Sometimes I love my job. Last night was one of those nights! I was invited to the grand opening of the brand new Walgreen’s store on the corner of State and Randolph. WOW! is all I can say. Why? Well, here’s a few pictures of my experience there:

I was impressed (and a little jealous that my Walgreens isn’t this cool). It is nice to see that the store was trying to deliver both healthy and fresh items to their customers. I really wish more stores would go that route. Granted, they still had some processed meals for those who wanted them. However, they saw what their customers wanted and took their lead. I can definitely see people popping in here for lunch (the workers) and grocery shopping (local residents). For every main product, they had several choices — milk, snacks, even spaghetti! Their prices were in line with what I’d expect to pay (well, except for the $1999 cognac. I’m pretty sure I’m not paying that much). The virtual bartender was beyond awesome. There was just so many new and crazy things in there. My pictures definitely show how awesome it was.

Walgreens really made itself a one stop shop no matter what your reason being in the store. I don’t even live in the city, and I want to go back there! I mean where else can you go and get a prescription filled, eat some sushi, enjoy a wine tasting, get your nails done, and get a flu shot?

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That’s my life in a nutshell.  It started Friday night when Madison left Daddy/Daughter date night after an hour, because she didn’t feel good.  (Now, Will had the flu when everybody had snow days).  I was at a 31 show (kinda like a purse party), and by the time I got home, she had thrown up.  No sleep Friday night because well, she threw up all Friday night.  Trust me, after not sleeping all night, I was probably babbling on about horse insurance services.  Bill was suppose to relieve me and didn’t.  Her last throwing up was at midnight Saturday night (or would that be Sunday morning).  However, she is showing keytones in her urine.  Now, if you read me regularly, you’ll know that this is what gets her trouble.  We need to get those to 0.  If we don’t keep an eye on them and they spike, we are in the hospital with her.  Good times, let me tell you.  I’ve tested more pee in the  last  couple of days . . .Right now, we can’t seem to get her out of the Small range.  We sometimes end up with trace.  However, she ate an entire can of soup herself for dinner and she had a sandwich for lunch, so I;m hoping that helps.  If not, I think I may have to call the pediatrician, and see what to do next.  She’s not spiking, but she isn’t going down either.  However, today was her first day of eating real food, so that has got to make a difference.  Well, Sunday morning rolled around and Bill started throwing up.  I held off till Sunday afternoon.  It was so bad that we sent Will to grandma’s house.  There was no way we were going to be able to get him to school when I couldn’t even sit up without getting sick.  I spent most of today in bed with the most horrible headache known to man.  You could have sold me anything from cheap horse insurance to a brand new car if it would have gotten rid of my migraine.  It was horrible.  Napping actually made it worse (I didn’t think that was possible).

However, I think we are all on the mend now (I hope!).  I’ve still got a headache though manageable.  Madison is eating, so we are hoping for 0 keytones in the morning so I can send her to school!  Will’s still at grandma’s so hopefully we can get him back home tomorrow too.

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Yuck.  I hate winter.  I hate getting sick.  I certainly hate getting sick when nobody in my house is sick either.  The kids still want to bounce off the walls.  I just want to lay in bed under the covers and dream of seo services or make that Brad Pitt.  :)  The crazy thing is that I’m not sure what’s wrong.  I’ve got the sneezes.  I’m freezing.  I’m dizzy.  I’m nauseous.  I’ve got a runny nose.  It’s a weird combination of symptoms.  I can’t tell if I’ve got the flu or just sinus draining here.

It sucks being a woman though.  Bill gets sick — he lays in bed and nobody is suppose to bother him.  I get sick — I still have to watch the kids, do laundry, make dinner, etc.  I did boycott last night and made Bill make dinner.  You’d think I’d ask him to do something like search engine optimisation or something.  However, the stinky tuna fish sandwich smell didn’t really help my stomach at all.

We’ve got a busy weekend, so I’m hoping I get better soon!

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We have had a busy weekend, so I have not had a chance to update you all about the kids doctors’ appointment on Friday.  I had my mother-in-law come with because both kids had an appointment, and they both needed shots.  I am not dumb; I brought reinforcements. 

Let’s start with Madison.  She is 44 1/2 lbs and 42 3/4 inches tall.  Again, she is off the charts for her height.  Obvioiusly, she does not get that from me.  (I’m only 5′ 2″).  I brought Madison in for a dual reason.  She needed the second part of her Hepatis A vaccine, and her preschool teachers wanted me to talk to her doctor.  We are not sure if its a hearing issue, an ADHD issue, an ADD issue, or she’s just a four year old.  I haven’t posted about this since I wasn’t sure how I felt about the whole thing.  They tell me that you can’t get her to pay attention unless you have her full attention (I swear she learned the selective hearing thing her father has).  However, she’s always done with her worksheets first, and they told me she’s really smart.  The doctor said it is way too early to even be thinking ADD or ADHD, and from what I have told her, there is nothing she sees at this point that it is an issue.  She did tell me to call the school and have them test her hearing.  There is no harm in doing that.  Basically, Madison got a clean bill of health.  She did end up with 4 shots instead of one though!  She got the Hepatitis A and flu shot.  They also gave her 2 shots that she normally would have gotten at her 5 year old check up.  Basically, it was get 4 shots when I had someone there to help or wait till she turns five and have a huge problem.  Once the shots were over, she was fine.

Will had his 15 month checkup (whoops — he’s almost 16 months).  He is 26 lbs 2 oz and 32 1/2 inches long.  His weight is in the 75th percentile, and his height is in the 90th percentile.  Madison was always off the charts with her height, so these stats don’t surprise me at all.  Will ended up with 2 shots and a lead test.  He is right on schedule for all his milestones, so the doctor is happy with his progress too.

All in all, it was a pretty good day.

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I cannot believe the weather here in Chicago.  It is crazy — one day we have snow and then next is 50 degrees.  This weekend is no different.  When we flew back on Friday night, it was something like twenty degrees here.  It snowed several days while we were gone last week.  Today, I think it got up to 57 degrees.  Right now at 10:30 pm, it is 55 degrees.  Here’s where the crazy part comes in — tomorrow we are suppose to get snow again.  It is suppose to snow on and off all week.  You wonder why everybody is getting sick?  Well, these crazy temperature fluctuations are not helping matters.  I was hoping it was going to stay warm since we were talking about bumping will up to a bigger carseat which means I won’t be able to carry him in the carseat anymore.  That would be much easier if it was warm out!

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