Sooner or Later…

We had a rough fall semester–one that turned our homeschool into more of an unschool.  The kids read whatever they wanted from Calvin & Hobbes to The Children’s Bible.  We organized and ran our 4H hamburger-stand during the local festival.  They worked on 4H projects whether it was their project or not–insect collecting, cooking, aeronautics.  Still with some LD issues Bert needs more structure so we made a plan, talked it over, and felt ready for the new year.  We were good to go!  Is that laughter I hear?  yes?  good because we could use some here.

Instead of order what we got was whatever creeping crud traveling the neighborhood.  First was Zach with his respiratory distress a.k.a. Reactive Airway.  Five days later  Earney is throwing-up, coughing, and on antibiotics.  Falling quickly:  Nekos, Bert, and somewhere in there Mom.  Add to the mix Fyah–oldest son who lives 3 blocks away and the new year was off to an organized, medicinally scheduled start.  So what have we learned?

• If your doctor of 14.5 years leaves the group practice for a solo career you are a new patient–no exceptions.  Instead of seeing the Dr. today the patient will have to wait 4 days for the next available appointment.  
• Urgency is relative–those who clean-up define urgent as today.  Those who are 50 miles away urgent is the next available appointment. 

• Garbage cans are never close enough to the spewing child. 

 Lastly, in sickness or in health:

• Do not help by putting used clumping litter into the toilet.  It slows up the works under the best of conditions and sick people do not need damaged plumbing.  Remember sick people are not gracious under these conditions. 

The last could be the most important lesson.