Super-Duper Long Post, Vomit Story Included

This weekend was insane. Friday night we met up with Beanie and her mom and dad at the Hof Brau. I figured it would be crowded. I didn’t figure on the line to get your food snaking from the front of the place to outside the back door. I guess that’s what happens when you have a corned beef special for $5.79. They had some great entertainment, as well. This lady who at one point was playing country western songs through a pa and then singing along, through a microphone of course. She was also ‘”playing along” with a bass that wasn’t plugged in and she even “played” the guitar solos on the bass! Later, as we were leaving, she busted out her keyboard and actually played it. Did I mention she sang us a few Irish songs in the set? Although she was amusing at first, the consensus of our group seemed to be that we had all suffered first degree ear rape.

The rest of the night went routinely, until I went to bed and was pretty much up until 4:30 coughing. Baby Sage woke up at one point and joined me in my room for awhile. Then at 8:30 it was time to get up to get Roan ready for ballet. Saturday, Luci’s parents came up and Luci and I went to Ikea. No meatballs this trip. We did buy a lamp for the kids’ room. It’s shaped like a torch and the light looks like a flame. It’s really cute and now it’s their new night light. I also got Roan 6 plastic plates and 6 plastic cups for $3. Luci bought some strainer type thing. It’s like a circle of wire mesh with a handle. I know he’s never going to use it, but he insists it will be great for straining vegetables.

Since the grandparents were here, Saturday night, Luci and I went to Mongolian BBQ for dinner. Yay Mongo! I haven’t been in years. It’s exactly the same. Well, now they have tofu. They didn’t have tofu the last time I was there. Then we went to JC Penny. I have a gift certificate for there after returning some clothes I got for Christmas. I thought I’d buy some kids clothes, but I didn’t like any of them enough and I couldn’t remember which kid needed what. Luci wanted to get Roan a t-shirt with the Disney princesses on it. It was vomit inducing, but he knew she’d love it and she would. We ended up not getting anything.

Saturday night, after Luci’s parents left and the kids were in bed we played a little WoW. Glom and Prayella completed the Library side of Scarlet Monastery. We killed Arcanist Doan and he dropped my Illusionary Rod. Sweet. When Luci was level 30 something, we had to do the library over and over with a 5 man group to get that stupid rod. I got it on the first try. Anyway, we finished Scarlet Monastery by 10:30 and it looked like it would be a good night and we would get to sleep early. (Remember, I was exhausted from coughing all night Friday).

Here comes the fun part.... Sage was complaining about something, so Luci went in to change her diaper. Then I hear “Roan threw up.” I didn’t think too much of it. The last time she threw up in bed, it was just a little bit and no big deal. I go in and she’s laying in a big puddle. Then, a second later she just starts letting loose what appeared to be gallons of a diluted peanut butter liquid. Luci asked me if I wanted to deal with the diaper or the vomit. I picked diaper. While changing the baby, I had to find the baby Vicks Vapo-rub to put under my nose, because the smell in their room became overwhelming. Poor Roan, who was still half asleep, had to go sit in the bathroom. Luci got her vomit soaked shirt off and she had a towel around her. After I changed the baby, I went to give Roan a shower. Her hair was completely soaked in barf. We ended up with Roan on a little air mattress (not our big one that you’d sleep on if you stayed over here) on the floor in the living room. I was trying to teach her about the “barf bucket” and how you need to throw up in it. She threw up 5 or 6 more times that night. We had the washing machine going nonstop. Cow-cow got barfed on. What hasn’t that poor cow been through? Luci slept on the couch and they had Boomerang! cartoons on all night.

Roan threw up at 6 am Sunday and hasn’t since. She didn’t really eat anything all day Sunday and she just laid in our bed watching dvd’s, which is what she likes to do when she is tired. She refuses to nap. Sunday afternoon, I dragged Luci to the fabric store with me. He sat in the car and talked to Joel on his cell phone. I got some stuff to attempt some kids’ clothes. Roan is really excited that I’m going to make her a dress. She probably won’t be so excited when I’m done and the thing doesn’t fit.

After the fabric store, we stopped at a Honda dealer to check out the mini vans. I used to drive a Ford Aerostar. Okay, it is 19 years old now (my dad still drives it) but mini vans have come a long long way since then. They are amazing. The best part was when the dealer showing us the van used the term “soccer mom.” Anyway, we’re eventually going to get one. We just don’t know when or how at this point, but eventually. The mini van even had a “dog pit” for Link. Really it’s just space behind the back seats where the floor is lower so you can fold the back seats into it. We just kept calling it the dog pit.

I think Roan’s pretty tired today (monday). I’m going to keep her home from preschool. I hate doing that because she really wants to go. She’s over the “sick” part of her illness, just seems kind of tired. The added incentive to stay home is that it’s raining and it’s not too much fun to lug two kids in and out of the car in the rain.