Wonderings...

Here are a few things I pondered today:

1. Wait, I thought the kids were fine yesterday? What do you mean we're ALL sick now?
2. Why can't I have outside dogs?
3. Do all sick toddlers try to maintain a diet solely based on sugar, or is it just mine?
4. How did I get so fortunate with Big Sister? She is the sweetest, lowest-maintenance sick kid I've ever seen.
   
5. Why do our new neighbors have to be those people- the ones who just moved in on Sunday but already set up their targets for shooting practice in the backyard?
6. Is it illegal to shoot a gun in your backyard? Or is this what I get for living where I do?
7. Is that even a real gun? Or am I freaking out about some kid & his Red Rider BB gun? (Hey, he might shoot his eye out. Or one of my kids' or dogs' eyes. Can you tell I'm not really a gun person?!)
8. How can a child who woke up at 5 only sleep for 45 minutes?! And is it really worth it when the time it takes to soothe a child to sleep is longer than her afternoon nap?
9. Can I seriously be considering giving up eating out for lent.
   
10. Will we starve before April?
11. Did any of our friends have King Cake yesterday?
    
12. How long has it been since I've had King Cake?
    
13. Dang it, why did I start thinking about King Cake?
14. When was the last time I had a shower? (You don't want to know the answer to this one)
15. What is the deal with that Wiggle's song about "hugging up a big monkey man?"
16. How many times have I been "blessed" today? Literally- I've sneezed countless times and heard two precious "bless you"s nearly every time.
17. Why the poop are we all sneezing so much?
18. Where are all of these %@#^*%&^% ants coming from?!
19. Is it only 5:30? Is 5:30 too early to put everyone in bed?
20. Is there anything else I can do to help my sweet sick girls to feel better?
21. How many of those pretend pieces of food did Little Sister put in her mouth?
    
22. Do I need to wipe them down with disinfectant?
    
23. And why will she eat more of them than anything else I've offered today?
    
24. What else was I thinking about today?
25. How in the world did we all survive today- and even more importantly, how did we do it without (much) fussing or fighting or drama?

With the three of us under the weather, I didn't have a lot of time for deep thoughts. But that's okay, because Jack Handey guy manages enough for all of us.

What about you? What have you wondered? Any deep thoughts? Can you help a momma out until she regains her mind?


PS- After a shower & dinner, I can now add these thoughts:

26. How can a shower make such a HUGE difference? AND...
27. Where did I get such a great guy, to make me pancakes, eggs & bacon after he got home from church? Oh yeah, AND...
28. Why does bacon smell up the whole house?!