calling in
February 1, 2013 in Blessings, Blog, Body, Family, Inspiration, Kids, Love, Marriage
I’m sick.
I’m calling in sick today.
Who exactly do you call when you’re a stay-at-home mama? I’ve yet to get that person’s number.**
All I know is that I’ve got a sore throat, some major snot issues and a head that feels like it’s been stuffed with a bazillion angry midgets.
(That wasn’t a midget joke. My head really IS that big. It was a “I have a big sick head joke.”)
Anyway, I literally can NOT be sick right now. There just isn’t time. Alice starts THIS coming Wednesday (eek!) which means I’ll practically be living at the theater until then. Alice has to smile a lot and be beautiful and nice and not speak like a frog. I am not Alice right now. No. Right now, I slightly resemble a cracked out on Alka Seltzer version of Lindsay Lohan.
(That WAS a Lindsay Lohan joke. She’s a hot mess. And so am I.)
But you know what?! I feel so amazingly blessed, even when I’m sick. Maybe especially when I’m sick. Sickness has a way of slowing me down to the point where I’m able to actually LOOK AROUND. Look at this blessed life that I did absolutely nothing to deserve! These kids that pull and yank on me and make me yearn so badly for 6 more just like them. A husband who works hard every day to put his family first and who treats me like I’m something precious. This teeny house that holds way too much clutter and crap but also holds everything I love. A faith that stands firm when the world wants to test it and belittle everything I stand for.
And, finally (but not “finally” because I could speak about these gifts until I’m blue in the face), I’m blessed to have a body that is fit and well and extremely healthy 99% of the time. This other 1% will be gone before I know it. What an amazing gift!!
Yep, I’m calling in sick today.
And feeling super duper blessed about it.
Happy weekend, my friends!
QUESTION: Tell me one thing that makes you feel BLESSED!
splendid…lindsay
**Edited to add: “You call your mama, of course. She’s taking the kids for the rest of the day so I can sleep! Blessed, I tell you!!”
Hope you are feeling better now.
I feel blessed for having my amazing Mum who always takes care of me when I am sick.
omg feel better GIRL!!!!!!!! HOPEFULLY you got to rest up in a major way this weekend!
I’m a work-outside-the-home mom and my daughter and I were BOTH sick all week! So I called out sick from one job and worked sick at another. We were so pathetic together but it was somehow a special time.
Blessed to have a Mom who is so supportive of my career and happiness. When I talked to her today on the phone from Austin, TX she flat out asked enough about the city, tell me are you meeting any good looking men? Got to love her! Feel better! XOXO
When I got sick earlier this week, I called my mother. Good thing I did because she called her sisters and made them bring me soup. haha. I hope that you feel better!! I’m blessed that I get to attend BLEND this year!
Maybe your body is making you slow down now so that way you can be healthy and on game for Alice! REST NOW to KICK BUTT!
Anyway, feel better Lindsay!!
Hope you feel better soon, Lindsay! <3
eek the midget joke…not good.
FEEL BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!! Kay has been sick for a long while, so I feel like its getting ready to hit me. I feel blessed to have an incredible daughter, husband & family
I am blessed by a supportive husband and a great family!
Glad you found that call-in number for mammas – you really have a tough/rewarding job, but man you don’t get enough benefits sometime.
Get well soon!!
What a great attitude! Feel better soon!
Get well soon!! You are SUPER blessed to have a mom that will wacth your kids. now SLEEP!!
I am blessed to have a loving family & a job that I love.
Feel better soon!
I hope you feel better soon!
Is it weird I was more offended by the LiLo jokae than the midgets? I heart LiLo. LOL!
You, my friend, just gave me one great reason to never ever move too far from family.
Feel better! You can be sick. Let your body do its worst and you’ll be better before the start of Alice.
Also, you DO deserve everything you have in this life. Why? Because you are a GOOD (no, GREAT) person, and great people deserve to live blessed lives.
Oh, you are so blessed to have your mama nearby!! Enjoy the extra rest and sleep. At least you’re not sick the day of the opening show… you’ll be amazing!
Feeling blessed that I have a nice warm heater blowing on my cold piggies right now.
Glad you’re taking it easy to day. Love you.
Take care of yourself mama! Hope you’re feeling better in no time
Anybody else would whine about why they have to be the one getting sick. Your positivity is encouraging and proves that the tougher times make us stronger! Thanks, fellow Lindsay
Get better soon!!!
I hope you feel better soon! I love your positive attitude about everything. Rest up!
Look at you finding the good in a rather unattractively cruddy situation.
Feel better soon! [Perhaps Alice can just be a reformed smoker or something?]
Things that make me feel blessed? Right now, the fact that so many people seem to believe in me, even when I’m not quite sure I know much of anything at all, or that what I’m working towards makes sense. That’s a pretty big blessing.
Also that the plumber came and fixed our toilets. Now about the washing machine…
You have a really good attitude about things. Seriously, I need to learn how to adopt the “appreciate the good things and don’t dwell on the bad” attitude.
I hope you feel better soon.
Rest up and let someone take care of you for once
I’m blessed that I have a family who truly cares for and loves me.
enjoy the slow down time, but know i’ll be saying a quick prayer for you to quickly be back. Maybe you just needed a little break?
xxoo
Feel better soon!!! I feel blessed that all the women in my life are still here with me. Both grandmothers, my mother, and my sister. I know it won’t last much longer (one isn’t fighting her cancer anymore), but we are ballin’ out of control right now. Love my fam.
I feel blessed to have the opportunity to attend Blend this year! I can’t believe that I made the decision, and have the support of my husband, to go! Yay! I’ve been super excited all week.
Hope you’re feeling better, Lindsay!