We have been going hard lately, but it all broke down yesterday afternoon.  Lex came home with a bunch of Social Studies homework, including work he mistakenly thought was done and was now several days late.  He also had a big packet about the elections that involved lots of reading, long answers, summarizing, and deep thinking.  He was stressed!  We got home and he collapsed on the floor in tears.  He told me he just couldn’t handle life these days.  I asked if it was just the homework, or something else too.  He got himself together long enough to say, “Something else happened.  Wednesday night.”   Daisy.  Then he was curled in my lap in tears again.

We agreed to skip karate and had a good snack instead.  As the afternoon went on and we worked though his homework, I started feeling worse and worse.  I was hoping to go to a middle school PTO meeting, but by that time I was snuggled in two sweaters and a scarf and not going anywhere!  Lex got his homework done just before bedtime, and I went to bed right after the kids with a fever of 101.6.

The fever broke over night, but the nausea began.  I am spending today on the couch, binging on Glee.  Just hit season 4, which feels like the “shark jump” season.  Maybe it’s time for a nap instead.