Yesterday I was sick. Although my husband is amazing and let me sleep in, (when you are a mom of three 8:00 is sleeping in) I still had to deal with the kids to the best of my ability for the rest of the day.
Looking around at all the junk food and unwashed masses, I couldn’t help but think that this felt vaguely familiar. Then it hit me…
When the mom in a family is sick, it is pretty much exactly the same as living in a college frat house.
Hear me out.
1. The food- Forget well-balanced meals or vegetables of any kind, for that matter. Tuesdays are $1.99 Happy Meal days at our McDonald’s and we took full advantage on the way home from school pick-up.
2. My husband may have showered yesterday, but I know for a fact that the kids and I were greasy little monkeys.
3. Much like a frat house, the sheets are gross.
4. I backed out of all my appointments like a college kid skipping class.
5. When you are a college boy who passes out this is what happens: (Sorry Chris. That’s my husband in the middle proud of his handy work on one of his roommates.)
When you are a mom, if you fall asleep for 2 minutes this is what happens (if you are lucky. It could be a lot worse.)
See? It’s basically the same thing.
Except you are expected to do it sober.
I love this, Stephanie. We’ve been sick too and I feel like we’re living in a pit. Sorry for your mess and sickness, but I’m glad to know I’m not the only one feeling this way!
sorry you are sick too. We were lucky that ours appears to just be a 24 hour bug. Good luck, mamma!
Wait . . .moms are allowed to get sick? Doesn’t happen in this house. I have to be on my deathbed before I can chill in bed. And when I do, yeah, total frat house.
Nope. No chilling in bed around here either. Somehow we still have to function and go to school pick up and feed other people and take kids to the potty every three seconds.
This sounds so familiar!
This sounds so familiar! You described it perfectly!
Ah, the good ol’ days! My kids are grown now, so if I get sick….well, I’m just sick! Funny though, my daughter and I bought a house together last year. A couple of weeks ago, she was sick. In bed sick. All of a sudden she calls me into her room in a panic…”I threw up and don’t know what to to!” Somehow, it felt good to be needed again!