“Colds are three days coming, three days with you and three days going…”

Whenever I get sick, this is the first thing that pops into my head. It’s from a tv show I saw when I was a kid. It was The Mary Tyler Moore show and it was my favorite and I adored her.

My blog entry is due today, and I am writing it from my kitchen table…because I am sick. What I want to be doing is laying on the couch, drinking Fresca, flipping between home improvement shows and reruns of Mary Tyler Moore, while I dip in and out of a nyquil coma. So, why don’t I do that? Because I have a job and I have kids. Kids don’t care that I am sick because they still need to have breakfast, complain about the lunch I packed and get to school by 8:30. I do get a “sorry you’re sick, mom”, but really, they’re just hoping I am so tired I don’t notice the extra treats they are sneaking into their lunch. I noticed.

On the job front, I am lucky. I work for a company that really does work around individual situations. Even though I’m sick, unless I am unconscious, I can still do some work from home. And I do, because my sick days really are not for me, they are for everyone else who’s sickness I cannot control. I can will myself to sit up, drink some tea and start blocking out a brochure cover. When my child is crying because drinking juice hurts, there is not much I can do but call the pediatrician who will tell me just to make him comfortable and wait.

So, outside of some grumbling and complaining, where am I going with this? I don’t know, I’m sick. What I do know is that a sick day ain’t what it used to be. I used to sit around watching tv and drinking from a bendy straw and it was actually kind of relaxing and even a little bit of a respite. When Mary Tyler Moore got sick it was funny and charming made me feel better, so I’m going to indulge in a little of that today.

And if I start feeling too sorry for myself, I’ll just remember the wise words of Mrs. Morgenstern…”There are millions of children in europe who would be thrilled sit around a have the flu in a gorgeous room like this.”

Enjoy.

Mary Tyler Moore Show:  Put On a Happy Face via Hulu

Tags: colds, kids, Mary Tyler Moore, sick, work

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