The Irony: Last week, I was thinking to myself, “I need to take the kids in for their flu shots.” It had been on my to-do list since earlier in the fall, along with a lot of other items. But I put it off (like most of the other items on my to-do list), and made a mental note to schedule them over Christmas break.
The Reality: Bobo came home from school sick yesterday. It appeared that she had the beginnings of the flu.
The Irony: Yesterday while the kids were at school, one of the things I did check off my to-do list was changing their beds. I finally got around to stripping off and washing the sheets, pillows and comforters from both of their rooms. And as I put the freshly laundered linens back on their beds, I marveled at the warm-from-the-dryer sheets, the smell of Mountain Breeze Tide, and my own domestic goddess-ness.
The Reality: Today, as I washed Bobo’s sheets, pillow and comforter again (plus a load of towels that were used the night before), the sparkly domestic goddess feeling was gone. You’d think since doing laundry two days in a row is such a rare thing around these parts, I’d feel rather accomplished. But I suppose washing vomit from sheets tends to take the warm and fuzzy feelings out of domesticity.
The Irony: As I was changing Bobo’s sheets yesterday, I noticed she didn’t have a pee protector on her mattress. I made a mental note that I should probably buy one. But I wasn’t too worried. After all, she’s 5. She doesn’t have accidents in bed! Sheesh!
The Reality: As I attempted to scrub chunks off the mattress today, it occurred to me that I should have bought a damn pee protector yesterday. Because they’re not just for pee, people. Sheesh!
The Irony: A few months ago, we bought Bobo a bunk bed.
The Reality: She was sleeping on the bottom bunk yesterday. And lo, we finally come to the silver lining of this story.
Because the thing I’d surely dislike more than changing vomit sheets? Would be changing vomit sheets times two.
Cascading Vomit. Sounds like a Goth band! I have mattress protectors and Man, do they make you sweat! Still, it beats working out pee (and puke) from accidental discharge.
I’m so glad we bought stacking bunk beds….although I’m not unsure they’ll ever be set up as bunk beds.
Oh no!!!
Poor babe and Momma.
Funny story about bunkbeds…
Me and my sister used to share one. One day she ate ketchup chips (in Canada that’s a popular flavour) and she got sick. She lurched over the siderail and vommed all over me which in turn made me vomit.
My mom loved us that day.
I however, will never eat ketchup chips again.
You rock. As always.
It must be Murphy’s Law that the undone to-do list will bite you in the butt. Because of this superstition, I’ve started writing things that I’ve already done on my list and then crossing them off.
Oh, the barf…like a merit badge you don’t want to earn. Hope it didn’t last long…