I kid you not, today has been one of those days that has just been in short plain miserable.
Due to an impromptu v&d bug that came over me last night (nice I know) James has had to take the day off work to look after Lily, which isn't bad to say this is the first time he's had to take the day off to help me in Lilys whole 2 years and 1 month of life. Not the best timing when he has a lot of work to do though, and attempting to work from home with a clingy whiney high temperatured toddler who just wants to climb all over him is a less than ideal situation. The weather for the last 72 hours has been this insanely thick damp fog that's left us all feeling constantly shivery, so letting her play in the garden to cheer her up has been a no no too.
Luckily by 1.30 in the afternoon super granny had freed up her plans and took Lily over to hers, leaving James free to get on with his complicated looking work and leaving me spending the afternoon pondering how we as parents are left feeling completely incompetent and helpless when taken over by a (however fleeting) illness that leaves us unable to look after/entertain our children in the way in which we would want and in which they are accustomed.
It's fair to say any joy I might have gotten from a sick day before having Lily - laying in bed, dozing on and off and watching friends re-runs has been tinged with a feeling of guilt that my child, who isn't 100% herself also, is without me.
That being said, I'm sure granny can cheer her up a lot more than I can considering the state I'm currently in. Infact she's probably having a whale of a time and hasn't been thinking of me at all! ;-)
Here's to feeling better soon!
Abigail Bryony xx
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