Originally Posted January 17, 2009
Yesterday I left work sick. My throat had started hurting and I was very achy and decided that I could be miserable at home instead of at work...that is why we have sick leave. =) So, I left work, went to Wal-Mart to get some medicine, came home and put on my pajamas. My ex-mother in law dropped JD off when he got out of school. Which, was very nice because I didn't have to leave to go get him. I took some liquid Tylenol medicine, drank a large coffee cup of hot water, lemon, and honey and proceeded to fall asleep on the couch.
Needless to say, JD pretty much had a free for all night. He got to eat frozen pizza, play Nintendo for hours, and sleep on the couch. For a kid, that is a great time. I was hurting for real by 8, so I went and got in the bed. Now, if y'all didn't know, I keep my house at about 65-67 degrees all the time. JD wears winter pj's in the summer. In the summer, the power company loves me...in the winter, not so much. Well, last night, I had my heat turned up to 75, my long sleeve, long pant pj's on, and my heating pad plugged in. Oh yeah....nice. JD was in his underwear...once again, thinking that was cool. =) I slept off and on and at midnight wake up to hear the tv still on in the living room. I didn't even have the energy to do anything about it. I woke up about 1 and it was off, so he was asleep by then. I woke up for good about 5:00. I laid in bed until 6:15 when my best friend called to check on me. She is a nurse and was on her way to work. JD gets up and is back to his Nintendo marathon.
Anyways, JD was going back to his dad's this morning, so I told him he needed to go get a shower. No joke...my kid looks at me and says "I have the freedom to stink...I'm pretty certain it is on of the amendments." Huh? I just started laughing. This is the kid who takes showers longer than a teenage girl. He was just being funny. I told him I think he was mistaken and he says "Have you read all the amendments to the Constitution? I pretty certain it is around #100." I responded back with "I'm pretty certain the only freedom you get is what your mom gives you, so you better amend yourself to the shower." He laughed and agreed that in this house, mom is the law. Man, I love being a mom. Someone on this planet has to listen to me! Ah, the power. hehehehehe
I still pretty much feel like crap, but maybe a tad less like crap than last night. I've taken up residence on the couch with my diet ginger ale, Tylenol, and cough drops.
