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Oh, dear.

And by “dear,” I mean every imaginable curse a mother can utter. I am digging my way out of 5 days of excessive ejection. The flu swept in to my body for a visit last Sunday and the wench hasn’t seen fit to leave yet.

It’s been a long time since my body was ravaged this way. And the best part was that my husband was away, while my 3 Punks were not. He was at a training a couple of hours away. On the worst day I had to summon him home, but as soon as I was able to sit upright he had to return to work. He was part of a 3 person team that was conducting the training.

And by “sitting up,” I mean prone on the couch instead of passed out on the bathroom floor.

Here’s what I have learned: Keep a Mama’s Sick emergency survival kit available at all times. This kit should be well-hidden from your scavenging offspring and include:

Saltines, ginger ale and ice pops
Mystery toys (shop sales!)
New drawing supplies (washable!)
All-time favorite DVDs (several!) which may only (!) be viewed in times of emergency
Easy food (lots!) preferable an assortment of self-serve items that when combined provide at least one or two vitamins.
A serving of negative guilt, (huge!) because even if your kids consume more media in a week than they usually do in 6 months, they will survive.

I suppose I could go on, but it’s time for a nap. What’s in your Mama’s (Papa’s) Sick kit?

P.S. Go wash your hands. With soap. I’d hate to think you caught my germs.

by Megin Hatch

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