The Working Mom Curse!

Wow! So the last few weekends have definitely been the working Mom's curse! Riley has come home 2 of the last 3 Friday's with fever and ended up being sick the entire weekend. 

The 1st weekend, his teacher followed us out to the car to tell me Riley had his BEST day ever at school! She said he did everything I asked on the 1st time, helped his friends finish their projects, etc! So we drive home (8 minutes), then we I go to pick him up out of his car seat I was like Wow! You feel hot! Took him upstairs - sure enough he had a pretty high fever! :( Poor baby! Bless his little heart! His best day at school EVER was because he was sick! That's our boy!!! He seemed to be better by Sunday evening just in time for the weekend to end and to head back to school Monday. 


And thank goodness b/c I had a 2 day in town conference, then a 2 day meeting with IBM in Austin on Thursday and Friday. So on Friday, I fly back from Austin and land at 7pm. I was glad I got on an earlier flight, so I got home in time to see Riley before he went to bed. Little did I know, we'd be spending the entire night together! He went to bed around 9pm, then started crying at 10:30pm and pretty much didn't stop ALL NIGHT! We were supposed to go to my cousin Cassie's son Parker's 1st birthday party Saturday, but we had to skip it. He did sleep better Saturday night and seemed better Sunday, but then he ended up crying most of the night Sunday again! Of course, I had a 6 hour super important meeting I was supposed to attend at work that day, but what can you do?! When you're baby is sick...he's sick! :( And when he's sick - bless Kelly's heart - he ONLY wants Mommy! So I had to miss the important meeting! Then by Monday night, I was feeling under the weather too! So we stayed home an extra day to recover! 


Then Thursday, Kelly had his wisdom teeth removed so I had to go back into Nurse Misty mode! Other than a little hallucinating (he thought he was swimming in he aquarium at the dentist's office) and an allergic reaction that made his nose itch, Kelly came through his procedure like a champ! However, that meant we had pretty much 3 "sick" weekends in a row! Mommy needs a sick day to recover from all the nursing! :)


So...the working Mom Curse is sick babies always happen on Friday night! And the really sick days that require doctor visits and only Mommy love inevitably coincide with some been on the schedule for 3 months, very important meeting! What can you do?! Planes didn't fall out of the sky, so I guess we'll all live!


Here's to hoping for a few good weekends in a row for ALL of us!