Day 111--He's Injured, Injured Bad

Well, Barney was definitely having a rough time of it for most of today with his foot, and by the time the kids went down for their afternoon nap, he was out for the count too.  The nap seemed to have helped though, and he was in much better shape for most of the rest of the day.  He's already sound asleep, which is a very good thing.  Hopefully he will be in even better shape tomorrow.

It's hard for me when he is hurting and I cannot fix it.  I wish that I could find some magic solution to just make the pain stop, but it rarely seems to work that way.  So, instead, I spent the day trying to do things that he might like, such as putting up his tie racks, belt racks, shoe organizers, etc in his closet and setting up a shelving and organization system in the garage where he can organize all of our sports gear.  I did not attempt to actually put any of his stuff away, because he likes getting to come up with his own organization system, but it's nice to not have to do the grunt work prior to finding the organization system. 

We had a great family dinner tonight with Barney cooking hot dogs and bratwursts on the grill to go with baked beans (microwaved, since that is our only working kitchen appliance), fresh fruit, and Cheetos.   It would have been more fun to eat outside, but the wind has been insane today.  All in all though, I think that everyone had a good day today and that Barney went to bed in much better spirits than yesterday, which is wonderful.  This next week should be interesting since the kids will be home with us all day each day without any help while we are still continuing our full work weeks.  They have really been playing well together of late though, so hopefully that trend continues.  It's also a big goal to get the game room functioning as soon as possible so that they have a clear play of play and access to their toys, which are still in boxes for the most part.

I am continuing in all of this to try to find little ways to show Barney how much I love and appreciate him, like suggesting a stop by McDonald's for a soft serve ice cream cone, being careful to comment on how much he is doing on the house and with the kids, and letting him sleep as much as possible because of his injury.  Hopefully those little things are adding up to make a difference.