Although we will declare Thursday a notable exception (!!!) , the last 7 days have been considerably calmer than those of the week before, a.k.a. "hell week". Thanksgiving is past, the daily routine is mostly back in place, and things are not too crazy. Heck, on a couple of evenings the kids essentially put themselves to bed, leaving G and I looking at each other across our respective computers, as if to say "what do we do now?"
The main event of the week started Tuesday afternoon, when Vika came home looking under the weather - then immediately fell asleep upstairs. Definitely something wrong, no doubt about that, is the is far from normal behavior. Sure enough, her temperature was going up and up, peaking at 103.1F (39.5C) in the late evening. We gave her a hefty dose of acetaminophen, and took her to the doctor the next day, where she was diagnosed with strep throat (albeit with no hurting throat at all).
For her, antibiotics and sleep, and she was mostly fine by the next day - but not allowed to go back to school until 24 hours past antibiotics. No, the real story here is about Diana. Diana, never in great control of her emotions at the best of times, was furiously jealous that Vika did not have to go to school when she did (forget the fact she likes school), and (especially) that Vika got to follow Mom around all day long on errands on Thursday. This was unpardonable, and resulted in some of the most pissy behavior you can imagine, with multiple (G lost count) mini-meltdowns.
But... come Friday, when Vika was to go back to school again, Diana was up and cheery - even early for the bus. This morning Vika had the difficult morning (albeit with our sympathy) but made it nevertheless.
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