I sit with a queasy stomach and feel light-headed. Woke up this morning in a delirium at 12:30 am to my son telling me about his vomiting escapades downstairs. I stumbled down to his room where projectile vomit covered his wall and the carpet and the entire bathroom. Wow. How does that happen? Poor guy I thought. Poor mom I thought. Lucky me. Nothing like stripping down a bed and disinfecting two rooms when you are bleary eyed. And so the laundry marathon begins....Dylan spent the day at home with me while I worked. Worked is a loose term as I tended to his needs and did round two on the bathroom. Boy that rug has never gotten so much attention. Somehow despite a fairly large target such as the toilet bowl there was difficulty in getting his not yet digested scrambled eggs into their intended resting place. Again I bent over and applied the handy disinfectant wipes and added another load to my already taxed washing machine. As the day went on I started to feel yucky and retired to my room for a couple hours. My lovely husband tended to the boys while I tried to kick what seems to be an illness hovering over my being.
And so here's my counterpoint list to yesterday.
The things that take my smile away:
And so here's my counterpoint list to yesterday.
The things that take my smile away:
- Barf
- Barf that lingers after you try to wash it out and you have to clean out the machine and wash again. Ahhh so that's what they mean by "blowing chunks!"
- A sick child....I've been blessed with healthy children and so I guess I am paying my dues with this latest bout.
- Cleaning the toilet.....more than once in a few hours
- Bad news
- Cruelty
- Plastic plants & flowers
- Genetically modified organisms
- A society with so much yet so many who don't have enough
- A divided nation
- Disregard for our environment
- Discrimination in all forms
- Violence
- The inability to see that a people who are well fed, sheltered, clothed, educated and who have their physical and mental health care needs provided are much more powerful than a society where those basic rights are denied to only those who have the means.