Spring is definitely starting to make an appearance in this part of Alabama. This morning I saw my first blooming daffodils (they always seem to just pop up overnight) and my first tulip trees starting to bloom. I haven’t seen any yellow bells (fuchsia to those more horticulturally minded) but if the daffodils are blooming they can’t be too far behind! Even if the cold weather returns, I am going to enjoy these first signs of spring for as long as I can.
Today I got the phone call that makes every working mother groan. It never comes on a day when I have nothing to do, when it is convenient for me to deal with, or when no projects are pending. No, this phone call always chooses to come usually 1) right after I have taken a day off; 2) when lots of stuff is going on at work, and 3) when a project is due. You guessed it – the school called to tell me that Kayla wasn’t feeling well. The nurse let me talk to Kayla, which always brings forth the most pitiful little voice on the voice saying, “Hi Mama!” which makes you feel like the meanest mom in the world if you dare to tell her she has to stick it out for the whole day.
She had a very bad headache that had lasted all day, and the school can’t go ahead and give her any Tylenol because it violates school policy. She hasn’t gone to the nurse nearly as much as she did last year, so I broke the “no fever/no stay” rule in hopes that I could get the sinus problem taken care of today so that we’re not dealing with these headaches for the next 8 weeks. She was a little surprised to find out that coming home sick when Mom still has to work has all kinds of unpleasant little rules like “you must lay down in your room with the light off until 3 p.m.”, “no, you don’t get to watch the rest of Beezus and Ramona when you come home sick,” and “no, girls do not get to call their friends when they come home sick.” She has taken most of the rules with very good grace, though, and we even survived working through her homework on “deckimals” today! I will be working “second shift” tonight, but at least she is feeling better!
Tales from the Mom-Side 