Am I There, Yet?

 

Me:  Good morning, Sweetheart!

Lilly:  Good morning.

Me:  Did you get some good sleep last night?

Lilly:  Yes.

Me:  I already called your school to tell them you aren’t coming in today, so I let you sleep in.

Lilly (showing disappointment):  But, I feel better today!

Me:  I’m so glad you feel better.  But, the school has rules.  You have to be without a fever for 24 hours before they let you come back to school and your fever was 103.9 last night.  Let me check your temperature.

I take her temp and it’s 101.6. 

I thought that Lilly was in the clear.  Titus got better and she was fine, except for a cough.  Here’s the scary thing about my daughter:  she really doesn’t complain much.  She’s very sensitive, but she keeps a lot to herself.

On Sunday, we went to church and I dropped both kids off in their Sunday School classrooms where they hung out with their friends.  We got home from church and were eating lunch when Lilly says, “Do I have to eat all of this?  I’m not really hungry.”  This isn’t normal for her so I ask her if she’s feeling O.K. and she then mentions that her tummy hurts a little bit.  I feel her forehead and she’s burning up.  I get out the thermometer and she has a fever of 103.4!  I couldn’t believe it.  I immediately thought of all the kids she had just interacted with.  I could not believe I took her to church without a clue that she was sick.  Yes…I’m the mom responsible for the schools being empty this week because I take my sick child out in public and let her play with her friends.

Anyways, she’s had a fever ever since.  It mostly hangs out in the 99 - 101 range during the day and then spikes at night.

I’m tired of this.  I’m so ready for a healthy household.

I was in Target tonight and my cashier was talking to her co-worker.  She asked, “Can you tell her I need quotas?”  I was standing there wondering what quotas Target employees are required to meet when she finished her thought.  “I need pennies, too.”  That’s when I realized she was asking for quarters.  I’ve lived here almost 15 months and I’m still caught off guard by the Jersey accent.