Sick Day

Yesterday morning Liam woke us up at 3:30 am with a coughing fit. I don't do well at that time of morning, but then I couldn't go back to sleep because I debated keeping him home from school for the next couple of hours. I finally decided it was bad enough that I shouldn't send him to school to spread his germs, but I had to find a sub. (The bad news in our program is that we need to call and find our own subs). At 6am I began calling people and gave up at 7am so I could get Lance ready for school. After we dropped Lance off at school I got a call from our school secretary that she had found a sub for me. This is good, but it is its own story for another blog.

So, I got Liam all set up in front of the t.v. and started cleaning the house because I had the day off. Liam was bored. He watched t.v. for a half hour total. Then he wanted to play a game, so we played a game. After the game I suggested nap time. Nap time consisted of us lying in my bed, me trying to sleep while he read me books. He agreed to only 30 minutes of this and he watched the clock. The books were a little about his level because they were story books, so every page had a word he did not know and could not sound out. Needless to say I didn't get to rest. I suggested t.v. again. He wanted XBox. Number one rule in our house is no video games on sick days (make note to change that rule). Then he told me that I could still take him to school and he would just get a tardy. (maybe should have taken him up on his offer) He finally watched a little t.v. again. Then he was bored and wanted to play outside. I told him to play in his room. He said he couldn't because Lance wasn't there and he makes up the games. Finally after lunch I had to find some compromise because I was almost going crazy from the boredom he was experiencing. It was a nice day (about 45 degrees) so I told him to go sit in the sun and read a book. Every 5 minutes he was asking if he could move the chair somewhere else on the deck or go sit on the swings or in the fort or.... Finally I said the sun is better in the front of the house you can move there. Then it was can I go on the driveway, can I go on the grass, can I have chalk?

I guess he wasn't really all that sick. He went to school today and my day is much quieter.

Really we did have fun, but he was just so bored not being with friends at school or with Lance. I thought it was so cute when he was outside, he had his shades, his books and his iced tea and he was just reading and relaxing.

Note: Somehow I did get my dishes done and 2 loads of laundry (in a 7 hour day)