"Head...Shoulders...Knees and...SOCKS!"

I'm home today with a sick Beatle Bug.  After we got up, made breakfast and lunch, got all the bags packed for school and work, I realized that the boy was feeling warm.  He had a slight cough - mostly coughing up some junk resulting from a stuffy nose.  So after wrestling with two thermometers and getting a normal reading, I still had an uneasy feeling as we were bundling up in coats to brave the super cold windy weather outside.  (As I type, we have a windchill of 2 degrees Fahrenheit).  I convinced him to let me take his temp one more time, and sure enough, once I got the cover on right, it was in the mid-99s.  Enough that he felt a little run down and that I knew the daycare center would call to pick him up if I sent him in.  (Of course as soon as I told him he was staying home, he seemed to perk up.)

Since we were already bundled up, we headed downtown to my office so I could pick up some homework. I asked him in the car if he was going to be my helper monkey, and got an emphatic "Yes!".  He entertained my colleagues with a lovely rendition of the Beatles "Daytripper" using one of my crutches as a guitar.  One of them asked if he was being my helper monkey - that was an odd coincidence.  Then we HAD to go to Target, as per his request, because according to him "Target is where you buy the orange juice that I need."  Came home, and jumped right back into bed to watch DVDs. 

As I was telling Shiny (and this is something we say quite often), Av is so disgustingly cute.  Even when sick.  He is curled up in our bed, hoodie still on, under the covers, propped up with pillows, holding his favorite stuffed dog, three teddy bears, a monkey, his favorite blankie, Thomas, Annie, & Clarabel, and Ownie cat, watching DVDs.  So tired that it took 1-1/2 hours to finish his lunch.  Can I just say how much I love these new Triaminic cough & cold thin strips?  Although it did feel like I was giving my kid some X or putting an acid tab on his tongue, it was super easy to give him and he didn't mind at all!  Love it.

Hopefully he'll be fine to go to school tomorrow.  If not, Shiny and I already have a plan.  I of course, have been taking advantage of the down time to not get my work done, but at least I'm warm and cozy too and not on my feet.