Survival of the Fittest

I survived again today and so did all the kids I looked after.

I am not saying I did an excellent job or was as sympathetic or as compassionate as I could have been, but I don't think I horribly scarred any of the kids. As it was I woke up this morning feeling absolutely miserable. Sore throat, slight fever and a headache. So I called Star's husband (I think an appropiate name for him will be Cosmic-which is an in-joke. The people in the know will go ahh Cosmic Encounter's - Zap) and he was willing to let me stay home and get three more hours of sleep before being dropped off at noon. Which I desperately needed despite having gone to bed early the night before.

The babies were easy to deal with and probably should have gotten more attention then I gave them but by the time they were up and roaming the girls were up and up to no good. Okay, not no good, but were getting more difficult to handle. Miss A and Bug were having dominance issues and Bug was having tantrums over a picture hung on the wall. I was bad and did not give little S her medication after her nap. Oops she was a little more hyper and angrier than yesterday. Still all in all they were good kids and wanted to be good. They also knew that I was in charge and listened to me. Despite Miss A's tendencies for trying to take over even when I was right there.

My biggest accomplishment - I didn't yell today. Or at least I don't remember if I did. Still Star and Cosmic are superb parents and I have a great respect for them. Fostering is hard work and the home they have is very loving with the firmness needed to discpline should it be necessary. I know we don't always agree on things when it comes to parenting or gaming but you know what that is all right! As long as the kids know that the babysitter (me) has her own rules and that those rules don't go totally against the parents rules things should be alright. That and I made sure to try and give Cosmic a synopsis of the day so he would know what to expect that night. Which is when and where I figured out that Little S should have taken her medication. I blame my fuzzy sick head.

The girls laughed at me because I sometimes forgot to do things which I had started. Like get them milk at snack. That just led to a good discussion on how some people function differently when they are sick. When I have a headache I know I don't always think straight or loopy. I sometimes think across time and no I will not explain that! Other people can function perfectly normally while others need to curl up in bed and sleep. Still I had some good talks with the girls. Star I apologize if I mentioned anything which you might have disapproved of, cause I am sure the girls will mention it. I don't think any of our topics were bad, silly maybe, but mostly just me stating my opinions. Like how I dislike dishes but that my favorite household task is cleaning the bathroom. Probably because I don't have to do it more that once or twice a week. Usually.

So I found myself cleaning at Star's house, because you need to after five kids, and then came home to my messy house and went blah! I think I will do my dishes in the morning and so forth. That and it will be another early night for me. I can already tell. So Survival was eked by all. I was able to handle Star's brood and my two survived the day with Hubby. Good all around. Just don't ask me to do it again soon, okay Star.