Sick Day

by Leslie

Please excuse Mommy from work today. She is sick.

Well, Julia was sick first. It struck last night, out of the blue. One moment she was dancing happily with her little ballerina cow and the next she was throwing up.

Isn’t it amazing how sickness strikes children without warning?

I got sick one day at school in the 5th grade. It hit me suddenly in class, so I walked up to the teacher, Mr. Chapman, and asked if I could go to the nurse. He looked at me and said, “You’re not sick. You were just talking and laughing with your friends. Go back and sit down. School is almost over.”

Then, I puked. On Mr. Chapman’s shoes. I told him I was sick.

Anyway, Julia suddenly got sick. It was her first time vomiting and, therefore, my first experience in being the adult responsible for cleaning up vomit. Not just once, but for the next 8 hours. The 8 hours during which we normally sleep, but did not sleep. She puked. I cleaned. In between those events, I cuddled and comforted her. By morning, she seemed to be perking up.

Just as she was feeling well enough to get mischevious, it hit me. Now, I was sick.

We spent most of the day in bed and are both feeling much better. Hopefully, we’ll be back to business as usual tomorrow.

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Comments

6 Cool Kids Came To Play

vasilisa on November 28, 2006 11:26 pm
Ohh… hope you too feel better soon.

And your teacher — totally deserved it!
kelley on November 29, 2006 10:27 am
Oh, Lesie - I’m sorry. Yuck.

Well, hopefully this will bolster your immune systems, and you’ll be out of the woods for the rest of the season. I hope!
Joshua Xalpharis on November 29, 2006 2:47 pm
They should have feed bags to strap on for this sort of thing.

Maybe feed bag was a poor choice of words…

Anyway, I’m glad that Julia is feeling better, and I hope you do soon.

Don’t forget to bring your note from a doctor tomorrow, or it will be an unexcused absence. Too many of those, and you may not graduate!
Faith on November 29, 2006 9:33 pm
Awwww I’m glad to hear you’re both feeling better but sorry to hear you got sick in the first place.

I did the same thing to my kindergarten teacher, we were in reading circle - she didn’t believe me. So I threw up on the table. Quite disgusting; but you’d think that with their experience with children teachers would know how quickly they can get sick.
Dana on November 29, 2006 11:35 pm
I hope you both are feeling better! I always get sick when Dawson gets sick. Never fails!
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