Another sickie

Today started out normal... wake up, get the boys up, make sure they are dressed, take Zander to school, come home, feed Connor... But that is where the routine ended. Shortly before 9:00am I got a phone call from Zander's school nurse telling me that he threw up in class and I needed to come to school and pick him up. So, off I go to school.

At this point I really need to interject that for the past several days, Zander has been begging me to allow him to buy a yo-yo at school, and I finally said if he wanted to spend his own money it was fine.

As I am walking out of the school office I ask Zander how he was feeling. He says that his stomach hurts, but then quickly follows up that statement by another, "I bought the yo-yo before school started!" I am curious at this point and ask him if he felt bad before school, while he was at home. He answered that he did feel sick at home, but did not tell me. So I continue to question him as to why he didn't tell me he felt sick. Just as I thought, he wanted that yo-yo so bad that he went to school knowing he didn't feel good just so that he could buy his yo-yo.

Well, in his defense, I guess the yo-yo will bring him joy longer than the memory of being sick at school… at least I hope the yo-yo lasts that long.