Five Minutes to Myself

   This day has seemed to go on forever.  I was up til 11 last night doing laundry, because my laundry usually ends up being the last to be done and I had run out of darn near everything.  By the time I fell into bed, I had been stumbling around a bit clumsily, because of how tuckered I was.  Ever had a night like that?  If you're a parent, I'll bet you have!

   Woke up still tired.  I don't sleep too well between my fibromyalgia aches and my asthma, but that alone doesn't usually bother me much.  What did make my day horrendous was the bad bout of IBS flare-up that I woke up with.  Anyone else have this frustrating condition?  I have spent almost as much time in the bathroom as not today.  No fun!  My stomach is still feeling awful.  It always worries me when it gets bad like this because a few years ago I ended up hospitalized for 5 days with an ugly colon infection that couldn't be explained.  So please say a few prayers that it will subside and soon!

   So I am home from work at last, relaxing for a few minutes in a relatively quiet house, catching my breath.  And then I have to be off again.  Have to pay the bills tonight, and my little guy needs cupcakes for school tomorrow.  I was going to bake them myself as usual but with feeling so rotten cooking is the last thing I want to do!  So we'll buy some at the store.  Not as much fun but well, Mommy isn't up to the challenge tonight.  Maybe I can find something with yellow frosting, his favorite color!

   But no appointments tonight, no meetings, nowhere to be.  I can come home from my brief trip to the store and hop into my pj's for the rest of the evening!  Huzzah!