lately i've had a tickle in the back of my throat, and a bit of PND. hoped it was just allergies. then last night at 2 am, i hear ozzy fussing and his nose sounds all clogged up, and he's laying there turning his head from side to side, snorting like Hogatha. paranoid that he might stop breathing in the middle of the night, i rush downstairs to get the saline nasal irrigation for babies and the bulb syringe. flip him over on his back (which seemed to make the congestion worse...i guess laying him supine made all that stuff run to the back of his nose/throat), and suctioned (got nothing from either nostril, but the left nostril was so blocked up the bulb stayed suctioned onto his nose. so i sprayed in some saline into that nostril and he's sputtering for a second, then a deafening silence, and then he's crying murderous intentions my way. another quick suction and i draw up this solid mass from his left nostril that could have passed as the asteroid that bruce willis galantly blows up.
this year was a particularly difficult year to plan mimi's birthday. after rob's dad became terminally ill, i didnt think it was good time for a party for mimi and her friends, so we decided it was best to skip a party this year and just have a quiet family dinner out. then after dad passed and we slowly started to get back into our routines again, we all began to feel bad about not having a party for mimi, so we decided to have a party after all...although, a much belated party. mimi said she really wanted to have a party here at the house. she really really really wanted it here, so i told her she could, if she kept it small. since she was turning seven, i allowed her to invite seven friends. then i tasked her with thinking up a theme, and she finally settled on a favorite book series of hers called Rainbow Magic . how perfect...each of the book sets in the series showcases 7 fairies, whether they be the rainbow fairies, the gem fairies, the party fai...
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