Snot covered days

It feels like forever since I’ve written, although a week and a half is forever when you were sick for more than half of that!

News Flash – I’ve lost weight!! Seven whole, wonderful pounds! (it all probably vacated through the toilet but you take what you can get!) This clean living is finally working! It has absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I barely ate for a week and when I did I threw some of it up!

My exercise program has consisted of walking the length of my house with a sick toddler, dragging my ass to the van to pick up kids, and the great arm movements when I popped pill after pill of pain killers, anti inflammatory, antibiotics, Gravol and Pepto Bismal while recovering from the removal of part of my tongue (Scott sometimes wishes the whole thing went!)

On a food note, Scott made me this baked oatmeal thing from my clean living cookbook and it tasted really good with the added bonus of cleaning out my pipes quite forcefully. I’m not sure if it’s the flaxseed, the 10 grain cereal or what but after eating it I’m pretty sure I lost a pound or two in the bathroom. (Scott’s most likely nodding his head as he reads this and mumbling “See, my method of weight loss works!”)

Life is good in the McEwen household, there is so much snot between us right now we could use it to wall paper the entire house! I swear once you have kids in school or daycare or both you may as well resign yourself to coming in contact with every known virus.

I especially love when the twenty month old sneezes and expels giant green snotsicles, especially when we're driving and I can't reach him to clean it off. He has no problem sticking his fingers in it to play. Kids are seriously gross.

On a good note, I’ve been sending queries out to seek publication for my completed novel and have had a small nibble! A literary Agent has asked for more information!! This may mean nothing but it makes me feel good for even a moment! Soon my women’s porn, I mean romance novels, will be littering the shelves!

This is a day in the life, until next time, a parting word of advice, don’t sneeze into your elbow if you’re wearing short sleeves, it’s gross. Trust me!