Why Is Someone Always Sick?

Kevin hasn't been feeling well this weekend. We went out for breakfast (successfully!) and headed to Toys 'R Us to take Evan to a Thomas and Friends storytime. He was too shy to be read to in a group of strangers, so he collected his BOGO 50% off coupon and proceeded to pick out two new trains. By the time we left the store Kevin headed out to the car while I stood in line and waited to make our purchases. When I got outside there was a nice puddle of vomit outside of the driver's side door and I was informed that I would be playing the role of chauffeur for the rest of the trip.

So there I was, yet again taking care of the whole family by myself. We had a ton of plans to get crap done around the house this weekend, but they were obviously put on hold. I was also really looking forward to being able to relax a little...but yesterday and the previous week had me absolutely exhausted. Oh, did I mention that Evan woke up on the wrong side of the bed and was horrible the whole day Saturday? Or that Carter developed a fever and was extremely fussy? Or that Brennan must have found his way into a bottle of caffeine pills or something - incredibly hyper!? Or that my house was filthy - it literally looked like someone had come in to rob the place - random things everywhere and not a clean fork to be found?!

Thankfully, Kevin was feeling a little better today and let me take a nap to recharge the old batteries. I don't think I could have made it otherwise. Carter woke up fine this morning, but soon the fever and fussiness were back for a second round. I'm not sure exactly what's going on. My first thought was teething, since our total tooth count between both of them remains at zero...but the fever was, in my opinion, much too high for that to be the case. I'm hoping it's not another ear infection, but their track record speaks for itself.

I have to take them to their ENT specialist appointment tomorrow for review and see if the doctor thinks they need tubes or not, so keep your fingers crossed that his answer's a "no". The good news is that if Carter does have an ear infection, we'll catch it pretty quickly. The downside of twins - double the copay, and in this case the specialist copay. Goodbye $100...