I Have Decided....

"I'm gonna live like a believer, turn my back on the deceiver...."

Yeah. No. That's not where I am going. Although that old school Amy Grant song HAS entered my mind several times as I have been lying in bed over the past couple of days, sick as a dog. Maybe it was Divine intervention that it WAS playing in my mind...to somehow pull me out of my negative funk.

But what I REALLY have been thinking about is something very different.

"I Have Decided..." Just a few things that come to your mind as a Mom when you are sick and watching your house go to Hell in a handbasket:

1. Your husband, partner, significant other, whatever....may TELL you that they can handle everything, but they can't. Things will slip through the cracks.

2. No laundry, not a sock, will get done for the duration of your illness.

3. You won't have full groceries until you are well. There will be quick trips for 7-up and chicken noodle soup. Your "other" won't think to go ahead and pick up milk. His mind is on what you need. And you don't need milk.

4. Its hard to be home with kids who are out of school when you are sick. See the next epiphany...

5. Your children really don't care that you are sick.

6. Everyone does not recognize the value of NOT procrastinating and therefore may not clean out folders until the morning....as the kids are running out the door.

7. Kids (at least my kids) really are more unruly when left to too many decisions to make in the morning. Hence, the laying out of clothes early.

8. Hearing chaos and bickering is not conducive to rest, even when the door is shut.

9. You can look a little psycho when flinging said door open to shout (more chaos!)at everyone to stop yelling!

10. Yelling at yellers is counterproductive.

11. Nothing really bad happens when kids wear their socks two days in a row because no one made sure they changed them.

12. Teachers are pretty understanding and probably won't fail your child if something is forgotten while you are sick!

13. No one (that I am aware of) has ever died from forgetting gloves, not brushing their teeth ONE night, having Pepsi for lunch because you are out of milk, or any other minor infractions that I place entirely too much importance on.

14. All of this seems really silly to complain that someone doesn't do something "right" just because its not done your way.

15. It doesn't matter how much you love someone, you still aren't going to do things exactly the same.

16. My blog about how bad everything has gone is suddenly making me feel very guilty.

17. My hubby loves our kids and tries his best. Even if I think he should be finding shoes and jackets the night before instead of facebooking. Keyword.."think"...that's my opinion. He has his own opinions...

18. I'm grateful I have two kids who love me and a hubby who wants me well. Even if part of the reason is to take back some of the things I always do!

So let me check my swollen tonsils once again for craters you can swim in....take another couple of ibuprofen....take my temp and pray to see anything less than 102... and suck it up. There's laundry to do and it ain't getting done on its own! Ha!

Everyone wash their hands and have a glass of OJ!