You'd Think We'd Already Know This Lesson
Last week, it was my turn to host play date. My best friend was the first to arrive, and we spent some time hanging out in the kitchen while casually listening for sounds of bodily harm from the kids playing upstairs. My friend, Emily, made a comment about how lucky we were that our kids hadn't gone through any of the recurrent ear infection/colds/drama that some of our other friends' kids had. She muttered something about it being nice to have such healthy kids, and I chimed in with a remark about how Caroline hadn't even had one ear infection.
You could write the rest of this yourself, couldn't you.
Em's youngest (well, youngest for another week or two) went to a birthday party on Saturday and broke his arm in an accidental dogpile over a bouncy ball. Then, Wednesday, I took my normally gleeful Caroline to the doctor's office because she was merely cheerful and eating less. Double ear infection.
After I told Todd this story, he cast his eyes upward and loudly proclaimed, "Man, it's great being broke and poor!"
Alas, I don't believe it works like that.
My 3.5-year-old didn't have an ear infection until he was, uh, 3.2 years old. When he did, it was a spectacular double infection that resisted all treatment for a month and that we feared would damage his hearing (a month of WHAT? WHAT? gives one plenty of time to contemplate the possibilities). He's fine now and so are his ears, but it was a good reminder not to be smug about ANYTHING. Fun, isn't it?
Posted by: mercybuttercup | May 03, 2008 at 08:34 AM
LOL, let me know if the loving being broke and poor works! Lord knows every time I even think we've had a healthy streak someone gets sick. It's nice to know it's not just here!
Posted by: Melissa | May 03, 2008 at 11:37 AM
C'mon girl! With all he broke-ass mom bloggers out there getting paid blogging jobs left and right, can't we get you one? I mean hot damn if yo u aren't one of the more talented writers out there - (I have you and cecily as my top 2!) There has to be a job out there writing. I mean I know you are busy but I would be willing to subscribe to a parenting website just to read stuff you write and earn you extra bucks. I hate seeing you have to give you up your beautiful home for chickens! Hey, I know citymama was just looking for bloggers....Let's look into that!
Posted by: The Aitch | May 04, 2008 at 12:39 AM
Ugh... Hope she is feeling better by now and is back to gleeful.
Posted by: JuliaKB | May 04, 2008 at 07:37 PM
Oh, and if your life was a sitcom, there definitely would be a laughtrack behind Todd's line, followed by winning a lottery or getting hired for a very lucrative job. Yeah, unfortunately it doesn't seem to work like that.
Posted by: JuliaKB | May 04, 2008 at 07:39 PM
OK, so maybe it doesn't work that way, but I give Todd points for at least putting in the request.
Posted by: Jennifer | May 05, 2008 at 09:55 AM