Late Tuesday night the kids' stomach flu bug finally caught up with me. I spent most of Wednesday laid out comatose on the bed wishing I hadn't eaten Chinese food for dinner. (After 4 pregnancies worth of morning sickness, I've determined Chinese food is that absolute most terrible-est thing ever to throw up. Mexican comes in a close second though.) I also had a fever and alternated between burning up and feeling as if dunked in ice. It wasn't exactly a pleasant night/day.
And then around 11am, the worst thing that can happen to a "really sick person currently wishing someone else could take care of her" happened.
The school nurse called and said Zach was running a fever with a stomach ache and could I come pick him up?
Ugh... A really sick person being called upon to take care of another really sick person? This is exactly why I no longer want to live in Maryland alone. (Greg's all over the Midwest again this week.)
Somehow I found the energy to pull on clean clothes and a ballcap and sandals (tying shoes would have been way too difficult) and drove to the school. Too bad Kelly's too short to drive. And that's about all I remember about Wednesday.
Today I'm a little better, I ate a piece of toast and so far it seems to be staying put. But I still feel yucky so no walls or floors are getting scrubbed. Probably no sewing either. I even sucked up the $12.95 grocery delivery charge (WTF? It used to be $4.95) so the kids will have something to eat other than graham crackers and bread tonight.
In my next life, I'm so asking for a better immune system.
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