Now I must say, this stomach flu has also been very accommodating to me. My stats exam was Thursday afternoon and Wednesday night my son woke to tell me his tummy hurt. In all my compassionate motherliness I put him back to bed and in my head I begged the stomach bug to hold off until after my exam. He woke up in a grump Thursday morning but there was no sign of fever and no vomit, so I could take him to the sitter and write my exam.
After my exam was done, I picked him up from the sitter and he puked all over his car seat. Thank you stomach bug for holding off long enough for me to finish that exam.
But now I have my Social Policy exam tomorrow and two nights of restless sleep, puke and poop has left me feeling a little worn. This morning my three year old is bouncing around and eating like last night was just my nightmare. I hesitate to celebrate his health because now I need to manage the "after illness" giddy. For those who may not have experienced this, it is that silly energy that children get after they have had you up all night with their fever, vomiting and restlessness. They seem unaffected in the morning and you are on your fifth cup of coffee wondering who was the sick one. Sometimes the giddy is just a prelude to further vomiting, sometimes it is an indication that the illness is finished, for me it is still too early to tell.
I just hope that Plato and Aristotle will excuse my inability to fully absorb their philosophies today and then again, if not today than when? I guess I better hit the books before my morning energy turns into the afternoon drain. It takes me awhile to comprehend what these early political thinkers were theorizing on a good day, let alone a morning after puke day.
Off to hit the books.
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