Rough Day

This has been a difficult day. Thomas, with his rash and low fever, has been feeling really yucky today, at least I'm assuming so because he absolutely would not let me put him down! And even while I was holding him he would still be fussy. He slept a lot today. Unfortunately, he only wanted to sleep while I was holding him. I've humored him in this for the past couple of days, but it's going to end. I don't want him to make a habit of only sleeping in my arms. So it's back to napping in the crib tomorrow, little buddy. Anyway, he's wearing himself a bit hoarse from crying so much lately, which is wearing my nerves rather thin. He's always been such a mild and cheerful little guy, so it's hard for me to deal with him when he's like this.

Zaylee too has been hard to deal with the past few days. Having to give Thomas so much of my attention, I'm afraid I've been neglecting Zaylee. She reacts to that by acting up, refusing to eat at mealtime and demanding snacks, constantly wanting to watch movies (she can put in and start a DVD by herself), not obeying, and basically being more cantankerous than she normally would be.

We realized this evening that Stake Conference started today, and we missed the adult session. The general session is tomorrow morning, but we don't know where it's at! All we know is that it's at this particular Stake Center, but we don't know where it is, being new to the ward and the stake and the area and everything. We don't have a directory so there's really not anyone we can call to find out either. Boy, how will we manage this?

All this has made for a pretty rough day, both Jeff and I have been in a pretty sour mood, especially this evening, because we'd been going through Thomas's fussiness all day. Of course, for Jeff, being in a sour mood just means he hasn't smiled and joked quite as much as usual. For me, I've been snappy, and crabby, and grumpy, and I'm sure I've been as difficult to be around as Thomas was!