UNLESS YOU THROW UP, DON'T BOTHER CALLING

Grrr...I'm just waiting for it to hit. The runny nose, fever, stomach, intestinal ickies. Hasn't happened yet even though it has hit our school, and our community with quite a ferociousness already! I thought maybe a week ago our time had come when my oldest boy called from school not feeling well. Even though my rule is ***UNLESS YOU THROW UP DON'T BOTHER CALLING*** I decided to go bring him home; the kid loves school and wouldn't call if it wasn't true. Unlike his sisters at that age who called with every little thing, which caused me to enact "The Rule." When I got there he started to tear up. He really did look awful, poor guy. And about 5 minutes later he let it all go right there in the hall. (thank you to the nice janitor for cleaning it all up, and with such a nice attitude, too!) I took him home, put him to bed, and 2 hours later he was just fine. My kind of bug. :)

Yesterday, it was boy number 2 (when i write that, it doesn't sound so...right? i'll have to ponder that description...). Anyhow, same thing. But this time, I was out in the garage cleaning, and my dead cell phone was in my purse, and I never heard the school call. For an hour, my little guy slept on the chair outside of the office, all bundled up in a blankie, looking quite sorry and pale. I made a joke when I got there about how I should get the Mother-of-the-Year award for not having my cell phone on, and his so-sweet Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. H, said, "Oh well, you know this is what is was always like before cell phones!" Which made me feel only slightly better, but was more relevant and fun to reflect on today when I got this link on FB. By the way, he didn't have a fever and never threw up, but he did look terrible. After a little nap he was just fine. Again...my kind of bug!