Since returning from our Fourth of July vacation, our household was stricken with the stomach bug. More like “The Plague of 2010!” but since I’ve been accused of being a little TOO dramatic – I’ll go with “stomach ailment.”
During the early stages, the youngest child started throwing up in the middle of a Super Target check-out lane. Let’s say it together: “Awesome!”
Just a note to all who may shop at any store. Never, I MEAN NEVER purchase anything from the check out line. Odds are there will be remains of something unholy on those given items. Not that I would know ANYTHING about this subject… I’m just trying to bring up an hypothetical situation here to educate you on the possibilities….. because I care.
Linda Blair then moved onto our loveseat and had a love-fest with 40 towels. Six hours into our plight, the second child proceeded to rinse, repeat and lather the same drama.
Now most would probably put their children in their beds that evening for comfort but I personally find it a quite a bit easier to clean vomit from wood floors than carpet. Besides, I like to make it more entertaining for the kids to point and shoot into a stainless steel bowl for an easy option instead of leaving a trail of disgust throughout the house.
So, for the past three days now, our family has played musical beds since my bed was DESTROYED during the second days trials as well as now, we too are afflicted. Also, I’m too lazy to make up the fresh bed with clean sheets. I mean, seriously! It’s not like they aren’t going to get dirty AGAIN with someone else’s chicken noodle soup!
So, tell me. Do you let your children sleep with you? on their own? on the couch? on the patio? in the doghouse when sick?
Sidenote: If you are ever served a salad from the above stainless steel bowl at our home, you just might want to plead an allergy or illness to it’s contents. You never know where that thing has been hiding.