Here's just a bit about me that everyone should know....I HATE WINTER!!!!!! I despise being any sort of cold...I don't like being all bundled up...I don't like bundling up my kids...and most of all...I hate when anyone I love gets sick :( It just kind of throws my world a little off. Well, since its October, and the weather has started to change..a little...someone needed to get sick. Bless her little heart, my oldest started this wonderful round. "My tummy hurts" followed by "my throat hurts" or as my 4 year old says, "my neck hurts" :) This then goes to a horrendous perpetual cough that lasts until about.....March. I don't want to be that mom that worries about every little cough/ache/pain, but I also don't want to be that mom that always say "it's just allergies" when the kid is vomiting :) So, erring on the side of caution, I caved and took them all to the doctor, knowing full well I should have just thrown $100 into the wind. Just dumb viruses. That's all....viruses. Well....let me just tell you what I think of those viruses...and why on Earth they can't just leave me alone. Oh, well. A couple doses of steroids and a few days and they will be back to normal...whatever that is. I did ask the doc point blank, "can I take them back to school?" No fevers...absolutely. Ok...now I am THAT mom. The one who took her seal-of-a-child back to school. I told everyone who would listen the doctor told me it was ok to bring her back...then the poor little thing would cough. Oh dear...that cough. It's like this horrid bark that comes from the depths of gut. Eww. Once they heard her cough, I am pretty sure they looked at me like I was a compulsive liar. Hey...the doctor said it was ok :) That's my story and I am sticking to it! And I am guaranteed this wont be the last round of the season...I can only hope. But until March, I will walk around with my armor on....Germ-X. Don't leave home without it. And I will continue to lecture my kids about not touching eyes/nose/mouth, and washing their hands before they eat anything...blah, blah, blah....
I will say this for Winter, it can put on some beautiful displays of nature. The snow and ice are so magnificent to look at. But can we just keep it at that...looking???? I don't actually want to go anywhere when I see that, I just want to stay inside....out of the wind and any danger that awaits me once I step on the porch...and that's usually where I fall. But no...the world must go on..poo. And now, wonderful Winter is nearly upon us. And we will be forced to ask the question 6 million times..."is it Spring yet?" In my opinion, that's the best part of Winter....when it's over, and Spring comes. Ahhhhhh.....(that's my long sigh of relief.) That's the only thing that gets me through every Winter...knowing that it will soon come to an end. And the new beginnings of Spring will get here, which will make way for my ultimate season...SUMMER!!!!!! I just get warm fuzzies thinking about it...laying poolside...enjoying picnics....the Fourth of July...YAY!!!!! Darn you Winter.....can't we just skip you? Oh, well...back to reality, and the viruses that loom. Along with sub-zero temps, ice storms that cause us to slide our cars into things, and (I will go ahead and be nice), the beauty and peace that comes from the appearance of freshly fallen snow. You'd think I would get used to it, it comes every year....here's to Winter....looking forward to the end of it :)
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