Afraid of the H1N1?
Not me.
No, I’m afraid of—my grandkids!
TWO DAYS AGO
Felt great!
After making my coffee, I entered my office, the aroma wafting from my cup waking up my senses. I took a sip, sat down and turned on my laptop. Blue lights flickered, the hard drive hummed, and like magic, the desktop came alive. I clicked on my Internet New Age radio station and felt transported as Enya’s song, Wild Child streamed through the air.
Sitting back in my chair, I sipped my brew again and opened my manuscript, How Em Found Her Cha Cha, excited to make the changes my critique partner had suggested.
I planned to work until 10:00, then switch to the screenplay I’ve been working on. Plenty of time before my 3:00 appointment.
Ringtone Ringtone Ringtone
“Hello?”
“Mom!”
“Hi sweetie, what’s the . . .
“The kids are sick.”
“Oh, no . . .
“I think one’s got the croup.”
“Cripes, is that still around?”
“Yeah. Half her class is out with it.”
“And the . . .
“The other’s got a fever. Not sure what it’s going to wind up being.”
“And the baby?
“Diarrhea.”
“Yeesh!”
“Can you watch them?”
“Today?”
“Yeah today. I just said they’re sick.”
“But I . . .
“Mom please! I’ve got to prepare for a big case in court tomorrow.
“Well I . . .
“Please mom? I really need your help.”
“OK, sure, I guess I can uh, I mean I’ll just reschedule, sure, yeah, OK, I can . . .
TODAY
Felt like crap!
Cough! Chills!
Ugh! I can’t get up out of . . .
OH YES I CAN!
I blasted out of bed into the bathroom!
FLUSH
Falling back in bed, I recalled last year’s cold and flu season.
And how many different bugs my grandkids got.
And how many times I watched them.
And how—NO GOOD GRANDMA DEED EVER GOES UNPUNISHED!
6 comments:
Hope you feel better soon! I have (so far, touch mahogany!) avoided any major breakdown this season. I feel somewhat protected since I work from home (no grandkids) but I am going to be travelling a fair amount over the next few months, so who knows? Keeping my echinacea and zinc tablets close and other people at a safe distance....Patrice
Thanks, I'm warding off whatever bug I'm coming down with by taking Vitamin C, garlic, and Grape Seed extract. Plus Cold-eze for the zinc, and Aleve Cold and Sinus for the symptoms. We'll see...
Oh, you poor woman! I hope it's not croup! Take care of yourself, okay?
Oh no. I hope you're feeling better soon! I did like your last line about "no good grandma deed..." Good one!!
Oh, no! They got you good. :)
Hope you feel better soon!
Thanks, I am. and thanks all the herbal supplements did what they're supposed to do. :)
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