What I won't miss

Max is sick. Poor kid I think is just trying to push through his second top tooth and he's really struggling. He drools, then coughs, then a runny nose, then an earache and a fever. What a downhill battle! I picked him up early from daycare today with a temp of 103. He was fine after some medicine, but I bet it will be a long night for us both, as was last night (Dave's in NY).

Of all days this week, Wednesday was the busiest. I had a breakfast meeting in the morning, a leadership team meeting, two one on one meetings, a lunch meeting and a speaker to go listen to. Usually when one of the kids was sick before, it would be a mad scramble to reschedule everything and get everything done, especially when the rest of my week would look the same way. Then I would work from home, while taking care of a sick kiddo, and feel slightly mad at daycare for not wanting to watch my sick kid.

This time, though, it was much easier! I picked Max up and actually felt bad for him intstead of just trying to figure out exactly what I needed to do. I cancelled or rescheduled everything and didn't really feel bad about it. If I could have done that three weeks, months or years ago, I probably wouldn't have had to quit!

There's still no plan for my replacement at work yet (I know, I'm irreplaceable). There are a couple of options, but I'm not sure if any of them will work or not. And I still may consult. It sounds like a good deal, and hard to turn down, but I'm still not quite sure. It would be about 10 hours a week, I think, with one day (or afternoon) in the office. I'm open to any opinions here!

Hopefully I'll be able to update tomorrow with good news on Max...