Editor’s Note: (as in, Rosemary speaking) I have Covid. While I’m down but not entirely out, I am out enough not to have enough of a breath in me to record the voiceover for this money diary. I hope you can understand (it’s very long!).
Sunday
Everyone is sick. Barking coughs echo though the house all day. I wake up feeling groggy from lack of sleep due to continually waking myself up with a dry cough. Finally, I get up around 5am and go downstairs for a cup of tea (always making me feel better!)
The boys and I laze around the house all day. I justify this lack of activity by thinking, WE ARE SICK and should be recovering etc. etc. I feebly encourage the drinking of more water than usual, and the fact that Beau actually drinks a glass is a win.
In the afternoon we all crash out on the couch and watch The Santa Clause II. Tim Allen is downright creepy and his Santa make-up is scarier than anything from Five Nights at Freddie’s (also viewed this month - it’s a culture fest with these four boys, let me tell you), and I feel very sorry for the future Mrs Claus when she has to seal the deal with a kiss at the end. Yuk.
After the movie we have been awake for 4,272 hours (or at least that’s what it feels like) and I encourage some reading and crafting.
I’ve been making paper ornaments inspired by a video I saw on Instagram from Jane Austen’s house (@janeaustenshouse) in Hampshire. I thought they would be quick and easy, but they turn out to be very time consuming and I also entirely misjudge the size of the pieces I’m making. I plan to make pieces the size of a saucer or side plate but the first one turns out to be platter sized, and I’m not sure how I ended up with something so unintentionally massive.
The kids have absolutely zero interest in doing any of these crafts, but they DO want to use the glue gun to glue anything to anything else.
I order additional glue sticks from Amazon, along with some extendable shower rods to incorporate in some holiday decorating, and some metallic multi-surface paint for the outer edges of my ornaments to add more festive cheer. ($44.33)
The kids complain that they are boooooored. Eventually, to distract them I agree to order a Target two-hour delivery of snacks, Sprite and a Christmas Lego set. We’re sick, I think. ($58.74)
The boys beg for a takeaway for dinner, but I have planned loin of pork with mashed potatoes and celery, which I rapidly go off while cooking. After a lot of complaining we sit down to eat. Only two of the boys eat the full meal, the other two refuse to eat anything other than mashed potatoes and then plead for dessert (which is not forthcoming). As I clean up I realise that I forgot to dish up the celery and am unreasonable enraged. I AM SICK.
After the boys go to bed I get ready for school (get clothes ready, plug in iPads, prepare lunch bags etc.). And then I scrape a lot of glue gun residue off every surface in the house.
Total: $103.07
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