Thursday, December 16, 2010  Sick as a dog  Where did the saying
come from, sick as a dog? Are dogs generally sicker than other
species? When my dog throws up, he eats it. That's gross. You
might even describe it as SICK, but as a vernacular, not a
cliche. Whatever its origin, I'm sick as a dog. Last night was
horrific. Everyone is sick but Brent; Riley and Matthew were
coughing all night, Riley was in my bed at 1 a.m. and up and
down all night. But the worst was poor Ayden, he had an earache,
threw up, and had fever so bad his teeth were chattering. Poor
kid, but he got inadequate care because I'm sick too, and Brent
was at work. I've not yet had that situation in three years of a
shift working husband, where the kids are up all night and I'm
sick and running SOLO. A friend mom at school when I dropped
Matthew off this morning (in my pyjamas) asked me how I am
feeling and I said, "Like a warm bag of crap." This is one of
those viruses that comes, leaves, and comes back with a
vengeance. I need to crawl into