This is the life...

There are many things that I like about single parenthood...but there are also things that make this the most difficult job ever!! Today is one of the difficult things.

For the last couple days Mikayla has said that she just "doesn't feel well". With that to go on, and not much more, I kept sending her to school. Today I got a call from the school nurse that Mikayla was in her office with a fever of 100.2. That doesn't sound like much to most people, but our family notoriously has very low temperatures (usually somewhere in the 96 degree range) so that meant she was sick. After a trip to the doctor, she was admitted to the "Flu of the Pigs" club as our doctor put it.

It's difficult to be pulled in different directions. My child needs me at home to comfort her, yet the pile on my desk is not going to go down without me there, and of course, I can't forget that we can't continue to have a roof over our heads without the paycheck that work affords. I hate that!! I used to be able to be home for my kids after school. I used to be able to sleep in with them when they weren't feeling well. I used to be home...WITH THEM.

That was then. This now. Now I get to make all the decisions, which means making the compromises that comes with single parenthood. I'll go to work for a little while and try to get things done while big brother watches you for a little while...I'll come home to give you your next dose of Tylenol. I'll be just a phone call away. And I'll be worried sick every moment while I am gone. This is the life...