Two weeks ago my husband was out of town for a few days and I had both kids by myself. Not a big deal, but it turned into a hardship because I became sick with strep throat. Trying to get a 3-year-old to bed while I was feeding the baby was hard enough — add the exhaustion, muscle aches and razors in my throat, it was not fun.

Now, two weeks later, I have strep throat again. Thankfully my husband doesn’t have to go out of town so I can rest and hopefully get better for good this time.

This happens to moms all the time. We go, go, go until we collapse. We do everything. We ignore signs of illness thinking we can just make it through another day.  This is my body’s way of telling me to rest.

So, the Governor of South Carolina has now said that his Argentinian lover is his “soul mate,” but he wants to try to save his marriage to his wife.

Doesn’t take a large number of brain cells to know that all of the WORLD now knows he doesn’t think his wife is his soul mate. He says he’s going to try to fall back in love with his wife.

How noble.

It’s as if he’s saying .. Honey, this other woman is my soul mate, you are number two, but I will try to fall in love with you.

I don’t know anyone who could willingly stay in a relationship knowing that someone else is loved more then they are. There are just all kinds of wrong with this one.

“The Orlando Sentinel’s” TV Critic, Hal Bodeker posted on his blog tonight that Jon and Kate Gosselin have been living apart for two years. TWO YEARS! Not the 4-6 months they have both mentioned on their show. This makes me mad.

That makes their Hawaiian wedding renewal ceremony a big, fat fake. The photos of them dressed all in white with beautiful Hawaiian leis around their necks, fake. Adorable, happy children dressed in matching outfits, fake. Smiles all around, fake. Fake, fake, fake.

I know it’s reality TV and I shouldn’t trust it, but I fell for it. I didn’t watch the show very often, but guess that I watched it enough to care. I believed what I saw. I felt it was a real portrayal of a young family dealing with how to cope with eight children. I wanted to get tips on how to organize my own family life.

Now, I find out it’s a “ruse” as Hal says.

*UPDATE*

Thanks Slopez for commenting and letting me know that Hal updated his blog with corrected information from the Associated Press — Jon and Kate were living apart for two weeks not two years.

So, maybe I won’t be quite as mad about the reality of the show not being real, but I still think the wedding was a poser. I think it was probably TLC’s idea to have them renew their vows and they did it for the fanfare and the trip to Hawaii.

Reading through the recent edition of “Parenting” magazine I loved a quote it featured in its Q&A section. It asked kids, “What do kids do better than adults?”

“Have fun! All grown-up do is sit around while kids play in the park.”

– Vivian, 5, New York City

It’s easy to say we sit around because we’re so damned tired from working, taking care of the kids, cleaning, shopping, helping with homework, and getting little or no sleep, but little Vivian has something here. Adults, especially parents, need to play more. Think about that next time you are about to sit on the bench thumbing through your iPhone while your kid is on the jungle gym.

I’m over trying to figure out what is going to happen to Jon and Kate. TLC is promoting a “life changing” announcement on tonight’s episode of “Jon & Kate Plus 8.”

But I Care

I care because I’ve watched this show a few times and I know this is a real family. It’s a family with a mom and a dad and 8 great kids. Kids that want to be a family that stays together — what family doesn’t? I’m not planning on watching tonight’s show because I can’t bear to see this family break up. I’m also over seeing this family on TV. It was cute at the beginning and I think that so many moms can learn from Kate Gosselin — she’s an organizing queen, but there is a time to say, “enough.” If the big D word is said tonight, I think the family should not contniue the show. Let Jon and Kate, plus the kids, deal with this in private.

UPDATE: 

Jon and Kate announce they are “separating.” Watch the clip on TLC’s Web site.