Lortab + Kids = Disaster

As most of you well know, I had a tonsillectomy this week. It has been quite the experience for me considering I am one who does not do well to surrender control to anyone or anything. The surgery went well, the ENT told B that my tonsils were "rotten". I still haven't figured out if they were rotten, or were rotten, but one way or the other, they had to come out. My mother and mother-in-laws stepped in like champs and took over watching kid 1,2, and 3, wonderfully. However, kid 1, 2, and 3 have learned that when grandma's are watching, they don't have to act the same. It has been an interesting week as I float above everyone else in lala land. The kids have been decent, but act out accordingly. I can't seem to step in and discipline because every time I do, my throat starts to throb and my ears ring. I haven't cared for the Percocet, Lortab or Tylenol 3 much, but if I don't take it, I hurt. The problem is these drugs make me a number of things which are 1. itchy 2. loopy 3. tired 4. tinnitus. I really haven't been able to handle the noise from the kids because it goes in one ear and rattles and bounces around in my brain. Most of my time has been spent hiding under the pillow in my bedroom which I think is calling my name right now. Having said this, I don't know why anyone would choose to be a drug addict. I could think of a thousand things I would rather do instead of being trapped in my own head.