Day 4: Energy for 2 Minutes

Guys, it was awesome! After Jimmy left for York, I actually got out of bed, got the kids fed, got something for myself, and then I got super tired. For 2 minutes I had energy; it felt great! It's like a teaser, though. Ha ha! I actually was able to get the dishes done and cook a meal (instead of resulting to leftovers). Still tired and legs heavy/tingling, though. Here are a few pictures of our day:

Jae admitted to taking my yarn and doing this to Joey's crib. I don't even know WHEN he did this! Could've been last night when they weren't sleeping or this morning.

Jae is getting a haircut tomorrow.

Jae wanted to make a flower. So cute! Instead of telling him, "after I sleep," I made him a flower. I also let him glue some googly eyes on a piece of paper. I was preparing dinner, so didn't see how much he used. Pretty sure all that glue could cover the whole piece of paper. I think you can see it in a picture later on.

 Dinner was some kind of glazed chicken. Ha, too lazy to go check the recipe book. (Yes, that is a picture of out of the book in case mine didn't turn out so well.) ;) They turned out great, BTW!

This is Joey dumping his water on toys and on the carpet.

This is what my living room looks like on a daily basis. Unless we know someone is coming. Because we all know that you clean the fastest and the most is 10 minutes before somebody comes over. Jae likes to "droy duh touwch" and the boys love to climb all over and play on them. Pick your battles, right?

 This is what you DON'T see in pic posted above. It's just what happens when you're so tired.

I feel bad I'm not one of those wifeys that clean up before the husband comes home. It gets too crazy: you can have dinner or you can have a clean apartment. It's too much to keep up. I think I clean up the living room once a week.

What I look like when I hear the front door unlock and the house is a mess:

 This is how I feel inside about not cleaning:

But, at least hubby has dinner!

Yep. You know you love me.

Dinner for the boys was Pillsbury crescent rolls (they were in the fridge and needed to get eaten), Jae is having peaches, and some shredded chickens. (Yeah, Jae doesn't use his fork; he pretends he's a crane. Someday I will teach him table etiquette! I did, but then he got obsessed with cranes.)

Joey wasn't dressed for this occasion so I won't post the picture, but he had rice, applesauce, and shredded chicken.

Here is my Meal 3.. lettuce, shredded chicken, and peaches. I ended up throwing away the lettuce because it was frozen. (And, there is Jae's glue with paper.) 

Meal 1: chicken marrow broth with shredded chicken. I think I had a piece of fruit, too.
Meal 2: Pears in my salad with shredded chicken.
Meal 3: Peaches and chicken. And some mac nuts.

I'm pretty horrible at these meals and I'm not supposed to be eating that much fruit I don't think. I'm going to do a meal plan for a week and do the shopping and prep some stuff if i can. It will be a long process, so until then, I'm just eating chicken. I need more beef!

It was a better day than I've had in a while. Still tired, but doing pretty well considering! I got another call from a ward member and she is taking the boys on Wednesday morning. How awesome will it be to get some decent rest? I love service, I love people who serve, and I love to be the one receiving service even though it's harder to accept than give.

Day 3: Headache All Day

I think I am dehydrated and my head has been hurting all day. Even now. Lame. I slept a lot and the heater was on too high (didn't notice until Jimmy got home from Church), so I didn't drink enough water. I missed church today because me and the boys are sick. I had a sore throat, Jae's throat is scratchy, too.. so I rubbed a drop of Lemon Oil on our throats and I kid you not, in 2-3 minutes my sore throat was GONE. Ha, why didn't I think of that 2 days ago?

Meal 1: Shredded chicken, nectarine, and a couple of mac nuts. Sounds gross, and maybe it was? I was too tired to even care; I just had to eat something.
Meal 2: Hamburger salad (?) and the rest of the nectarine from bfast. It was ground up beef on shredded lettuce with, yet again, sauteed onions and mushrooms. Sad part is, I'm too tired to care what I'm eating. (I need to go shopping I guess. Get some peppers; which I forgot at Costco.)

Exhibit A

Snack: I had a couple of macadamia nuts because I was feeling so sick and needed something until I had dinner.

