Mom down! Mom down!

I woke up yesterday and knew from the get go that I could not deny that the plague that has hit the kids was upon me too. Matt was the only one going to school so I woke him up and proceeded to go on with the usual morning routine. Matt doubled over in pain during breakfast and I asked him if he'd like to stay home, figuring he was the next domino to fall, but he bravely said he needed to go to school.

I had decided to not discuss Dad's birthday with anyone yesterday. I have to decide these things in advance, otherwise I'd find myself crying to strangers and telling them more than they need to know while ignoring their obvious distress signals as they try to gracefully slip away from the sobbing mess that is me.

But I had to take the recycling to the curb where I saw a familiar faced neighbor going for her morning walk. I see this neighbor all of the time, and I always give a smile and a wave but I don't really know who she is. I asked her if she thought the trash men were going to pick up a day late and she addressed me by name, which surprised me and then she told me that she is the wife of the guy who fell in his driveway. He's not doing well and the two of us ended up crying and hugging each other in the apron of my driveway surrounded by stinky cans filled with mixed recycling and yesterday's trash.

Then I drove Matt to school and went to the posh club for the weight loss contest workout. I felt fine for the cardio part, but once on the floor doing some mat work I was fearful of you know what.

I came home with this plan of action in mind: shower and go back to bed. I got sidetracked by preparing something bland and easily digestible for Josh to eat. Then I heard the chime of my cell phone that indicates an incoming text. I grabbed the phone and it was a text for help coming from Matt who was in the high school bathroom.

So I went to pick Matt up except I didn't want to get him trouble when he wasn't in the school office waiting for me, and I was afraid to tell the office ladies that Matt had texted me. The kids are obviously not allowed to text during school, but finally I had to tell them how I knew he was sick and needed to come home. I considered pasting a serious face on and pretending that I had used my psychic powers to detect his abdominal distress, but by that point I was experiencing my own abdominal distress and knew that I needed to get home pronto.

Then I had missed my nap window and had to take Evan and Josh to the chiro for kinesiology. On the way home we stopped at the video store and stocked up.

Once home I finally got my shower and when I hit the bed I was out like a light.

There were video games, toast, take out and movies for the rest of the day.

Maybe today I'll finally get the halloween decorations put away.