day I was having, that it was only going to get worse and my daughter would be clinging for her life in a few short days. I am SO thankful that we cannot see the future!

Dear Peter, 

Every product comes with a disclaimer….here is mine: 

If this product [your wife] is not working to her full potention, please consider the following before sending her in for a better model: 

a) Her oldest daughter is having some sort of medical problem and she cannot get ahold of the doctors to run further tests. Despite the fact that she has been calling every 15 minutes.
b) The two year old has thrown up everything from the day on her bed. Then slept in it. Then got up and puked all over the floor.
c) She is cleaning up puke.
d) She has only got one load of laundry cleaned, which barely makes a dent in the 12 loads there are to do.
e) She has not got any dishes done because there is something wrong with the dishwasher. Yes, she could wash them by hand like any other human being. No, she does not have time between puking kids, nursing, calling doctors, going to the dentist, changing diapers, cleaning puke, etc…
f) Did I mention that she has not ate anything today and it is 4:32pm?
g) And last but not least, her oldest child went into the sick child's room and threw up all over the floor because of the smell…..
h) Nothing like double throw up to clean up… 

So, if you come home and find that the house smells like puke, the laundry is piled on a chair, the office is messy, your bedroom still looks like a tornado hit it, there are dirty dishes piled in the sink, a crying baby, two hyperactive older kids and who knows what else is not right in your castle…… 

Please consider the above disclaimer. 

Then hug your wife and tell her that you love her despite the mess in the house.

The good news: He hugged me and loved me regardless! 

Hope you enjoyed this little throwback to 2006!
Heidi