So, we're sick.
If I had a $1 for every time I started a blog post with that, I would be a wealthy woman. About four weeks ago, I had a cold for a few days. Jamie caught it from me and has battled it ever since.
The kicker was when he went to Oregon last weekend for (what else) a pumpkin weigh-off. The day he flew home, I cooked, I cleaned, I doted on his children. I was the ultimate 1950s housewife waiting to greet him wearing a frilly apron and with a feather duster in hand.
OK, more like a fleece pullover and iPhone. We ARE in 2009.
What did Jamie bring me?
Pneumonia.
Yes, my friends he has pneumonia. He went to the doctor yesterday and he paid the hospital a visit today to get some X-rays because his condition had worsened.
Here's the great thing about working for yourself: unlimited days off when you're sick.
Here's the bad thing: you don't get paid.
Not even 5 minutes after he left for the hospital, a reporter from Channel 4 who interviewed me last week called to see if I could do a last-minute interview about how the FTC's new ruling impacts bloggers.
I had only a very surface knowledge of that 81-page ruling.
My house was a mess. Bode was poopy. After straightening everything and everyone up, I literally had 5 minutes to become an expert on it.
All I can say is good thing it wasn't live TV. Editing is a beautiful thing.
Oh, and they did a teaser for my segment on a commercial break DURING OPRAH.
It may be the the closet I'll ever come to her.
So, poor Jamie is currently passed out upstairs, Bode has a runny nose and Hadley and I are both battling sore throats.
At least it isn't lice, right?
So, here's my question: are you a suffer-in-silence type or do you need someone babying you the entire time? Jamie and I are a bit of both. We check to see if the other is alive and leave 'em alone to wallow in their misery!
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
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I feel your misery. I'm sick. The kids are sick. The mr is well and off at work while I'm left to work (no pay for sick days) and cook and clean and mother the children. Good times.
Hope you are all better soon.
And what's the FTC's new ruling? I'm clueless as to what's going on.
And congrats on being on Oprah. Well.. a commercial. Practically the same thing!
I was offline all day and missed your Near Oprah Experience.
When I'm sick, just leave me alone. Heck I ask my family to do that even when I'm well.
No more bugs for you! Got it?
Sorry about the pneumonia--hope Jamie feels better soon.
When I'm sick, I don't want anyone around. (Something Allan learned when we were on our honeymoon--not the best time to get sick ; (
Keep us posted with the FTC thing.
(((hugs)))) get better soon.
Rosey
I want to be left alone but that rarely happens with little kids around.
Thanks guys. All four of us are sick so are pretty miserable! The link to the FTC thing:
http://www.milehighmamas.com/2009/10/05/what-does-the-ftcs-new-ruling-mean-for-bloggers/
I am in a house full of sick people too. I guess I am more of a suffer in silence type. Actually, I am the type that pretends I am not sick and keeps going 100 miles an hour.
Hope you all feel better soon.:)
You were awesome on the news segment. You looked like you knew EXACTLY what you were talking about. You looked great, so did the house. I'm so glad I got to see it!
Also, Brian and I are like you and Jamie. A little bit of coddling, and then a lot of wallowing alone. And one or the other of us has been sick for the last several weeks, so I feel your pain. Sorta. No one has pneumonia, thank goodness. Pneumonia sucks. I hope everyone gets well FAST! Ick!
Well.... I am the suffer-in-silence type, but Paulo need someone(me)to baby him.
He was REALLY sick when I went to France and thank GOD I have a good maid that cooked, cleaned and check upon him. Even my father (who was in town on a business trip) got to my house unannounced to check upon him.
So, you get the picture.
I hope you feel better soon.
Fabiola
Thanks for your comments everyone. I was SUCH a deadbeat mom; barely got out of bed yesterday. Fortunately, the kids were easily entertained by TV, Wii and movies. Don't know what they did in the olden days when mama was sick!
Oh, no! I hope you all have a swift recovery.
I am just tickled by a halfway across the country trip for a pumpkin weigh-off. So much more interesting than a regular old business trip or trip to see the folks.
I'm so sorry. That is so lousy...uh, I didn't mean that as a reference to your former battle with head lice..
I like everyone to know how sick I am and feel really sorry for me, in hopes that I will get a huge nap.
When I'm sick, not only do I not suffer in silence, but I loudly expect to be taken care of. (Pampered, really.)
When my hubby is sick, he usually suffers in silence until he cannot suffer in silence a moment longer. And THEN he wants to be taken care of.
So it all works out in the end.
i saw your interview and you did a great job.
i would rather be sick than have one or more of my children be sick. i hate watching them be in any kind of misery. i pretty well suffer in silence.
hope you all feel better real soon.
You poor thing! We've been sick too. Not with pneumonia, but I sure did feel like I just wanted to die one night. I hope you feel better! And congrats on being promoted during Oprah! Seriously, whoa!
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