This morning my daughter complained of a sore throat. Over the weekend, my son had also been complaining of one too but he’s doing fine. I’ve been getting up with a sore throat myself but by mid morning it goes away. So I told her to get ready for school anyway. She would be fine right? Wrong! Later that morning my husband calls me at work and says “guess whom I had to pick up from school today?” “Oh, no…” I say. “Yes, your daughter whom you sent to school knowing she didn’t feel good!” Shit! I should have known better!
And of course, today, our practice group had an outing. It never fails, every time I make plans something goes wrong. Should I go or should I stay? I decided to go to our outing. After all my husband was already home with our daughter. He can take care of her for a day right? Then why do I feel so guilty…!
Originally, we were supposed to go on an architectural cruise (which was scheduled at 2:00 p.m.) but got canceled due to the weather being windy and cold. What a difference from yesterday. It was such a nice sunny day.
We ended up going to Navy Pier instead to have a late lunch. The company was good and the food was great. I was trying to have a nice time and I did (even though deep down I was feeling guilty because I was having a little fun! Should I have gone to be with my daughter instead? Does this make me a bad mother?)
Before you know it, it was getting late, some of the girls wanted to go walking around and go shopping while the other girls had to go back to the office. When I realized the time, (it was already 4:00 p.m.) I decided to go back with the girls to the office so I can catch my train (as it is it takes about 45 minutes to get home).
Once I got home, I went to check on my daughter. She does not have a fever... yet. But she felt warm and she sounded stuffy and complained about her throat. Let’s see how she wakes up the next day. I don’t know… something tells me I may have to take the day off tomorrow!
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