2 weeks vs 7 weeks

Today marked the 2 week mark since my husband has actually left the country.

I'm still undecided how I actually want to count down the days though. From the time he left for the mob site or the time he actually left the country?

If I count from the time he reported to the mob site then Sunday had been 7 weeks already!

How does everyone else count down the days?

Warning! This is a Rant!

Why is it that people always ask the woman who has three kids and whose husband is deployed for things? Don't they realize that I have enough going on? Do they realize that I'm also too nice to say no? Do they know I'm fearful that if I say no to them, that they may not help me out sometime during the next year when I'm desperate for help?

And why is it always seem to be fellow military spouses (either prior or present) that ask me for these "favors" even though they still have BOTH parents at home? Do you think I really want 8 kids in my house when it's just me?

And while I'm ranting, why do people tell me they'll help me out and then never do? Don't tell me you'll cut my grass while I'm out of town for the weekend, only to come home and it not be cut.

Rant over.

Icing on The Cake

So we had our first ER visit of this deployment today.

That is a picture of my poor two year old's head after a fall at daycare. Now daycare calls quite frequently telling me that he has fallen and gotten a bruise but when they called today and said I needed to come - I'll be honest - I panicked.

We went off to the ER and lucky for us the pediatric side had just opened and we were their first patients of the morning. I say lucky for us, because this was the fastest ER visit we've ever had. We were in and out within an hour!

They obviously said it wasn't anything too serious and that it looks far worse than it actually is. I'm just watching him closely for the rest of the day and hopefully all will go well.

This is all just the icing on the cake of the past 7 days and I'm hoping it's over now. Last Tuesday night, my 2 year old was up vomiting but otherwise no other symptoms or problems. I kept him home half-day on Wednesday and he was fine.

I went back to work on Thursday only to have the nurse come down and tell me that my 9 year old has an ear infection. I left work again and took her to the doctors where they confirmed yes, she did have an ear infection.

Then Saturday evening my 2 year old develops a fever that lasted until yesterday, only for this to happen to him today. I'm really hoping this whirlwind of sickness/doctor visits is over. At least for a couple months...I don't know how much more I'll be able to take!