I’m feeling a little bit stressed out right now.  You see, Kit-kat has caught her daddy’s cold and it’s a doozy. They’ve been sick already this winter, but I’ve been able to pass off their sniffles without mention.  This cough, however, is un-hideable.  She sounds like an 80-year old smoker, and both girls have great green boogers.

*shudder*

So my day home kindly asked that I keep them home tomorrow.  No problem, right?  Leith has sick days and is sick, so he can just take a sick day and stay home with them.  It will be a nice treat, since it’s their birthday too.

Except that he can’t stay home tomorrow.  He can stay home on Wednesday, but he needs to be at a work site tomorrow.  I teach at 11:15am.  I can’t keep my bugz at the studio all day, especially if they are sick.  Not only will they infect people, but they will drive me up the wall.

What do I do?  I’ve never been faced with this situation before.  I know that Sherrie is working tomorrow, and all 4 grandparents are working.  The day home knows that Kit-kat is sick, so I can’t even be sneaky and pretend she got better overnight – they want her home for 48 hours…

What do you do as a parent in this situation?  My mom was home while I was in elementary school, and then I was old enough to stay home by myself when she finally went to work.  Plus, my dad worked shift work.  I don’t recall it ever being an issue.

What do you do?