{sidetrack}

I don't think I had a Meal 3. I was too busy getting the boys fed and making my chicken stock (from the chicken that Bonnie cooked). Come to think of it, I don't think Jae had dinner. He's a grazer and I need to be better at giving him 3 meals a day. :| I'm sure he will be up early in the morning wanting to eat. FAIL. Anyway, I'm so full by the time the next meal rolls around, that I don't want to eat. I guarantee It's not much on my plate (see Exhibit A), but I'm FULL. I'm going to have to eat less than that I guess so I can get all 3 meals in. O___o  You're not supposed to weigh yourself on this program, but I did anyway. I've already lost 3 pounds in just 3 days! Don't worry, I won't wither away.. Probably all just water weight anyway. ;)

Jimmy did the Raindrop Technique on me tonight. LOVE it! This blog can tell you more about what it is and what it can do for my Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV). My body is in total detoxing mode... I feel it. I need rest and I need to relax. Jimmy hates being my slave, but lucky for him, tomorrow is Monday.

My next step is to buy a little trampoline so I can "jump on it! jump on it!"

So, Rie called me today to let me know when she was bringing me a meal. So sweet! (I hate missing church because I love my ward family!) It was a treat to talk to her! The Compassionate Service sisters have arranged extra help for me so I will be able to rest a little more and kick this virus. I love the Relief Society organization and am so grateful to be a part of it. My poor boys get so bored. They bring all their toys into my room so they can play and then my room gets so messy. I know, I know.. just have them clean it up... I don't even care. Someday soon things will change! That's all for now--thanks for reading!

P.S. Your bedtime song:

{symptoms}
headache
tiredness
tingling legs/arms
nausea

Day 2: Costco is a Pain in My.. Legs

Today I just wanted Jimmy to go hang out with the boys. I was so tired. I hope the tiredness and hurty legs doesn't last much longer. My legs were tingling and heavy again, but I forced myself to go out anyway. (But, I know that the symptoms will come and go throughout my life. Get excited for flare ups!) We all went to Costco and I probably should have drove a riding cart. >.<  By the time we got home, I was exhausted! My legs were killing me and I still had to clean out the fridge for our new groceries and cook Meal 2.

Meal 1 (at 10am): Chicken vegetable soup

Meal 2 (at 3pm): Hamburger with lettuce, onions, mushrooms and a pear on the side. Jae ended up eating the rest of my pear and I was too tired to cut another one. (I had 2 bites.)

Snack (at 4:30): Asparagus wrapped in prosciutto. I only ate 1 because I was feeling so gross.

Meal 1

Don't ask why I post pics. I feel like I need instagram. Bahaha!

Meal 3

Recipe Here

I am still in need for dinner since I started so late! But, these meals have been keeping me full until the next meal. It's amazing because I am not a fan of soup because I never get full off of it. I'm either starting the "carb flu" and not feeling hungry or it really is sustaining me until the next meal! Felt a little nauseated most the day.

The Costco trip was great, though! Even Jimmy didn't go for his Torta bread! I didn't feel like I was missing out on buy some favorite things. The thought of processed food actually makes me sick. That's a good feeling! :)  I bought more organic chicken, organic eggs, lots of veggies, and lots of fruit. (The eggs are mostly for Joey; he eats those like there's not tomorrow. Maybe once my gut gets cleaned up/out I will like eggs again.) Jae does OK with eggs and Jimmy hates the way the organic ones crack. Haha!

After I had Meal 2, I took a nap. I was feeling miserable. Headache, stuffy nostril, sore throat, and coughing. All mild; it's not as bad as it sounds, but I felt pretty awful. My nap was an hour and Jimmy shared with me his asparagus he made. I just want to sleep, but then the kids finished dinner and started jumping off me, onto the bed, Joey sat on me, Joey hit me in the head with Jimmy's phone, Jae about broke my knee cap. Anyway, I'm glad it's the weekend and I can have Jimmy do this and that for me and the boys. I am getting worse before I can get better. (That's what I have to keep telling myself; who knows how long this will last?) I am due for another Raindrop Technique soon--I love those!

{symptoms}
legs tingling, heavy
headache
tired
arms tingling