In The Hospital

So I spent three nights in the hospital. I was in pre-term labor. They managed to get it under control and sent me home yesterday. I slept the day away. Anyone who has spent time in the hospital knows you can’t sleep there.
I’m not on any bed rest, but obviously need to use common sense. I’m glad I can enjoy this warm weather, once I feel 100% again. The next few weeks will be low key for us.
I was catching up on my DVR’d shows this morning and while watching Cupcake Wars I was shocked to see the woman who made my wedding cake. Her name is Nancy and her shop Nancies Fancies. I thought it was so cool. She came sooooo close, but didn’t win. I felt bad, but she has great baked goods.
I did read a few good books while in the hospital. I’ll share those later this week. :o)

Happy Wednesday!

Sad

I should be at the NEC RWA conference today…actually I should’ve been there yesterday. Only I’ve been down with another stomach bug which landed me in the hospital yet again. I swear the weather needs to improve and get rid of all the sickness. After spending a day in the hospital they sent me home with strict instructions for bed rest, along with more anti-nausea meds. I was told to drink plenty of fluids and believe me the DH is making sure I’m doing that. If I drown you’ll know why! Lol
So instead of mingling with some amazing authors, going to my agent appointment and joining in on the book signing I’ll be sitting home dreaming of next year. Not to mention that I missed out spending a night at the haunted Hawthorne Hotel.
The nice women on the committee said they'd still put my books out and make arrangements with the bookstore if someone wanted an autographed copy.
Reading and edits for Sex on the Beach are on the agenda for today – oh and I’m sure lots of water.
Wishing all my friends at NEC a fun filled date.

Exhausted

Saturday was a fun day. Sunday a day from hell. It started off pretty good. I did the grocery shopping bright and early, my son came in from NY for a SHORT visit and we went to the local Home Show. We get home around 4ish and my youngest had a swollen finger. Red hot and ugly looking. Off to Hasbro’s. For a small state they have too many rules when it comes to kids. Back home I could’ve brought my daughter to any of the local hospitals, but not in RI. Nope you can only go to the children’s hospital. Okay well guess what? Everyone and their freakin’ brother were there yesterday. But because she had another infection earlier in the week I was concerned enough about the finger to wait it out. Wait it out we did. Six LONG hours. During which time the infection began working to two other fingers. Boy am I glad I stuck around. They injected her with antibiotics on the spot and gave her two pills. I could tell it was working because the knuckle lost some of the redness within the time of the IV. We didn’t get home until 11pm after a quick trip to McDonalds because none of us had eaten since lunchtime, except for animal crackers out of the vending machine. Someone will have to be on their death bed to get me back to that hospital again. Talk about 100 sick kids running around. Not a place for me to be, but I wasn’t leaving my daughter, even though the DH said they’d be fine. So today I have a ton of catching up to do and an overly busy day at work. No writing today. :o(