Hi, Everyone!
I'm still sort of new here. The people I've met here are so incredible so I figured I'd send out a little cry for cheering up and hope someone has something to pull me out of the dumps!
My kids are 11 and 9 and generally pretty healthy... maybe 1 or 2 sick days from school.. not much to write home about.. I worked for a big insurance company for 16 years and that's how things went.. my attendance was pretty good.. but downsizing last year and I went on unemployment for the first time in my life..LOVED behing home... got to the end of that and dh said ok.. sorry honey.. but get out there and find a job.. being home we realized I didn't need to work those full time hours. I could be home for the kids and take a part time job... so I found an Agent friend who I worked with years ago who knew me and applied with him.. he was happy to hire me because I had a pretty good reputation..sounds not too bad so far, right???
I've been with this agent only 3 weeks so far... first two weeks great... then the stomach virus set in... ick! one at a time... we all got it.. I managed to find backups to watch the kids so I only really missed a day.. (I work 4 days a week, though and I was going to work my day off but was puking that day too so it was a big mess...I ended up calling him two days in a row saying I wouldn't be in... I made up my day on the weekend) all in all.. 1 day lost.. and back to work I go.. to my brand new job... trying to make a good impression... with a boss who hasn't had a sickday in 8 years! He has 3 kids but a stay-at-home wife!!!
Here's my kicker!!! got a note home from school friday with my oldest... Chicken pox in town... no problem.. they were vaccinated! WRONG! woke up this morning.. my boy has Chicken pox!
I know how this works.. he'll start getting better and she'll get them, right??? What is up with that vaccine??? There's an epidemic in my school right now and most of the kids had their shots! Guess it just was too new and theyr'e finding out it wasn't all that effective!!! I know.. I know.. not the end of the world.. should count my blessings.. people with much worse problems than me! but I just can't catch a break! Now my mom-in-law offered to watch them for me tomorrow so I can at least go in and tell the boss that I will be missing some more time.. I'm scrambling for daycare and just feel so crummy! Mommy guilt plus new worker guilt!
Of course.. my Chompie is right by my side while I'm fretting about what to do.. she knows when I'm down (like all our sweeties do) and gives me her Chompiekisses to let me know she cares!!! Thank goodness for furry hearts and wet noses!
I just wish I could get past this bad luck streak!!!