Unprepared for Quilt Retreat

I kept Cassie home from school on Monday and Tuesday. Her temp was down to 99 Monday morning but back up to 101 that night. By Tuesday late afternoon she was feeling better and I sent her to school on Wednesday. She is still coughing, her sinuses are full, and she tires easily but she's doing much better. Thankfully I was off Monday and Tuesday since I'd worked the weekend, so I didn't have to use leave time.

But nursing a sick child put me behind on my preps for quilt retreat. I got some bedding washed, but I haven't begun to pack nor gather my projects. I leave in the morning and I'm not ready to go!

Tonight we had our Parent-Teacher Conference. I took off work an hour early, picked up Cassie from her After-School Program, and we hit the Book Fair before having our conference. We both selected several books. Mark had extra chores to do tonight so he opted to go straight to his part-time night job and skip the conference since we don't have issues to discuss with the teacher (Cassie is still doing very well).

By the time conference was done at 7pm, Cassie was rubbing her eyes. She wanted to go to Tico's Mexican restaurant for supper, but I said no and she began to bawl. She was so tired she cried all the way home and in my arms on the couch for 10 min. I tossed her in the tub and got her bathed and her hair washed (while she cried), then made her some chicken noodle soup for supper along with grapes and a slice of toast cut into small squares. We watched Wonder Pets and Blues Clues on Noggin while eating. And she fell right to sleep.

But I'm too tired now to do an adequate job of packing. Tomorrow morning will be very busy as well. A neighbor gave Cassie some McDonald's gift certificates for her birthday and I told Cassie we'd use them tomorrow for breakfast. I wanted to be on the road by 9:30am and after I drop Cassie to school I'll have only 30 min to do a 90-min job!