why didn't anyone warn me how difficult it would be to parent my child when i'm sick? no one warned me. shame on all of you. shame on you!
the last 4 days have been brutal. there is a cold/flu going around ottawa, being passed from daycare to school to home to office to office to office. anyone with kids gets it first, then brings it to work and from there, infects everyone else. it doesn't really matter though, this cold/flu is passing around like broken telephone with different variations smacking down different people through random symptoms.
fever? check. balloon head? check. razor blade sore throat? check. pounding headache? check.
then, a few days later... running nose? check. watery eyes? check. deep chest cough? check (and in my case since i already suffer from clumsiness) vertigo? check. still fever? check.
this is the kind of cold/flu that makes it difficult to sleep no matter how much Nyquil i guzzle before bed. its the kind of cold/flu that has one rubbing the tip of their nose raw and red because it never quite feels dry. its the kind of cold/flu that totally curbs the appetite (except for nacho cheese doritos, which i could eat anytime, anywhere). its the kind of cold/flu that strikes and it doesn't matter how many kids you're parenting or how many proposals are due at the office; the only thing you are good for is laying in bed and moaning and begging your daweski to bring you soup (which he does and its yummy and you eat it all) then go back to sleep.
this week has been especially hard because we all have it. every single one of us. the only difference being that liam (in all his toddler glory) is enthralled with the world and while he hasn't had a fever since last weekend, he is definitely sick but still able to attend daycare, which he gleefully does with relish. he loves the kids and they are a great distraction for him.
i guess if i had a bunch of party people playing around me i might not wallow in my symptoms as much either. but i don't. so i do.
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Yes, being a mom and getting sick SUCKS! I was there a couple weeks ago. Luckily, my mommy came to the rescue, and of course got sick herself afterward. It never ends I guess.
That's the bad thing about having kids. They get around other kids and those germs just keep getting passed back and forth. Kids are gross. Other people's kids. Not our's.
Yeah dude, anytime I can send the punk to school when I'm sick, I'm all over it. Don't feel bad. They need to be entertained and it's the last thing you want to do when you feel like shit!
Hope you get better soon. Kisses.
Oh yeah, I know this. I get chest infections all the time and it's really hard when you have to do the school run, do homework, cook dinner, etc, when all you want to do is curl up under a duvet and die.
There should be an all encompassing Jab that stops mums getting the sickies!
i sincerely wish my mommy could come to the rescue. its weeks like this that make me miss her more than words can say. she lives over 6 hour away. too far :(
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