Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Damn kids!

I have the flu...It is an unrelenting bad ass flu that won't go away! I know this because I have watched two children go through it. Two male children, may I add, and we all know how males react to illness. Wimps.
Because I watched them suffer close to death (their words not mine) I am very afraid of this flu. I do not want to be out of commission for 7 days. I do not want to excrete what little sustenance I am able to ingest through the various cavities in my body. I have fought this dreaded flu with all my might and now it has won the battle.
What I hate most is that my mom will not bring me slurpies and popsicles for my sore throat. My mom will not feed me flu medication and bring me juice. My mom will not wake up ten times a night to listen to me whine about how bad I feel and how the flu meds aren't working. This is because I am the mom. And as the mom I am not even allowed to be fully sick. If I lie on the couch and wallow in flu induced self pity then nothing will get done. No one will eat. No one will take out the garbage. No one will feed the dog or the cat and they will sit and stare at me all day until I get up to feed them. I think once we become moms we should be immune to ALL viruses. Really evolution missed the boat on this one.
So now I will go to bed, hope for death or at least a nice house pixie to perform a miracle on my kitchen and dream of the day when I am virus free.