Mom's Never Get Sick...They Don't Have Time.

Today, I was sitting at work, minding my own business, thinking about whether I was going to get the oil changed on the car or get hair color on my lunch break, when my phone rang.

Me: "Hello, this is Wife O Riley." (Yep, that's how I answer the phone, it usually makes people hang up)

Other end: "Hi, this is the Nurse from Emerson's school." (DAMN!!!) "Emerson is complaining about a stomachache and I think you need to pick her up."

Me: "Just give her something to eat, I can't remember if we ate breakfast this morning."

Nurse: "I asked her if she had breakfast and she said yes." "You had Fruit Loops."

Me: "Right, right, right, the Fruit Loops." (When did I buy Fruit Loops?)

Nurse: "So are you going to come and get her?"

Me: "But, but...I have to buy hair color."

Nurse: "Walgreen's will still be open after you pick her up."

Me: "FINE! I'll be there in a couple of minutes."

I call Matt.

Me: "Hi, can you go pick up Em?"

Matt: "Why, is she sick?"

Me: "Allegedly." (I've been fooled too many time before)

Matt: "No, I'm at work!"

Me: "Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't realize that." " I guess I'll just have to leave my lounge chair by the pool and go get her." "Do you think the nanny or the butler can do it, so I don't have to disrupt my day?"

Matt: "There's no reason to be sarcastic!"

Me: "There's always a reason to be sarcastic." "Fine, I'll get her."


When I picked her up, there was another kid from her class that was complaining about the same thing. GREAT, AN EPIDEMIC!!!

I put her in my bed, gave her some ginger ale, soda crackers and the remote. She doesn't have a fever, so I'm not convinced. She can be very tricky sometimes.

Meanwhile, I get to enjoy the mind numbing drivel that's daytime TV.