Mission Monday: It's All About You

Better all about you than all about me, I think.

We've got some kind of serious crud going on here.  My poor littlest one has had an off and on fever for five days now.  She's also coughing up a lung.  I've taken to hitting her with the nebulizer chock a block full of albuterol several times a night/day, but just when I think it's clearing up, she bottoms out again.  I'm not in the mood to run to the pediatrician, but I'm thinking that tomorrow we just may be there. She's not going back to school until next week as it is. 

A couple of my bigger kids have the crud too, but, whatever.  HA!  I kid - a cold in a little seems SO much worse than a cold in a big, am I right?

So I spent a bunch of time this weekend doing for others.  I wiped noses, dispensed tylenol, pounded backs, held nebulizer masks on, read thermometers, yadda yadda. Today, I had to take a kid to a birthday party, and I decided that, once she was comfortable, I was leaving. 

And leave I did.  I was SELFISH.  I decided not to stay at a loud party with a bunch of kids and instead, went and shopped.  By myself.  I went to the bank, the office store, bought some shirts for myself, and then bought a bunch of stuff for Christmas.  I love shopping with prepaid gift cards - I bought them at school, using the scrip program, when The Hubster received a bonus a while back.  I'd forgotten about them, so it was perfect today to see the cards and combine them with some rockin sales and a few freebies. 

Your Mission for today is to take a break and do something for yourself.  Buy a book, take a nap, get a pedicure.  Cross something off your list that you need to do, if that will help you feel better.  Do something that will make you feel good about yourself.

What will you do?

Comments

[Nobody]

One unselfish task: Every parent worries about their child when they get sick, too much care, not enough... So here is a little rule of thumb you can use on anyone that gets sick in your family. Fever, Swollen tonsels, coughing up phlem: if they have TWO of the THREE then it is bacterial infection and they should go to the doctor and be placed on antibiotics. If they have only ONE then they have a virus and nothing can be done except treat their symptoms. Also on the phlem, if it is thick yellow or green then just go ahead and send them to the Dr, because the fever will follow... There I did my favor today for you, free medical advice...

[Tracy]

it's always worse when it's the little who is sick.

we are doing fever/ear infection/congested coughing here, but no wheezing. yeah, no albuterol here today. just the fiery furnace.

(and way to go, taking care of yourself! very important to do that!)

[Trish]

I am going to get a haircut. Maybe not today but sometime this week for sure.

That stinks that you have sick kiddos. I hope everyone feels better soon!

[Foxy]

I'm getting my hair done Friday, but I'm due so I'm not counting that. I also NEED a pedicure, so I'm not going to count that either. I think the thing I'm going to do is get a massage.

[Tammy/Photography for Fun]

I did something just for me a couple of Saturdays ago. I went for a long drive thru the hill country, taking a few pictures as I went, and ended up sitting by the dam on a river in a park in a small town. I just went to get away, relax, think and be by myself. Why have I never done that before???

[Katie]

Me time? Surely you jest.

We have the coughs starting here, my oldest sounds like a frog. But no fevers yet, *knocks on wood*.

[Hayes]

I am getting a baby sitter for the little kids tomorrow. I am going shopping ALONE! Finish Christmas shopping and B'day shopping for lydia.

and drink coffee
and eat food ALONE
and wander without pressure

[patois]

I'm so sorry about the crud plaguing your house. I will do one thing for myself today: I'm going to take a shower! Woo-hoo. Other than that, can I take a raincheck and do something just for myself tomorrow? It's raining here, so that's fair, right?

[meanie]

whoops, i already did it this weekend. can i do it again because you asked me to?

mine had a b.d. party so i went shoppping. it was awesome.

[Cass]

ok, I'll commit. Today, I will make a todo list, because it will decrease my personal stress level if I do. I will just sit and write down all the things I can think of that I need to do. Then I will start making a plan to accomplish them, instead of feeling overwhelmed.

[kalisah]

Yesterday, I finally had my first day off in TWO WEEKS. And how did I spend it? Doing laundry, going to the grocery store, getting ready for T-giving...

I just really, really need a day to kick back and RELAX. I'm making that day Friday. I've already got my pedicure scheduled.

[Tiffany]

Go shopping without a kid in tow - WOW I don't think I have done that since she was born. Actually wait a minute I have gone grocery shopping by myself a couple of times - does that count??

[Chris]

I think I will go for a jog. I know you exercise a lot, I imagine that helps you stay sane. I need to schedule more exercise for myself. And I am thinking all on-line shopping this year to avoid the crowds at the mall...

[rachel]

I'm working on my novel, and letting my kids watch TV while I do so.

I'm also going to see my therapist, so that's about an hour and 15 minutes of kid free time! :)

I love gift cards, they make me so happy.

[Liz in Seattle]

This may sound really weird, but here goes: We're hosting Thanksgiving (only seven total), but I'm working on cleaning the kitchen/livingroom. But I had a Eureka moment yesterday. I wasn't cleaning for my parents; I was cleaning to make ME feel better about my home. So there you go...I'm doing something for myself :-)

[amy]

It's always about me. If I don't take care of me no one else will. So Saturday I found the most awesome polartech pants to walk in. I put Luke into time out in the fitting room while I dug through over crowded racks because he was being a complete tuna head and the big kids weren't helping.
Then yesterday I returned the pants I bought 2 weeks ago to Dicks and went to Target and bought a sports bra so I'm not always sweating over my very lovely Victoria Secret bras. While in Target to relieve my worries over only having a couple troll beads for my dd bracelet for her bday I unleashed her inner shopper and told her and her little sister (who's bday in NEXT week) to go and pick themselves out an outfit. Now I'm done with their bdays :) too. Oh and I took the most awesome walk in the sunshine and the 29 degree temps but my ass didn't freeze because of my new pants!
Today I orderd a copy of the book Mindless Eating. I know my WW leader often quotes from it and I've seen the author on both the Today show and 6o minutes and it has me intrigued.
So there ya go. Me taking care of me