Today was one of those days where you think you have it all together. We woke up late, but managed to get the girl off to school in time. I got myself ready to leave, started to get dinner in the crock pot and my 5 year old runs down the stairs and announces, “Mom it’s 100 day of school day today!” Stopped making dinner and helped him count out 100 rocks from his collection, letting him help and teaching him how to count by 10’s.
I was feeling quite proud of myself as I pulled out of the driveway feeling accomplished that I had gotten everything taken care of, except dinner but that is what subway is for right? I managed to get three meetings done, all in different parts of town, and made it back in time to feed the sick one. I was also able to help him with homework while I did my own work. I had a handle on this whole working mom, sick kid thing.
Then I realized, I never called the school to tell them Aaron was not coming. It’s 1pm! I had told his teacher and no one called from the school so I figured that it was not the end of the world, however I still forgot. I was that irresponsible parent that did not tell the school that their kid was home with strep throat. I realize that things like this happen to keep us humble. I was getting too confident in my multi-tasking skills and this was just want I needed to put in me in my place.