What A Weekend

This is probably the sickest you've ever been since you were born. A stomach flu brought countless loads of smelly laundry, temperatures hovering around 38.5, and endless demand of the breast. The vomiting was hard to watch but at least easy to deal with. The diapers were a totally different story. Each diaper change had to take place in the bathroom by the sink 'cause you need a wipe-down (or a bath in one occasion) afterward.

The stomach flu started at 4:30AM Thursday and lasted through the weekend. Because you were asleep on the breast most of the time, I got to watch A LOT of TV. In fact, at one point, I had a headache because of how much TV-watching I had done.

The silver lining is I got to "witness" two historic events this weekend.

Friday, April 29th was the royal wedding. Prince William married Kate Middleton. Normally a 2-minute segment in the regular news hour would suffice. However, I actually watched almost an hour of CBC's coverage of the wedding: from the dress, the cake, the best and worst dressed list, to how some Canadians were celebrating this day. Oh, let's not forget the, not one but two, kisses on the balcony.

It was a good thing we didn't go ahead and invite people to the "Come Celebrate William and Kate" dinner (not that William and Kate, of course. Your dad and I are William and Kate, too).

By Sunday morning, you were almost back to your old self, but that was when I woke up running to the bathroom. I had my own scene from The Exorcist (brought back memories of the many episodes I had when I was pregnant). While you and Daddy spent part of the morning at Kits Beach, I wrapped myself in a blanket and sat in the backyard. The big orange cat stopped by and hung out for a bit. The little kitty love I got was the highlight of my morning.

Sunday night, around 9, when we were (once again) in front of the TV watching The Simpson's, was when they interrupted all broadcasting to bring the headline "Pres. Obama to Announce Death of Osama bin Laden". Unfortunately, I didn't have enough energy to stay up and watch more coverage on his death. I'm sure they'll play the footage repeatedly for the next few days, just like CTV's Sunday night prime time: "Relive the Magic: William & Kate".