Schedule for today
12:30 AM welcome my sister and her family and help them bed down for the night. The baby objects to being put back to bed after being woken up. The crying lasts until around 1.
1:30 AM Patch has an attack of croup. I snatch him up, send Gleek back to bed, and take him outside into the cold air. We sit there shivering until the cool air helps clear his breathing. Howard brings us a blanket and resettles Gleek. Then I bring Patch back inside into the steamy bathroom to further clear up his cough.
2:00 AM I tuck Patch into bed between Howard and I. We try to go back to sleep while also listening to Patch’s breathing to make sure that he’ll be okay. The two activities do not go well together.
6:17 AM My alarm goes off and I roll out of bed to make breakfast. I have to be careful not to step on Link who chose to sleep on the floor by my bed rather than on a mattress in the girl’s room. (My sister has Link’s room.)
6:50 AM I feed breakfast to my Mom and Dad so that they can leave for the viewing. A few other people also wake-up and wander out to be fed. Link wanders down, which is good since I need to get him dressed and ready for his Scout Pow Wow.
7:15 Mom and Dad leave. I concentrate on helping Link get ready.
7:45 Link heads out the door. I head to take a shower.
Still to come:
9:15 AM My sister and I leave to drive 90 minutes to the funeral
10:00 AM Howard sends Patch and Gleek to a primary program practice, while my brother-in-law takes his girls to visit some other relatives. Kiki (hopefully) does homework during this time. Howard has a quiet space to get work done.
11:AM Funeral
Noon Kids arrive back at the house. Howard feeds them lunch.
3-ish I come back home and begin preparations for my mom’s birthday celebration tomorrow. I also need to replace the air mattress that went flat under Gleek last night. I also need to retrieve the nebulizer I loaned to a neighbor in case there is more croup tonight.
Then there will be bedtime craziness as we try to put seven kids to bed using three bedrooms or less.