Puke, puke, and more puke!

Happy Birthday to me. My gift? two kids with the stomach flu who have puking on and off since 6 pm last night. I got about 3 hours of sleep last night. My oldest didn't make it to the bucket a couple of times, so instead it got all over the bed and pillow. Hey, at least her hair was missed. So I had to strip the bed. Nothing like doing laundry at 1 am. It seemed that every time I had just fallen asleep, I could hear her start to vomit and the whole thing would start again. My 2 year old also has it and even if I put a bucket or bowl under his mouth, he won't use it. However, he will puke in a towel. It is now 9am and I have used almost every towel we own and am running dangerously low on Clorox 2 and laundry detergent. So far my daughter has not puked this morning and was able to hold down a cup of tea. The baby drank an entire cup of juice and held that down for about 15 minutes before it all came right back on my couch. So our stairs, rug, and couch have been puked on. Yes, my house smells lovely. I am going to have to borrow my mother-in-law's steam cleaner and see if I can get rid of the smell. If I can't fix the carpet, it will be thrown out. I used carpet cleaner and water and scrubbed it by hand, but it didn't make a difference. I have not showered since Thursday, gross I know, but tis the life of a busy mom. My husband worked all day yesterday, is working today and will be working everyday until Christmas. I'm sure he is happy to be away from the puking brigade because he does not do well with puke. I don't think he could have handled being puked all over his back like I did last night. Maybe someone up there thinks this is a funny trick to play on an already stressed mom who has a lot to get done in the next three days. If so, I'm not laughing. I just pray I don't get sick because quite frankly, I don't have the time right now. 

So, Happy Birthday to me. ;)