Sick Days Are Over

As miserable as I was the last couple of days, I enjoyed having an excuse to take some time off from work, from mommy duties, from cooking and cleaning.

While my husband and son were at work and daycare on Thursday afternoon and all day Friday, I watched movies. It was an eclectic assortment of entertainment too -- "Pride & Prejudice," "The Breakfast Club," "Jennifer's Body" and "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince."

True, from home I did send out several e-mails asking some of my sources to answer questions via e-mail, since I couldn't talk on the phone for more than a minute without coughing for 20 minutes straight. And, I checked my work e-mail account every hour or so in case anyone had any questions for me. But, I didn't do any writing or make any phone calls, because I felt the least bad when I was lying down.

Fortunately, I have the kind of husband who pitches in without being asked. On Thursday night, he picked up a pizza for dinner. On Friday, he cooked veggie burgers. Last night, he made pasta. Feeling better than I have in days, especially after my husband took our 3-year-old son to play at a park at the beach, I made chicken stir-fry and fried rice tonight.

The biggest help my husband provided was keeping our son entertained when all I wanted was to lie down and taking over story time at night when I was unable to read more than a page out loud without coughing continuously.

Tonight I'm tired again, but not so much from being sick. Instead, I'm tired, because I played with my son and picked up around the house. Yep, my sick days are over and it's back to work for mommy.