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 | last night, sick; tonight, sleep! |
Guess who was up half the night with a throwing-up kid? If you guessed ME, you WOULD NOT BE WRONG! Fortunately, it was only one throwing-up kid, and really it was only one major episode. I just chose not to ever go back to sleep so I would be ready in case of a repeat performance. Or I have insomnia issues. Maybe that.
Moving on!
There are mountains of laundry to do now, but I do not want to touch them for fear of accidentally assimilating the germs that must be hiding within.
It’s funny, when a sick kid crawls into my arms in the middle of the night, I do not freak out. I am immediately fully awake and calm and know what to do. In any crisis, really, that’s the deal. I suspect I use up all my anxiety on things like germy laundry during regular daily life, and I don’t have enough left for a panic attack in the face of actual misfortune. It’s a theory, anyway. And if I’m lucky, I won’t get to test that theory any time soon.
After an evening in which she was especially needy and spent a lot of time cuddling and kissing me, Pepper informed me at bedtime that 4 kids in her class went home sick today with stomach flu! Could be a fun weekend around here!
Well, THAT’S not cool.
I believe it’s been scientifically proven that pukey KIDS (at least when they’re yours-other people’s pukey kids don’t count) are not contagious, but pukey LAUNDRY most certainly is.