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Friday, February 20, 2009

Note to Self: Lessons I Learned this Week




1. No matter how hard you try to keep a sick kid separate from the healthy ones, they’re all going to get it anyways. Be proactive and get it over with: stick them all in a small room together and load up on the Motrin.
2. The flu shots we all got in October apparently did not apply to the four different strains of flu that we have managed to catch, mutate, and share over the past three weeks.
3. There's nothing that sky-rockets my blood pressure more than taking the temperature of one of my kids and watching it shoot up to over 104 degrees. Except maybe when it happens the next day to a different kid and it hits 105!
4. My pediatrician's office doesn't do any "4-for-the-price-of-1" co-pay discounts.
5. A trip to the zoo doesn’t “count” if you don’t get to see the elephants. You will be reminded every day that you have to go back. Your children will actually feel cheated that they "smelled elephant poop" but didn't get to see the giants themselves.



6. The best way to make telemarketers stop calling is to put Sydney on the line, who will not only talk the poor salesperson to death, but will also start to sing her "gospel" songs that she's made up. (Unbeknownst to me, she answered the phone while I was cleaning up vomit and she had a grand conversation where she learned that "Miss Jennifer has 2 cats named Snickers and Cookie and she's allergic to peanut butter and she doesn't have any kids to play with and no husband or daddy either." We haven't heard from Jennifer again.)
7. It is actually possible (but not recommended) to bathe your new puppy more than you bathe your children.
8. If you leave a marker within arm’s reach while your 3 year-old is holding the puppy, you will soon have a blue puppy. (Despite Bailey's protests that she was just trying to “make a picture of the puppy’s handprints.”)
9. If you get nauseous to the point of nearly throwing up when your 13 year old is sitting on stage for a piano competition, then you probably won’t make a very good “stage mother.” Encourage him to pursue other interests that won’t require you to get a prescription for Xanax.

(In other words: we went to the zoo on Monday, everybody was running fevers or had been diagnosed with strep throat later in the week, and Carter had his big piano competition on Friday. Busy, exhausting week! But congrats to Carter who earned a "Superior" rating in both his solo performance and his concerto. Now, if only he'd quit while he is ahead so I don't have to sit in nervous agony before his performances ever again!)


5 comments:

Erin Teplin said...

This just made my day! Thanks for the laugh Kelly! What a week you've all had. I surely hope everyone is back to being healthy. PS...my childern adore your puppy! He is sooo cute.
Hugs to you all
Erin

Sarah said...

Strep? LUCKY! We're just passing around random viruses that linger and linger. I want medicine. And I want it now!!!

Julie K said...

Oh. Sounds like you were "paying it forward" for the cruise. Bless your heart! You've had a busy week.

I feel cheated when I DO smell the elephant poop. My children became disenchanted with the elephants the day they watched them pee...and pee.... and pee. Pretty horrifying

kelly said...

kel, you poor thing, it just stinks to be sick and to be so sick you are worried! congrats to carter, why are you so nervous?! i have been dying to know how the puppy thing is going? text me! get well to everyone!! love ya!

Casey Gentle said...

So I keep checking your blog to see if you've put up any great pictures from your cruise. Just wondering! :) Hope you update soon. But of course I love the picture of the girls in the wagon...in birth order! :)