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[rivka]

Right now I'm supposed to be on my first date with wcg in, oh, more than a year. We should be finishing up a delicious and leisurely dinner at the Helmand - I probably would have ordered the korma mahi, which is what I always get: sea bass stewed in ginger with sun-dried baby grapes, mint, tomatoes and red potatoes. We might be trying to decide whether there was time for Afghan ice cream (with dates, figs, mango, and coriander) or whether we ought to head up to the theater and grab seats for the play.

Instead, I am at home with a sick baby and a sick husband. Michael came home early from gaming last night, grey-faced and vomiting. We figured it was food poisoning until Alex developed diarrhea today. Now I suspect that a stomach virus is working its way through the family, and so I have developed an addictive, and hopefully preventative, attachment to hand sanitizer.

Michael, at least, is on the mend and keeping fluids down. But he's still dehydrated. He wasn't even feeling well enough to watch Alex for ten minutes while I ran to the drugstore for Pedialyte and lactose-free formula, so I had to stuff the sick baby into her snowsuit and haul her along. In the rain. She's been clingy and whiny all day, but doesn't seem as sick as she was with the last episode, before Thanksgiving. I've decided to take her completely off formula for 24 hours and then use the lactose-free stuff for a couple of days, and hope that that will give her sad little gut the rest that it needs.

The theater wouldn't let me trade our tickets in for another date, so Bill is going to go by himself. In a few minutes I'm going to go downstairs and tackle the dirty dishes and bottles that have been piling up all day, not to mention the heaps of toys strewn over every inch of the living room.

I'm well aware that, of the members of my family, I am currently the best off. But somehow that knowledge isn't enough to keep me from feeling sorry for myself tonight.

Comments

[redbird]

I'd say you're well entitled to feel sorry for yourself. Take care of yourself. Hand sanitizer is good, as is tea.

[geminigirl]

And you are perfectly right to feel sorry for yourself. I hope that you escape without the virus and that you and Bill can find time to enjoy each others company soon.

*hugs*

[going-not-gone.livejournal.com]

I feel sorry for you too, because you should be having a lovely evening, and instead you're having a rotten one.

*hugs*

I hope you escape the virus, at least.

[kalmn.livejournal.com]

oh! poor you! i am not kidding! i feel very sorry for you. man! life is not fair!

*virtual and therefore germ free in both directions hug*

[nex0s.livejournal.com]

of course you get to feel sorry for yourself. this virus is slaying not only your family, but your night out too :(

i'm so sorry :(

i hope everyone gets well ASAP, and that you and Bill can have an excellent date soon.

n.

[eeyorerin]

I think you are very much entitled to feel sorry for yourself. I hope everyone makes a speedy recovery and you get that lovely date as soon as possible.

[pameladean]

I'm so sorry; I'd find that a crushing disappointment.

I hope everybody gets well very soon. Half my Friendslist seems to be down with some version of that icky virus. It's sure my least favorite way of suffering a minor illness.

P.

[ailbhe]

Having a sick baby is more than enough reason to feel sorry for yourself. Having a sick adult to care for too makes it worse. That you're doing this instead of having a really good time sucks.

Just because they've broken a leg doesn't mean you *haven't* broken your toe. And it doesn't stop the toe from hurting, neither.

A.
Who has just recovered from a few days of sick husband and slightly ill baby. Ugh.

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Having a sick baby is more than enough reason to feel sorry for yourself. Having a sick adult to care for too makes it worse. That you're doing this instead of having a really good time sucks.

Yep. All this. And more.

Supportive *hugs* if you want them.

[janetmiles.livejournal.com]

Aigh. Yeah, that virus appears to be making its way through my office.

I hope Alex and Michael feel better soon, I hope you don't get the bug, and I hope you and Bill are able to reschedule.

[tiger-spot.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. Yes, I think feeling sorry is definitely justified.

I hope you avoid the disease, and that Alex and Michael feel better just as soon as possible.

[chomology.livejournal.com]

Aww mama, I'm sorry your evening didn't work out as planned. Hope you get to make up for it soon, and a quick recovery to Michael and Alex.

[roadnotes.livejournal.com]

Man, that sucks.

[therealjae.livejournal.com]

So not fair! I hope you don't get sick after all this, too, to boot.

-J

[minnaleigh.livejournal.com]

That well and truly sucks.

[hobbitbabe.livejournal.com]

What a drag! I feel sorry for you too! I hope things look up soon.

[ckd]

Just because it sucks to be in their shoes right now doesn't mean it doesn't also suck to be in your shoes right now. Take care of yourself, and you have my best wishes that those suffering get well soon and that nobody else gets it.

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

I'd say those are all good reasons for feeling soggy and hard to light.

Be good to yourself, hey? Allow yourself to wallow in it for a bit if it helps (it sometimes does me -- I get chocolate and a duvet and The Princess Bride and just _wallow_ for an hour or so).

[wcg.livejournal.com]

For what little it's worth, I got you a program. I'll tell you about the play next time I see you. Missed having you there.

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Speaking as somebody who has just spent two days glued to my bathroom, I can sympathise with husband and baby. :-p

But also speaking as somebody who had to cancel out on everything I was planning on doing this weekend, I can definitely sympathise with you.

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

I think you have a perfect right to feel a bit sorry for yourself... it's a shame that this couldn't have worked out for you somehow.

I hope you can trade in this "responsible adult" points for something nice, someday soon.