The kids literally lay on the couch (or in bed) for a week straight and just cried, coughed and cried. They both had fevers up to 105 at some point or another - when Ben had his we took him to the doctor, but when Kaylee had hers we were able to get it down quickly ourselves so it wasn't as big of a deal. Guys, it was terrible. I went the whole week with 3 or less hours of sleep every night. One night I was up until 6am without any sleep. It really felt like having a newborn again! And then all day long was spent getting drinks, medicine, blankets, fans, moving kids around, holding kids, putting on movies, cleaning up vomit, and trying to calm them down. There was also one night where Will was gone until 2:30am for work. He worked a 20 hour day, I was exhausted from the kids, and we were both just zombies.
As you can imagine, by the end of this I had some pretty awful cabin fever. To the point where I start yelling at everyone in my family for breathing, or looking at me. (Think I'm kidding? Unfortunately I'm not.) But I had nowhere to go and nothing to do, so I had to come up with something. There is something about little home projects that is sort of like my own personal therapy, so of course that's what I did.
Our outdoor light had been bugging me for a while (like, ever since we moved in). I assumed we would just replace it eventually, but you know I'm all about updating anything I can spending the least amount of money! So here's what I did:
I took it all apart, cleaned it, sanded it, primed it with a spray primer, and then used a black satin enamel for the finish coat. Oh, and I painted our numbers too, as you can see. That wasn't quite as big of a deal though, no tiny screws and glass plates involved there.
Aaaaand I didn't have to buy a single thing for it. It really looks like a brand new light fixture! Yay!
Now the kids are feeling better, I'm feeling less zombie-ish, and hopefully life will be back to normal soon. :)
