Sick kid and last minute lectures.

Ian has a cough that only comes out at night. An incubus, perhaps? For the past couple of nights, he’s been waking himself coughing or gagging on mucus sliding down his throat . Last night was particularly rough. Today, I gave 3 lectures (4-1/2 hours) with two hours of sleep. I think my eyeballs are shaking.

I also learned today that when your computer scolds you for ripping out a flash drive improperly, it really means it. After I finished my powerpoint lectures at midnight, I was too hasty with my flashdrive withdrawal. Meant that when I stumbled into class today, I couldn’t coast on some slides. The hapless professor.

I sent Ian to school and daycare today. It was a toss up. He hadn’t been coughing much during the day. But the poor kid didn’t sleep at all. But I already used up my mom favor for the week. But he really puked his guts out last night. But it seemed like it was from gagging and not a stomach flu. A more conscientious parent might has help him back. I sent him in and waited for a call.

On my lunch hour, I feverishly tried to reconstruct my powerpoint slides for my policy class and called Steve to see if he got a call from Ian’s school. No, he said, and sounded rather puzzled that I had been so stressed out. I was a bit annoyed that I had to shoulder all the worry. I’ve been trained that worrying is a necessary job that must be done to prevent real disasters from happening. When people stop worrying, that’s when the tornadoes hit and the ground opens up. Worrying is a family responsibility, just like doing the laundry and taking out the garbage. I have to admit that I feel like Steve isn’t doing his fair share here. Don’t even talk to me about compartmentalizing.

After school, I retrieved Ian from daycare, where they said he didn’t eat anything all day, but no bouts with narcolepsy. We picked up Jonah from his aftercare program. Home. Ordered pizza and a salad. Warmed up soup for the poor tired boy. After one sip of chicken soup, Ian sacked out on the sofa. I’m planning on popping out my contacts and reading the blogs for a while.

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