I Didn't Feel Well Yesterday

Dear Moms,

I was feeling under the weather yesterday. I felt - blah. I'm not sure if it was because I may have had low iron yesterday but, I was feeling run down and sluggish. However, that didn't stop pretty much ANY of my day!

I managed to still cook dinner, look fabulous, go shopping, run errands, take care of some banking...et cetera, et cetera. I NEVER get a REAL sick day. Lol I'm sure you can all relate! This poses an interesting problem for moms - what do you do on a sick day?



If you're lucky enough to have a partner in your parenting, how do you divvy up the responsibilities? If you're in a single parenting position such as myself, how do you take time to take care of you? I've learned over the years to give the kids lists.

Each child gets a list of duties to be carried out to "help me get better." The smaller the child, the more slight the tasks. I have not ever been one to completely stay in bed when I'm ill. I absolutely HAVE to clean, spot check, or organize something DAILY!

So, I will arrange things to make sure that they can be done easily by the kids. I will run dish water, start a load of laundry, or make a dinner they can reheat and serve themselves. It REALLY helps that EVERYONE can read in our house now because I can include all of the kids in the cooperation.



Now, if you'll excuse me- I feel another headache coming on.... Where's the dang Tylenol?! I'm still on the mend but, the best way to find time to care for MOM- SEND THEM ALL TO SCHOOL! Serenity until 3:25!

Until Next Time!

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