You know... for healthy kids, my kids are sure sick A LOT!!! And I'm sick of it.

I have to remind myself to be thankful for their health. While they're sick a lot, it's always just a cold or a stomach bug or allergies. Nothing horrible. Nothing life altering. Nothing devastating. It could be SO much worse, and I'm so very grateful it's not. But sick is still sick and it's no fun.

Seriously, it's probably the single most challenging thing for me being a working mom. My job when we moved a year ago is significantly more responsible and stressful, and less flexible. However, my job itself is wonderful and not at all the source of my stress. My stress comes from balancing my life outside of work and trying to be everything to everybody. So yes... in away, that's related to my job, because if I was a SAHM, I would have more time to figure out how to fit everything in. But that's neither here nor there right now.

So yesterday... two calls about Dominic. He's got a rash on his stomach (excema that's worse when he gets over-tired, a cold, or allergies), he's moody, he's coughing. Yes, he has a cold. Yes, he has allergies. And it's even more noticable, because on a normal day, he's always this cheery wonderful little ball of boy. Everyone loves him. But the contrast is certainly glaring.

And on Amara's My Day sheet it said, "Asked for Mommy at 3pm. I don't think she feels well." Yep, she's got a cold and a nasty cough, too. It stinks.

They better have iron-clad immune systems by the time they get to Kindergarden.

It's such a Catch-22. Do I pick them up for every cough and sniffle? Are they truly sick enough to stay home? And who picks up my slack at work when I have to be home with the kids. I'm so thankful for an understanding team. But still -- I feel like I'm tacking advantage of them when I have to call in sick. And Jon certainly does his share, too -- there are days where he takes the morning, and I the afternoon. And we're both just burned out of "sick." No more!

Sickies, stay away!!!