Okay, I am finally back. We have been very busy with company (totally enjoyed them btw) and then I got sick. It wasn't the deathly ill kind, it came on slow. At first I thought I was just being lazy and didn't want to do anything. I kept trying to push myself everyday, finally on the 4th night it got bad and I no longer felt like a wimp. I let myself recover after that with no guilt. Unfortunately I shared the germ with my family, so they are a little puny at present. I am not saying this to get sympathy, but I wanted to share some of my frustrations on being sick.
I am always cold, so it is no surprise that my normal body temp is around 97.5. I felt fevered for days, but couldn't get the thermometer to read over 98.5. It was very irritating until on the 5th day it finally went over 99. I obviously wasn't burning up and on my deathbed, because I had a small celebration. I know it's not true, but somehow my mind thinks that you're not sick unless you have a fever. Finally, I could claim sickness!
Another gripe about being sick is, I totally spoil my guys when they are sick. I am a mother, so of course I am always trying to feed them or get fluids down them. They are babies about it too, they want me right by them when they are sick. I run off to the store to get anything they MIGHT eat or a movie to occupy them. But when I'm sick, ha ha, totally different story. I didn't want to have to move, so I would put off going to get water to drink. No one offered to get me any that's for sure. If I did ask for something, I had to wait until they were in a good spot in their game to leave it, and even then they were a little put out. I know all of you mother's have experienced this and I honestly think it is unacceptable. I am actually quite mad talking about it even now.
On the day I was really sick, I was sleeping/watching a movie on the computer. When someone got home from church, he instantly took over the computer for the before mentioned game. URG. His excuse was that I was sleeping anyway, but you know how it is when you're sick.
I must admit that I haven't had the pity and sympathy for them this week, in their sicknesses that I normally do. I am very thankful though that I didn't have to go off to work everyday when I was sick, so I am still being a little nice to Dale. But he's going to hear about this for a while.
I'm Baack
Posted by
Chantel H
February 26, 2009
5 I love comments!!:
glad your're better hope the rest start feeling better soon.
I'm glad you're better. I have been feeling really tired lately too. Maybe I am getting sick. But I actually think it is because I have been scraping popcorn off of the ceilings. I must be wimpy in my old age 'cuz it is wearing me out!
I can totally hear you on the no sypathy for mom when she is sick.Of course for me I am almost never sick .But since I was bad in November I have been sick with the flu and a sore throut and have received more care and sypathy but I think it was cause I was so bad in november.Brian takes alittle better care of me now.
They just don't realize... and it can be irritating! I'm glad that you're feeling better. I'm not even feeling quite as well as I was yesterday. I'd write more, but I'm STILL babysitting, and I've got people asking me questions. So I've got to send a text to Mom and Dad and ask them why they're taking SO-O-O-O-O-O-O-O LO-O-O-O-O-O-O-ONG??? Normally it wouldn't matter, this wouldn't be very long at all - but when nobody is feeling that well? And it's lunch time... sigh. I knew Mom shouldnt've went. Dad hasn't got this yet, and he doesn't think about these things... (you well know what I'm talking of!)
My family was sweet to me while I was sick, but we were (are) all sick together. Megan wasn't sure she should go to church because, who would get the drinks and stuff for all the sickies? What a lovey. Many a time my girls have spoiled me when I was sick, I think it is a male/female thing. It is just because you are outnumbered with boys. I wish I was there and could just loan you one or two girls for your sick time?
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