home again

this week i have discovered that i could never make it as a stay at home mom. my son has been sick all week. i was home with him half of tuesday. i was home with him yesterday. and now i have to stay home with him again today. i am able to do some work from home, but i need to be at my desk. i need to interact with other adults. i am going crazy! the poor kid is very ill. his fever spiked to 104 last night. i have never had a child that sick. today we go to the doctor. i pray he has something treatable, but my best guess is that whatever he has is a virus that will need to "run it's course" as the doctors are so fond of saying. meanwhile, i'm sure i have co-workers who think i am faking. making up a story to stay home. SO not true. in fact, i don't think i've "faked it" since college. and that was a LONG time ago. most of the people in my department do not have children. they have no idea what it is like. heck, i don't know that i would understand either. it just makes it harder to be taken seriously as a "career" woman. stay tuned for the doctor's report...