Feb. 13, 2008 - Mid Winter Break - EXTENDED
Good grief. Have you ever felt like you deserve the 'bad mom of the year' award??
Well, yesterday I could have been the dubious winner of such!
Monday was absolutely CRAZY. I needed to meet with a lady about our women's ministries at the church. And we don't normally do school on Mondays, so that's all right....not where the bad mom award comes in....I'm getting there!
Friends hubby going to car show in the city. Chicago. Biggest one in the country. Can you say YAWN? At least for me, so I was glad when they worked it out and not only hubby, but small son were off on the train, whilst I was nestled in my friends home, drinking chicory coffee and taking notes.
Went and had my hair done, coffee with my spiritual mentor (we've learned when we're 'in town' to do everything we can at once.....saves on gas!). Snow started. Men got home. Small son acting a tad 'off'. Nothing new there. I just figured he was exhausted from traipsing thru acres of fast cars and the multimedia delight of sound and motion.....NOT pleasant to someone with the sensory problems of small son.
I digress.
As SOON as we get in our vehicle....small son says "I have a sore throat". Now, this is the child who whines profusely if he has a hang nail....so I just told him it was probably from being in a dry building around all those cars and in a strange train. Such a 'mommy' thing to say!
Lots of whining later, I finally convince him it's BEDTIME.
Morning comes, he really is under the weather. STILL not thinking much of it, I continue with my morning. By 10, I realize he is NOT going to be 'up' to doing school, so .....I call an extension of our Mid Winter Break....and continue on with the housework, laundry, phone calls I needed to make to make arrangements for this women's retreat I've been invited to.......busy, busy, busy.
Hubby finally comes home (LATE, due to weather), lunch.....and I'm STILL not 'tuned in' or conscious or something.
Prepare dinner, get hubby up. It's now dark and small son has listened to just about every Narnia CD he has....(thank goodness they are LONG) while I make MORE phone calls to family members that I've put off for WAY too long.....and I'm still not gettin' it.
Poor child. I come out of the kitchen just b4 serving dinner and this child has a thermometer stuck in his mouth TAKING HIS OWN TEMP.....this is when the bad mom award comes in.......
He asks me to tell him when 5 minutes is up.....I do....look at the thermometer.......it says 102!!!! OH MY GOODNESS.
This child is really sick!!! He hardly EVER runs a fever. Truly. And if this excuses my bad mommy radar.....I seriously have taken this child's temp NUMEROUS times in his lifetime and hardly EVER does he run a temp!!!!
Feeling chagrined and just a tad HORRIBLE.....I kick the mommy stuff into high gear. Get him a cold washcloth. Make him more comfortable. Sit with him a while. Bring him a glass of water.
HOWEVER, by now.....it's my wind down, snuggle in, read and collapse into bed time.
THEN, he couldn't go to sleep last night. He must have wandered into my bedroom a dozen times.....finally around 12:30, I tell him to just try reading a book....must've worked, b/c I didn't see him anymore .....until 7:30 THIS MORNING.....
Now, this is the child, that if left unmolested, will sleep until at least 10 or 11.
And I seriously do not know WHAT on earth is wrong with him. His throat does not hurt anymore. His headache he had yesterday for about 10 minutes is gone. No stomach ache. No throwing up (YEAH). Only symptom seems to be a profusely runny nose. Lots of wiping, now lots of soreness.
Just this weird fever. And his eyes are burning out of his head. And he still has fever this morning. I'm sure it's not as high b/c it IS morning.....but good grief.
SOOOOO....I get the 'bad mommy' award today!!!
AND our self imposed, self declared "Mid Winter Break" has been extended until further notice. Due to illness.
Just when you thought it was safe to get back into ministry work. Kids. Never know, do ya?
Denise aka The Domestic Angel
