I'm Not 25 Anymore, but I do have the BEST kid on the Planet

I have the most incredible child on the planet. While I realize that this bold statement might be met with a "that's because you haven't met mine..."... Please let me take a moment to explain.

First of all, I have my son back. Once whatever got inside him came out, he has returned to his usual wonderful self. I am amazed at how his went from being cranky and not wanting to eat anything to "normal". Understand, I'm not complaining. I usually transition a little bit so I was expecting him to recover like me. He taught me that he is his own person. That's kind of cool.

On Monday, my nanny canceled on me. I had always dreaded the possibility of this happening. It's okay when it happens on a Tuesday because I don't go into the office on Tuesday. But on a Monday? That just brought on new levels of stress. I had to go into "back up plan". Well, what is my back up plan? I had to come up with one immediately. There's nothing like life expecting you to respond as though you know what you are doing.

It was 7:30am when I got the call. I called my boss (who wasn't thrilled but what was she going to do; there was some pressing matters that needed to be addressed TODAY). Then I began to call my mom. Okay, did you catch what time it was? Yes, 7:30am. My mom is not up until at least 9:00am. I began calling her anyway, hoping that she hadn't turned off her cellphone or hidden her house phone in the fridge (yes, she does this so that the phone won't wake her up). But, I needed the phone to wake her up. Keep in mind, I had a sleep deprived weekend and was now under a lot of STRESS!

After calling, what I would imagine was at least 100 times, she finally picks up. But she can't babysit. OH NO!!! So, I take Alberto to work with me to accomplish the task that needed to be accomplished TODAY. I thought I'd be there for a couple hours. The mere idea of having a 14 month old in my office -- I will have to take a picture so that you can all fully understand how there is NO SPACE and definately no space for a 14 month old. I was hoping beyond hoping that I would be told to go home. But that wasn't the case. In fact, my boss was coughing up a storm and complaining about how sick she felt -- mind you coughing all over me. Did I mention I was sleep deprived, stressed out and now the recipient of cough germs?

I was AMAZED!! My little guy played in his stroller for what seemed an eternity. When he got a little restless, he played with a little car right next to my chair. He was AMAZING. He only got cranky once and that was because it was nap time -- and time for us to leave. He was doing great but I was starting to feel the weight of the sleep deprivation, the stress and now the airborne germs that had infiltrated my body.

Tuesday morning, I woke up with a sore throat and pounding headache. The Mack Truck that ran me over the other night, put his gear in reverse and with the beep beep beep sound rolled right over me again. But my little guy was just the greatest. He played in his pack-n-play calmly until 7am when it was time for his milk. He was GREAT!!!! I felt so blessed at that moment. Physically, I felt HORRIBLE. But in the depth of my heart, I did feel the greatest blessing that he was just being sooooo GOOD.

Today, there was no way I was going into the office. The Mack Truck decided to park on top of me. I'm not 25 years old anymore. My body doesn't respond the same way it did was I was a young kitten and could stay out all night and show up at work the next day and function. I remembered now why I was so amazed at how well I handled the sleep deprivation the other day -- because I knew that it would catch up with me. And it did and it has had NO MERCY on me.

My little guy continues to be FABULOUS! It's a nanny day so I am taking a few moments before I pass out and take a nap to share... I do have to go into the office in a few hours, though. Yep, that thing that had to be done that DAY is now being COMPLETED TODAY. Can you imagine, I have to go to the office to print a letter? Knowing how to use Microsoft Office is not a job requirement because Ana knows how to use it.... Oh, don't get me started. This is about my boy being wonderful.

Lessons learned: In the midst of feeling crappy, I appreciated just how wonderful my little boy is and I cherish moments like these -- I wish I could just snuggle up with him and cuddle (but don't want to infect him); so I just cuddle with my head in the opposite direction (another lesson learned, you can cuddle and love on someone without breathing in their face). Sleep is Essential! Just because you think you can function without it, you quickly learn that there is a reason God created us with a need for it. And finally, I have learned that I need to get a PLAN B and teach someone in my office how to use Microsoft Office!