Not Cool...Not Cool At All

Okay, so I lied a little about taking a small break. Whatever. As I mentioned before, I was off work for six weeks and didn't get sick once. Now, two days back to work and I'm battling a nasty head cold. And I'm home this morning, but not through my own doing. And I feel guiltier than hell.

I woke up this morning at 6:00am, not bright, but very early. I went through my morning routine of eating breakfast, putting on my face, doing my hair etc. I was up earlier than normal because today's routine was different...Mike had to be at work by 6:30am which meant I had to dress and feed Joel and then Colby would put him on the bus at 8:20am. I was out the door by 7:35am and at work with plenty of time to spare.

When I got to work, I went to visit Mike. A co-worker commented that maybe I shouldn't be at work if I'm hacking, sniffling and sneezing. I explained my predicament of how on earth can I book sick after just having all this time off? Granted, I feel like I've been hit by a truck, but I intend to push on, despite this head cold.

I had just walked back into my classroom when the phone rang. It was Mike calling to say that Colby had just phoned to let him know Joel's bus isn't running (due to the extreme cold). Shit shit triple shit. What the frick were we going to do? My boss hadn't shown up at work yet so I let another "boss" now that I needed to go home and drive the kids to school. As I was on my way out, my boss showed up and I had to quickly explain things to him. My face was red the whole time - I just felt so stupid about all of it, but I said I would be back as quickly as I could. And then it gets worse from there.

When I got home, I phoned the bus depot to ask if the buses would be running this afternoon. They said that if the handicapped buses don't run in the morning, they don't run in the afternoon. Shit shit quadruple shit. I work until 4:00pm, Mike works tonight until 6:30pm and there is now way the school would "baby-sit" Joel until I could go pick him up. I then had the brainstorm that Colby could take the day off, but then I remembered he has exams to write this morning. Just plain shit.

So, I had to phone my boss back and explain that I wouldn't be able to make it back this morning, but that I would be in this afternoon (Colby has no school this afternoon). That is not how I wanted to start off back to work, but what can you do? On top of this, Joel is choked that he can't go to school. How many kids do you know that are upset at having to stay home??