falcongrrl

Today I was single parenting; the kids were off for Presidents' Day and Dave's on a business retreat in a hotel/conference center about an hour away. I was trying to keep the kids entertained. We walked down to the lake to feed ducks, had a picnic, worked on the house, had some skateboard/bike play...and it was still just, maybe 1pm. I had woken up exhausted and had already been dealing with an upset stomach for part of the day. (Lower digestive tract. Sorry if that's tmi.)

So Daniel wanted to play Heroscape. We compromised on Scrabble, which he'd never played before. I was trying to teach the rudiments of the game, to help Ellie, who insisted upon playing even though her spelling skills are more dubious than Daniel's, and--

got hit with some of the worst stomach pain I've ever had. ( Read more... )