A Mother's Reward

So, what's a loving, caring mom who thinks only about the welfare of her daughter get after nursing her back to health for the past two days? That's right....

A sore throat and low-grade fever.

Lovely.

T went back to school today. I had been debating that since she wasn't eating much. But then, she never eats much, so its hard to know. To test whether she was well enough, we went off to nordstroms for dinner last night. Figured if she could eat her chicken nuggets with no pain, she could go to school. Yep, I was right! She chowed down like a hungry sailor.

I went into work for 1/2 the day. If I still have the fever tomorrow, I'll do the same. That way, I only burn 4 hours of sick leave instead of the whole day. We'll see how I feel.

Meanwhile, I roused myself from the sick-couch this afternoon, to go get T. What greeted me upon entering the schoolbus? The lovely aroma of dead dog. I couldn't figure out what it was. T entered the van and immediately pronouced "Mommy, it stinks". Further investigation revealed an old, congealed sippy cup with about 2 inches of solidified chocolate milk. Yuk.

Luckily I survived the drive without puking.