Happy turkey weekend!

It melts my heart when I get things like this from you. It was a tough week and knowing that we have a long weekend (and with beautiful weather too!) makes me uber happy.

This week I got a call from your daycare on Monday morning while I was at work saying that you might have chicken pox. I know it was going around daycare, but I was watching you carefully over the weekend to see if you had any symptoms. I guess the daycare teachers assumed you had chicken pox because you kept resting your head on the table (not normal for you) and not really wanting to play. Plus, when they checked your body they noticed you had red spots on your face and leg. Unfortunately I couldn't leave work because it was the last day of production and I am the only art person in my team that can do what I do. I had to get daddy to leave work (BTW, he has shingles right now) to pick you up. Daycare told me that if indeed you had chicken pox you were not allowed back unless I got a doctors note. The chicken pox could last up to 2 weeks so I was really worried. It's the busiest time for mommy at work right now and I really can't miss that much work. So daddy stayed home with you on Monday and mommy took the rest of the week off to look after you and take you to the doctors. On Tuesday I noticed that you didn't have any spots and you looked totally fine. No fever whatsoever. On Wednesday I took you to your doctors appointment and your doctor said you had gotten your chicken pox vaccine last year and that you don't have chicken pox! I was relieved, but also a little annoyed. I was annoyed that daycare gave me so much stress over nothing. I know it's better to be safe than sorry, but these things really affect me. I mean, when I came home on Monday night after a late night at work I cried by your bed. I came home too late in time to see you before you went to bed and I had thought you had chicken pox that time. I was so filled with guilt for not being there for you that I was upset at myself.

So, on Thursday we put you back in daycare and mommy's been able to go back to work. This whole week has taken a toll on me and I'm glad that I have the long weekend to recover. I'm going to enjoy the time off and just spend time with you.