I introduced my readers to a silly little Paint-drawn cartoon of my alter-ego, “The Sleepless Superheroine,” in a recent post. She is everything I am not: patient, creative, long-suffering, bitch-free, sexy, and sprightly in the morning. I have so much fun imparting characteristics that are not mine to an alter-ego that I chose to create another cartoon to show what the Sleepless Superheroine did with my weekend! This is in following with the Daily Post Challenge. Why don’t you try it?
Princess Red Chief got sick this weekend with a horrid stomach bug.
The vomiting picked up intensity this morning at 4:00 AM. Non-stop heaving all morning.
I am not coming down with symptoms yet (knocking on wood), but I can only imagine what tomorrow will bring.
Ahh, the role of a mother. Will I continue the tradition of being violently ill on my birthday (tomorrow)? Only time will tell! Du-du-duh!
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When was the last time you were sick?
When was the last time your kids shared their illness with you?
Best horror story wins a… a…. I’ll come up with something.
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February 20, 2013 at 7:02 PM
I’m a work-at-home mom, which means sick days n’existe pas. I maintain that the single most romantic thing my childrens’ father has even done was stay home so I could have a sick day. I was too sick to thank him properly but, you know.
February 20, 2013 at 9:07 PM
LOL. Mommies just don’t get sick days. My only sick days are when I have a migraine, which make me like a semi-comatose stroke-patient zombie for about 6 hours. It’s almost not worth the break. It’s kind of like trading one version of hell for another. LOL
February 20, 2013 at 2:08 PM
Brilliant lol, just stopping by to check out your take on the writing challenge – heres mine if youre interested
http://savedindrafts.wordpress.com/2013/02/20/dpchallenge-image-vs-text-happy-ending/
February 20, 2013 at 2:18 PM
Super cute! We have an opposite (kinda) story going on here…. well, except the stinky boy kicks. DH’s feet are abominably stenchified!
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February 19, 2013 at 8:07 AM
If you can still put on red lipstick, you’re doing okay.
February 19, 2013 at 9:18 AM
Oh, when she vomited, there was no lipstick. And her cape was pitifully wrinkled and flaccid. The Sleepless Superheroine was in bad shape. On the other hand, the real-life mom didn’t get sick (yet, knocking on wood, still).
February 19, 2013 at 2:08 AM
This made me laugh out loud…..it took me back to a winter vomiting bug which the whole family caught when my son was little…we were vying for bathroom space, and even the dogs succumbed
February 19, 2013 at 9:19 AM
Last November, my husband, my youngest son, my then-foster son, and I all got food poisoning. With only two bathrooms, we were using sinks. Ever seen The Bridesmaids? That’s what my house was like that night… almost exactly. O_o
(No one pooped in the sink, thankfully, because we all know who would have had to clean that up.)
February 19, 2013 at 10:25 AM
Lol….just how I remember our vomiting bug incident….oh happy family memories
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February 18, 2013 at 1:21 PM
Oh, I hope you don’t get sick! Happy Birthday, and I’ll tell you again tomorrow.
I don’t really have horror stories of sickness. I haven’t had the flu for over twenty years (knock on wood). Our son had a terrible cold once that morphed into a sinus/chest infection that morphed into strep throat. He was one sick puppy. When he seemed near death, we took him to the emergency room. As he sat on the table waiting for the doctor, he told me good-bye. He said, “I don’t think I’m going to make it from this, Mom.” Here they found he had MONO on top of everything else. They gave him some powerful drugs, but it took quite a while before he was up and about. Kids!
Love your drawings.
February 18, 2013 at 4:04 PM
They sure can scare us, can’t they? I don’t know about you, but I think the only thing worse than being sick is having sick kids.
February 18, 2013 at 1:13 PM
Well, no kids here, but last time I was sick was in January, had bronchitis, couldn’t talk, 40 degrees fever, and had to attend an hour-long interview with four people at my own company, when my dept was faced with redundancy. THAT was fun.
February 18, 2013 at 1:18 PM
Oh my! I can’t imagine how tough that would have been! I would have been praying for temporary redundancy! LOL
February 18, 2013 at 1:20 PM
Haha
fortunately managed to save my job but it was damn hard!
February 19, 2013 at 9:11 AM
Good for you!