Change in Plans

One thing I learned after becoming a parent is that plans can change in an instant with a change in health of your kids. Case in point, today we were planning to get together with Gwen and have breakfast then go into the Natural History Museum and look at the dinosaurs and possibly go to the central part zoo or half a dozen other things we could do while in the city. However when I came downstairs I found Caroline with a very stuffy nose, coughing, sneezing, and looking very glassy eyed. She is a little warm but nothing terrible. She complained that she hurt all over and it was hard to swallow. Caroline is pretty body aware so if she makes these sorts of complaints, then she is feeling it pretty bad. Right now she is bundled up on the couch with her pink blankie under her head just vegging out.

I am feeling much better than I did a couple of days ago so I am on the mend but it is taking forever to get over whatever this was. I don’t feel like my head is full of cotton wool. I just know that I have to be careful so I don’t end up right back at sick again. Sick on top of jet lag just sucks.

So my day is restructuring around my daughter’s needs at this point which is fine. Her health is important.

I am grateful that she is not running a fever.