A life less lived

There was a time not so long ago when New Year's Eve was my favorite holiday. My parents always had plans on New Years Eve. As a young child I remember spending the night at my grandparents home so my parents could go out. I started celebrating with my friends at sixteen and never looked back. Christmas was ok, hannuaka too, halloween was only good if there was a party and even then it lost its luster when I became too old to trick or treat. Never cared much for valentine's day either. New Years Eve was the night I looked forward to all year. Good friends, good food, lots of drinks and bar hopping in Manhattan. Music was always involved, what band was playing where. Fast forward to parent hood. My last New Years out was five years ago. I've been OK with it up until this year. The kids are both sick. I mean SICK. Coughing, fever,dripping nose, pink eye, (with all the glorious eye boogies) vomit and let us not forget to mention the perforated bleeding ear, ear infection that decided to join in on the fun today. My poor man always has to up the anti. At the doctors office his ear started bleeding. Needless to say I held it together in the office but I am seriously freaked out. They are on all types of medication and now I worry about this being a reoccurring thing with Aiden. One more problem to add to the list all before he is even two and a half years old. So my day today after the doctor was wiping noses, cleaning eye boogies and trying to force fluids into both the ozzing mucus factories. I forgot it was New Years' Eve until I was trying to figure out what to do about dinner! Now the kids are in bed (coughing) my plans for tonight are to medicate the kiddies in another two hours and probably sleep on the couch. They had me up so many times last night it almost doesn't pay to go upstairs to bed.  I really need a vacation! Maybe when this all blows over my husband will take me away somewhere for a weekend.( if you are reading this Mike hint..hint..Mohegan Sun) My birthday is coming up and that would make a great gift.