Everyone in my family seems to get sick during vacation or while traveling. Except for me. I get sick when I have two deadlines, dental appointments for the kids, and an important sporting event in one day AND I’m single parenting.
So the boy vomited all over the house one night, which I managed to miss (remarkable, I know). It was over fairly quickly, and he ate four waffles for breakfast the next morning, so we assumed it was something he ate.
On Tuesday (my birthday), E-spouse woke up with a sore throat, so instead of getting into restaurant wars, we decided to invite some friends over and order Chinese in. About five minutes before dinner arrived, the girl splattered the contents of her tummy all over the bathroom (hey, she made it to the right room). She was much sicker than the boy, and woke up several times during the night to dry heave into the potty. She spent the next day in bed.
She seemed recovered on Thursday, so we continued with our plan of driving to Asheboro to the N.C. Zoo for the afternoon and thence to Chapel Hill for a couple of days with friends. Mistake. The girl was crabby and tired. The boy was tired because we’d let him go on a sleepover the previous night. Once again, we thought we could travel more easily than we did when they were babies, but we were confronted with moodiness, tears, and fighting. The baboons and the puffins saved the zoo trip (photos tomorrow).
Then yesterday, I looked at the boy as we were eating lunch and realized he’s having another outbreak of impetigo. Luckily, we were staying with two doctors, one of whom glanced at his sore and sent me with to a drugstore with a prescription. I could’ve kissed her.
Now we’re home and well. I think. It’s been one of those vacations that’s been more stressful than not being on vacation. Vacationing with kids just isn’t vacation. Unless you have a nanny, I suppose.
How’s your spring break been?
UPDATE: Literally an hour after I posted this, the girl vomited again. All over her carpet. Now I feel sick.
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It was so cold were we went that we had to cancel an ice fishing expedition. We visited a sugar bush for a tour but the sap was not running … too cold. At Easter dinner everyone had great sport watching people try to back down the frozen-rutted driveway without sliding into the ditch. It was cold but we were in the warmth of our families so … well … it was cold.
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I worked half the week, looked after a variety of kids and did a ton of house work the other half of the week - but definitely sounds better than your break! The vomit thing was always my least favorite with little kids.