When I Am Not Here
November 19, 2010
My oldest son continues to be ill with the flu. You know your teenage son is really sick when he refuses to eat anything, including ice cream. Poor child always ends up with swollen and infected tonsils. We have been putting off having them removed for the past 6 months simply because life is too busy. His life, not mine. I sit around eating bon-bons all day watching my shows.
It is looking as if he will be getting his tonsils out over Christmas break this year. Merry Christmas, Son! Enjoy!
I am furiously knocking on wood that no one else gets sick, as well as spraying every last thing with Lysol and/or bleach. Though the way the incubation period seems to be for this flu we might still be having sick family members come June. If that happens I won’t be living here any longer. I will have been committed to an institution.
At my review page I am writing about my brand new space age dishwasher from Kenmore. You’ll want to go read because there is a giveaway. A pretty damn good one, too.
Over at Alphamom I wrote A Dozen (or so) (Somewhat) Shocking Revelations About Motherhood. Come on over and tell me what surprised you the most about becoming a mother.
And now I must drive my other high school son to school since he MISSED THE BUS this morning. And just why did he miss the bus? Because he wanted to wear a certain pair of jeans that were in the dryer and so he stood in front of the dryer, fully dressed except for pants, until the very last second. The very last second being the one where the bus drove past the house. Therefore about five second too long.
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This post was so quietly hilarious that my shoulders shook, silently. I hope your oldest feels better soon and that the others have somehow gotten powerful immunity from whatever he has had.
November 19th, 2010 at 12:17 pmIs this what I have to look forward to?? Ugh.
November 19th, 2010 at 2:53 pmIf it makes you feel any better, I had my tonsils out when I was 19 over my university spring break. Yes, all of my friends were heading to the beaches and I got to get tipsy on morphine. Good times. Not sure how this is supposed to make you feel better really. Um maybe misery loves company?
November 19th, 2010 at 3:14 pmHope you are all on the mend soon and that the germs die a horrible painful death from the Lysol.
I thought I had a few more weeks before I become the Queen of Clorox Wipes, apparently not, as my youngest came home stating four kids in his homeroom are out with some bug,as well as noting a kid upchucked in the cafeteria at lunch - hoping it was just an impromptu critique of the food.
November 19th, 2010 at 3:19 pmIf your family is anything like mine, this bug will land and then trickle through the entire clan, including me and the hubby. I am awaiting our first “whoa, I don’t feel so good”, until then, anything, and I mean anything, that doesn’t move fast enough out of my arm length gets “wiped”.
The vomit. The catching the vomit in your hands. I never would have thought to mention that, and yet I did it a mere two hours ago because I didn’t want to have to actually clean the floor. So much easier to catch the vomit in my hands and then wash them, no? Only there was too much. Overflow, I guess you’d call it. And so I had to bring the mop out.
And yet, it would never have occurred to me to even bring this up. It is such a mundane occurrence.
November 19th, 2010 at 4:06 pmTwo words. Flu. Shots.
November 19th, 2010 at 5:35 pmMy 16-year-old nephew (who is also a football player) is also sick right now! He’s actually been sick off and on all for about 4 weeks now and now finally on some antibiotics. Hope YOUR son feels better soon!
November 19th, 2010 at 10:57 pmHope everyone else stays healthy. We’ve been hit pretty hard with illness around here too. Seems like we just keep passing it around.
November 19th, 2010 at 11:22 pmLove the bus story. This morning son A called to say he missed the bus and forgot his key inside so he waited 15 minutes in 20 degree weather for mom to arrive while son B ( who has no first period) played his Xbox and ignored the ringing phone of his brother begging to be let in!!
November 20th, 2010 at 4:17 amAhhh, the teenage years. All through the highschool years of my 3 kids, I would find their pajamas on the floor in front of the dryer. Part of their morning routine was fluffing up what they were wearing for 10 minutes instead of the 4 minutes of ironing it would have taken. Ironing is for pioneer people apparently. And dirty jeans fluffed in the dryer equals clean.
xoxo, Julia
November 20th, 2010 at 12:28 pmMy son had his tonsils out when he was 8. Before that he would get so sick, and his tonsils would swell till they almost touched each other. After - he stopped getting sick as often and never as badly as he used to. It was all up hill after that so it sounds like absolutely the right decision for your boy. No fun, but usually not that bad at all. My son talked my ear off the whole way home from the hospital!
November 20th, 2010 at 1:28 pmIf you come up with a way to get boys out of the house in time for the school bus please share, my two do this at least once a week.
November 20th, 2010 at 4:25 pmGina–do you live in Illinois? If so, that was my kid urping in the cafeteria garbage can. And he’s fine. Just a gagger. That time anyway.
November 20th, 2010 at 9:37 pmMy 22 year old daughter had her tonsils out last year over her Christmas break from college. And to make it even better her 23rd birthday was on Christmas Eve, so Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year to her!! It was not very fun, especially since she had 3 nasal surgeries at the same time. In the end it was all worth it, though. Good luck to you son.
November 21st, 2010 at 7:47 pmThe picture of your son standing in his skivvies in front of the dryer has me giggling at my desk. Good luck with everyone’s health!
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November 23rd, 2010 at 12:04 amJust wondering if you get the same question with a large family that we get. I have 4 kids so that makes 6 of us and people always say “You guys are always sick”. Every single time I have to explain incubation periods and the illnesses running their courses through 6 different people. By the time our household kicks an illness a new one is arriving with patient Zero! I don’t know why that comment “You guys are always sick” drives me soooooo crazy! (Can you tell we are battling a vicious virus over here
November 23rd, 2010 at 12:08 amhope you guys get (stay) well soon!
November 23rd, 2010 at 7:17 pmhave a wonderful thanksgiving.
My 4 year old daughter had hers out last month! I am not sure if it’s easier the younger you are of the older. All I know is he voice is weird and her brother is still freaked out by the high she was on from the codeine.
November 24th, 2010 at 7:42 amHe’ll probably also have to use a spring break in a year or 2 for wisdom teeth removal!
November 24th, 2010 at 9:39 am