Sick and Tired

And tired always followed sick ..... Bill Cosby routine. Anyway....

August seems so early for daycare merry-go-round of illnesses. Although, out here in Arizona, it is monsoon season. With that comes humidity, cloudiness, some rain and a lot of dust. So, with all the crud kicking about in the air, it shouldn't be too surprising. I have had a cold for two weeks now. A few of the kids have been coming down with stomach bugs, fevers and strep. For a short moment, I thought my boys had dodged the bullet, until this evening. Connor came home flushed and looking pretty subdued. The major clue to Connor not feeling well-he doesn't want to eat. Then we KNOW his little world is askew. Ian, however, was bouncing around, a little crabby at times. He seemed to have boundless energy and he ate some of his dinner.

Connor was running a temp and laid quietly on the floor or on my shoulder for most of the evening. Ian jumped from couch to couch, made a pillow fort, raced about the hallway and didn't seem under the weather. Until I actually touched his back and felt heat radiating from his skin. I checked his temp at 103.3. Later, he said his tummy felt "wobbly" but gratefully so far, nothing has come of that.

This, of course, means one of us needs to take time off tomorrow. It will probably be Thomas tomorrow, but the sad thing is that we haven't worked a full month to earn a day off yet. So, we'll probably be docked for taking a family sick day. Sure, we probably should have one saved up from last year-but when you have kids, those sick days fly by. I don't have any so far, starting in a new district. Plus, I have to reserve two days to be able to fly to New York on a holiday weekend so I don't get docked then. It is a weird little system.

Anyway, this week has presented a lot of Chorale work for me. Tomorrow is a meeting with the Mesa Arts Center to discuss the affiliates. Thursday is the first rehearsal back for the fall, so I get to go and introduce myself again and help with gathering member information from the members. Then, I am working on a project to find a graphic designer to redesign the logo, plus another project to gather volunteers for arts promotion at an expo, rewriting the mission statement and writing an extended contract with our Paradise Valley venue.

On a note of relief, none of our Diego toys have fallen into the recall and we don't own any of the toys from the Mattel recall. Good grief. We did have a few of the Thomas trains that were recalled and they sent us a new train as an interim waiting gift.

Off to read my Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich-almost done!