Well.

All right! That sure was a whole lot of opinions! I am not at all hyperventilating from all the opinions! And now I kind of want to run away from the Internet forever and ever, but I’m fighting that urge with all my might.

Let’s move on, shall we?

So Eden has left me because apparently she lives somewhere else and her family is there, and she can’t stay here, Alice, get off my leg. Whatever. We originally had planned for her to come for a whole month, but that didn’t work out, and I think I can speak for both of us when I say Thank God. Because while having her here was fantastic, and we got an amazing amount done, my brain couldn’t take much more work. If I were a cartoon, and I wish I were, the top of my head would be oversize and throbbing. And with my powers of telekinesis I could rule the world!

I can’t even think of anything more to say, is how mentally exhausted I am. Henry’s home sick, and we’re going to watch The Sound of Music, and that’s about the level of stimulation I can handle right now. It might be a little too much, come to think of it. All that singing! If we could just dim the lights and put “Edelweiss” on a loop, that would be…not…bad. Let's just turn the volume down to a murmur, okay? Ow.

Comments

[Alexandra]

Oh, a sick day, I love it.

I could use me one of those....

enjoy, Alice.

[suburbancorrespondent]

Let's start at the very beginning...a very fine place to start...

[suburbancorrespondent]

Sheesh - now I can't get that tune out of my head - thanks. I guess we'll have to watch it today also.

[Susan]

Have a good day. And if you need to fast forward over the Gestapo scenes, well, now, that's well within your rights, isn't it?

[Susan]

One halloween a few years back, a group of us dressed up like the cast of Sound of Music. Favourite movie of all time. We went to a few parties and brought the DVD with us. At each party, we'd put on the DVD at re-enact the So-Long-Farewell scene on the stairs for an adoring crowd. I was Leisel, which meant I had to carry the little girl up the stairs every time at the end. That part was tough because I was so drunk.

[Meg]

Oooo, can I come watch too? My sisters and I always watched that movie on the first snow day and when we were hit with all the snow in Decemebr I tried to pass on the tradition to my sons ages 2 & 4. Can you believe they refused? I had to skip around to the songs, some of which they at least thought were OK. I so need a few hours of musical movie time. Enjoy it!

[Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com]

Poor little guy! I hope he feels better soon!

Also, about the previous entry, my head would have started spinning and fallen right off. I can't believe yours hasn't yet. You are my hero.

[mosey along]

I don't blame you for closing comments yesterday. But like so many others said, let him be. And enjoy your sick day (if you can). I always grumble about them, but secretly there's nothing nicer than snuggling down with your kid and watching a movie. (Mary Poppins for us...)

[Sadie at heymamas]

What I wouldn't give to be in bed, sick, watching a great movie with my babies curled up next to me...instead I am going on the sixth hour of sitting and staring at my computer screen at work. Enjoy!

Sadie at heymamas

[Beth]

Oh, I dunno, I was sad that you closed comments, because sometimes we are talking to each other here too, and it was a good post that hit an important nerve. But it's your blog, as they say. And grown-ups totally need downtime, so enjoy yours.

[ozma]

Aw, sorry. With that many comments you pretty much think you are talking to yourself or to the people who wrote a comment right before you but for some reason you blather on and on anyway.

I hope he likes The Sound of Music!

[Kate]

I hate The Sound of Music. Hate it! Hate it! KILL IT WITH FIRE. Or with Nazis. Yes, yes, even better, GIVE THOSE ANNOYING CHILDREN TO THE NAZIS.

I know that this is an unpopular opinion but seriously, I have loathed that movie all my years. I once, in protest to watching it at a Youth Group lock-in, took a book and sat in the far corner of the basement to read because I wanted nothing to do with it.

In regards to your previous entry, I just wanted to say (because I think Henry and I are kindred spirits in some way, for I was the kid who wanted to read and play with Legos and stave off human interaction as best I could): I hated all activities, classes, and after-school programs until I was eight or nine. When I was in first and second grade my mother forced me into soccer and Girl Scouts and swim lessons and dance classes and with every one, I was faking sick within two weeks' time and spending my "sick" days holing up in my room with a book. But as I got a little older, I naturally found things I was interested and discovered there were more possibilities for me. Like piano lessons and independent Scout badges and basketball. It just took me a little longer to become self actualized and realize that I didn't want to be home alone all of the time, but rather just most of it.

[Elaine]

I could/can never stay awake through that entire film; I always fall asleep right at the "running from Nazis" part. Which, as a small Jewish kinder, was a little traumatizing. And may explain my distrust of blonde people.

Ignore the comments. Hyperventilate as much as you need to. Then pour yourself a glass of wine as a reward for being brave enough to even HAVE a kid.

[Virginia]

The Sound of Music always makes everything better :)

[Kendra]

I hope you enjoyed your sick day, and I could go for some "Sound of Music" too!