Five things from the past week:
1) It’s still true that I’m particularly grateful for day care when I’m sick. All I had was a cold, but would I have been able to take a three-hour nap if Baguette were at home with me? No, I would not.
2) And speaking of day care, you know who does not get paid what their work is worth to me? Pretty much everyone who helps us care for Baguette. In every case, these are people we do not pay directly; we pay the school or the agency. (The only people we pay directly are the speech, music, and occupational therapists, and even then, insurance covers some to much of the cost.)
3) Should I be more worried about the spread of ebola, or is my awareness actually right on target?
4) Enough with the reboots, Hollywood. Seriously, enough.
5) Mr. Sandwich and I had an exchange that would have made the most hilarious tweet. But it was bedtime and I didn’t want to get up and tweet it. So I forgot it. And then I remembered it the next day, and then I forgot it again. This is how it goes when you don’t sleep properly for four and a half years.
I had a brief moment of hysteria over the ebola thing – and then I decided I have too many other things to panic about.
Couldn’t agree with you more on the daycare during a sick day thing. I always felt a bit guilty but yet how in the world else would you rest and attempt to recover? Hope you are feeling better! And no, daycare providers and preschool teachers do not get paid nearly enough. I could never do what they do all day.
Nor could I. And in our case, that also extends to speech therapists, music therapists, and ABA providers. We depend on a lot of people.
You’re on target with the Ebola thing — something to be aware of, but not truly worry. So, unless you’re screening any person who comes into your house, I think you’re ok.
The “this’d make a great tweet, but it’s tired” is a common thing for me. Worse is when I tweet a great tweet, but it has a typo in it. That happens more often than not.
I always feel for mothers having their second child . . . I know a lot of pregnancies are tough – but, most everyone I know, before the first kid, they could lie down to take a nap, while pregnant, from time to time. Pregnant with the second kid almost completely eliminated the “pregnancy tired” nap. I know you’re not pregnant, but I’m glad to hear you’re still able to nap when you need it 🙂
Yeah. I’ve been reading about Ebola for close to 20 years, so I know it has its limitations. But I’ve also been reading about pandemics for longer than that, and I know that they really get dangerous when you don’t pay attention to them.
I’ve never been big on naps, so when I take one, it’s a sign that I really needed it. And technically you don’t know that I’m not pregnant–but I’m not. So you’re still right. 🙂