Violet Voices

Small SAHM Complaint

Can I just gripe a little bit? I promise I’ll be back to my normal sunny self as soon as I’m done. But I just need to indulge my inner 7-year-old and let out a whiny “But it’s not fair!”

Two weeks ago, after we got home from the International Christian Retail Show, my youngest daughter had contracted a cold from the stay with my in-laws and my 3 nieces and 1 nephew. She was sick for a couple of days, and in turn passed it to her big sister. Big Sister proceeded to have a fever and a sore throat for a few more days, before giving the bug to Daddy.

So my husband ended up with a cough and sore throat, bad enough that he had to stay home from work last Wednesday. He spent most of the day in bed, and I did my normal routine with the kids, in addition to bringing him hot tea and cough drops and making sure he was as comfortable as possible.

By Friday, the friendly little bug had decided it was my turn to play hostess, and I was feeling absolutely miserable. My sinuses hurt, my ears hurt, I was coughing, had a runny nose, and just wanted to stay in bed and pretend I was unconscious for the whole day.

But who stays home and pampers the mom when she is sick? NOBODY, that’s who! I still had to fix lunch, keep the girls out of trouble, get my OWN cough drops and hot tea, and do dishes. Plus, I had to bring in our dogs out of 104 degree weather, and clean up a broken water glass Little Sister had broken. Then I had to get both girls packed for sleepovers and drop the first one off in the afternoon. I didn’t even get a nap!

To be fair, my husband would have gladly stayed home and pampered me to my heart’s content. But it would have meant the loss of a vacation day, and coming on the heels of his own sick day, would have not been best for his professional image. So it’s not his fault. It’s just the way the system works.

But it does seem rather unfair. If I want a sick day, I have to schedule it during the weekends. Stay-at-home moms are NOT supposed to get sick, apparently.

All together now…”AWWWW, poor thing!”

Thank you. I feel better now. Although today, Big Sister ate half a bag of my cough drops while I was taking a shower. If there was any justice at all, she’d have made herself sick from it. But she’s perfectly fine, greedy little thing. Why cough drops, though? If she’s going to snitch, why not my dark chocolate I have stashed in the pantry? Cough drops are disgusting, especially after you’ve been surviving on them for an entire weekend.

Speaking of my dark chocolate…

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Written By: Meredith Efken
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