Mom Doesn't Get a Sick Day

I caught a cold this weekend. It started out as a tickle in my throat, then a cough with achy glands. My coughing has been keeping me (and Jeff) up at night. Today I woke up feeling as if I had run a marathon or been hit by a truck. Every muscle in my body hurts an my skin is tender to the touch. I can hardly hold Charlotte, and when she pulls my hair, it feels like daggers. I took my temperature and it was up to 99.9.

It to the point this morning that everything the kids were doing set me off, and I got really angry at them. After telling them that I was sorry, and asking them to remember what it felt like when they had fevers, they started to be really cooperative with each other and with me. I managed to get Charlotte down for a nap, and "The Wild" turned on for the boys with a plate of PB&J sandwiches. Then I went back to sleep.

Mikey woke me up an hour later, trying to dig into my stash of Chocolate. I kicked him out, but he was back 10 min. later for more. I kicked him out again and tried to go back to sleep. Then I started hearing noises coming from the nursery and music from Charlotte's mobile, that SHE can't figure out how to turn on. This is what I found. Notice that the only kid that is dressed happens to be wearing mis-matched clothing? That's because he did it himself when I didn't have the energy to find clothes.

I'm glad Jeff suggested grabbing the camera, because in my state, I wouldn't have thought of that. The first picture shows Mikey getting mad at me when I told him I couldn't show my friends on the computer a picture with his "elephant" showing (figure it out). I cheered him up enough to get a smile at last. He did ask my to show everyone the picture of "Grumpy Mikey" too.

P.S. When I went downstairs, I found a trail of juice and a bowl full of mixed juices from 5 empty juice boxes. I pay if I take a nap, and I pay if I don't.