Urg, what a week we've had! The baby got pneumonia, the 6 year old got pink eye (and I am fervently hoping that the baby hasn't caught it, because if he did, I'm out several days of work whie, he recovers, and my coworkers will be PEEVED with me!) our pipes froze and I had to go crawl around under the house in the dirt embedded with cat shit (I am trying valiantly to quell the urge to murder all those cats, most of which aren't even mine- cat repellent, maybe?) to find out about the heat tape and work on getting the water working again. I am just mentally and emotionally exhausted. I mean, picture it: six kids in a one bedroom house in the middle of winter on a very cold day (so going outside to play is not an option), one of them has pinkeye, which is very contagious, but none of them can wash their hands to prevent it, because there isn't any water, the house is a pit but you can't do dishes or laundry or even wipe anything down, and in the midst of all this is a baby who is still sick and needs rest badly.

:jumps up to go and turn the water on to a trickle, so it doesn't freeze again tonight: