Twenty-Four...

Twenty-four hours ago i was pumped up and ready to watch a movie with my husband.  by the time he finished putting M to bed, it was close to 10:00, and i had lost my zest.  we watched tv and headed to bed around 11:00.  minutes after i turned the light off, i heard a sound equal to that of a hurt, or worse, dying seal.  i asked my husband what he thought.  he did not think it was a hurt or dying seal in the house.  i heard it again, and this time was able to track it to the baby's room.  she was coughing a hard and serious croup.  i waited to see if she would fall back asleep, but it only took a few minutes before she was up, crying and coughing and crying and coughing... i headed in.
the next few hours involved me walking, rocking, singing, nursing, etc., etc., etc.  the baby back to sleep.  although, there was no sleep.  not for a very long time.  and when she did, she slept in very short snippets of sniffles, coughs, and cries.  this lasted until the sun came up (i was actually sitting in the rocking chair with her as her bedroom became light this morning.)  she never actually slept much at all.  
At 8:00 a.m., my alarm clock went off (seriously, on a sunday!?!)  i grudgingly got up and chugged (yes, chugged) a cup of coffee.  i showered and somehow managed to get dressed, eat, get M dressed and make sure she ate, and get us out the door by 9:30 (closer to 9:40, but who was really counting...)  we kissed P and B good-bye (and wished them luck for the day), and headed out on our date!  Yes, folks, that's right, i got to take M on a mommy-daughter date of our own!  We went to the movies with some friends and ate lunch out at red robin!  SO MUCH FUN!
we got home around 2:00 and that was pretty close to when my brain stopped functioning and i coasted through much of the rest of the afternoon.  we cleaned a bit, watched star wars (again), played with moon dough, and just had a generally relaxing afternoon.
thankfully, the baby seemed much better throughout the day.  she slept a lot (i was jealous.)  i'm praying for a fully-recovered night tonight!  and now, twenty-four minutes after i began this post, i am signing off for the night.  to sleep, hopefully, a LOT!