Today has been one of those days were it's truly been a mix bag. We've been blessed with some really positive events today. At the same time, there's some bad news as well. I think that's how life sorta balances everything out.
In fairness though, life has a pretty shitty track record for balancing things out for us, and a lot of other families.
I want to begin with the good news because it's a pretty big deal.
I had been talking about how things being tight this month and how we are adjusting to a significantly reduced grocery budget. This has had me really stressed out and scrambling to figure out our options.
Last night, or rather very early this morning, my new advertising deal came through. I hadn't heard back in a week or so, and wasn't sure if the deal had fallen through or not. While I was awake with Elliott at 3 AM, I received the email confirming the agreement. I was able to finalize the deal within a few minutes and received payment shortly after.
I'm not sure if this is a recurring deal but this meant I could go grocery shopping today and that took a huge load off my shoulders. This is very good news.
The other piece of good news is that I turned in my first article for this new PR and Marketing company I'm working with and I'm really happy with the article. I struggled with it because of a few too many distractions but I got the draft over to the editor and I'm waiting to hear back.
If all goes well, this could turn into a regular deal and that would be unbelievably positive for us. I'll be able to share more information shortly and direct you to the article when it is published. If the response is good, our lives could drastically improve.
I'm also super excited to share that I'm officially ten pounds lighter than I was two weeks ago.. ☺
I feel absolutely blessed to have had all these things happen today..
Unfortunately, we've reached the part of this entry where I have to balance the good with the bad.
Both Elliott and Emmett are sick with fevers. Emmett is not sleeping currently and it's well after midnight. They did pretty well at school today but clearly they weren't better.
The news gets worse because Gavin is dealing with *tummy issues* that's got him not feeling well, and unable to eat what he'd normally eat.
Hopefully, Gavin will be feeling better in the morning. We're likely going to get the E's into the pediatrician if possible because we want to make sure all we can do is wait this thing out.
Both Elliott and Emmett have had walking pneumonia a few times and the only reason we knew was because we had them checked out.
That's is for now. I have to get back to my grumpy, sick little Emmett on the couch next to me... Good night all...
