I’m getting that dreaded winter cold that’s going around. Inevitably this always seems to come the week before finals. Why this is happening? I don’t really know. The only conclusion I have been able to come up with is that the universe is combining against me to make finals week as miserable as possible! In all seriousness though, having a cold while trying to take care of a four year old on your own is a pretty tough job in and of itself, with or without finals.
Poor Logan has been suffering from the same cold for several weeks now. It was a miracle I didn’t catch it until now. The only nice thing about us both being sick at the same time is that he actually likes to cuddle with Mommy, however, even when he’s sick this doesn’t last long. He still seems to have an abundance of energy oozing out of him, which is hard to keep up with when I’m well, let alone when I’m not.
As a single mom we don’t have the luxury of handing off the kids when we are sick. Instead, we get to push through it and try to smile our prettiest while our kids are throwing temper tantrums that make us want to pull our hair out. Oh the joys of motherhood!
I think it should be a rule that as soon as you become a mother you never get sick again. It seems only fair that if you’re expected to take care of these little ones you get to do it healthy. If only a mother ruled the world! In the meantime, I am going to chuck myself full of Vitamin C and orange juice and hope that we can say goodbye to this cold at least until next semester’s finals!