Sick Days Already?????

So yesterday I had done the whole private talk with myself, you know the one that goes something like this, "Okay Jessica, you have a lot to do today and we are NOT going to play on facebook and myspace all day, we are going to really get in and get our work done. It really doesn't matter that someone is gloomy because of the rain or that so and so likes your new pictures, you have GOT to get your work all caught up and done!" So I was actually working away and doing very well I might add getting all of my work caught up. That's when the phone rang!
It was Denine at school and Alex was in the office, sore throat, headache, and a sort of upset tummy. Okay fine, he has sinus issues and with a little tylenol, he'll be back up to par in no time. I went up there and there he sat weeping. He really did look sick and so I took him home, gave him medicine, tucked him in with the best fluffy blanket we own and went back to work leaving him and Michael to comfort each other since Michael had worked the night before and was asleep on the other couch. So as I am headed out the door, the phone rings again.
"Hello again, Mrs. Webb. This is Denine and Avery is in the office complaining of a headache and I know you have tylenol here but I didn't know if by chance she'd had any this morning. So I told her to go ahead and give her some and tell her to wait it out until after lunch. This was at 10:15. So yes two hours after school started, my kids are calling the house.
About lunch time, I head home to check on the boys and get Alex some soup and realize that he probably could rest really well with the help of Nyquil. So I head to the store to pick some up and while I am checking out, Michael calls. He says, "hey where you at?" I tell him I am at the store and you are NOT going to believe what comes next.."okay well Denine just called from the school and Abby Jo is crying because she has a headache, sore throat, tummy ache, and is having trouble breathing. So before you come home, you might stop by and give her some of whatever you have bought for Alex." Now some of you know this and some of you don't but Abby Jo has been blessed with asthma. We are able to keep it relatively under control but when the weather goes crazy like it has been lately, it's all we can do to keep her out of the hospital. So I go back down the aisle in the store and pick up some more medicine to take by the school. When I get there, she is laying in the nurse's office and sees me and automatically tears up. So I go in, gatorade in tow and give her the medicine I bought her along with some gatorade and she automatically feels better. So I walk her to class and check her back in with the teacher and away I go. While walking by, I notice that Avery is at lunch so I go in and check on her and she said that she is now also feeling much better. I head out of the lunch room only to see Alissa in the hall. I tried to sneak out (for fear she would be sick too at this point) but she saw me and needed me to stop and feel her loose tooth. This tooth she has, has a cap on it and it drives her crazy and does hurt because when she wiggles it, the cap digs into her gum which is exactly why she needed me to feel it. She had just gotten done eating so it was really bothering her now. So up to the office we go, grab her a tylenol and I head out the door and she heads to class. I finally make it home to see the boys and give Alex more medicine and maybe force some chicken noodle soup down him if at all possible only to find them both zonked out. So I left the medicine, the gatorade, the chicken soup, and I headed back to work leaving a note on the table that simply read......

Here's your soup and something to drink. You really need to eat and drink as much of this as you can. Take 1 1/2 Tablespoons of the medicine and try to go back to bed. If you need me and I don't answer at work, I'm probably out sick!

I love you,
Mommy

**Now today, I think I may be getting whatever we are passing around!**