This past weekend we were hit with the stomach bug. In fact, I am still cleaning up the remainder of it. Sophia managed to escape it, but Mia was not so lucky. At one point we were playing in Mia’s room and, I swear, she turned green. I knew right away that she was about to throw up. And, she did. Alot. More than a lot, actually, a ton. Lucky for me, I had just picked her up and got throw up all over me and my lululemon sweater. YAY. So, despite the fact that she was hysterical I threw her in the tub and ran to grab a towel. Somehow Sophia (definitely the daredevil) climbed in to the tub with all of her clothes on. Don’t judge! I am normally very cautious about the tub. But, I was literally gone for 5 seconds (those of you that know how small my house is can attest how close Mia’s room is to the bathroom) and kind of had a lot going on in that moment. Anyway, now I have one kid in the tub absolutely hysterical (she doesn’t like dirt or anything “dirty”, so throw up set her over the edge) and one kid in the tub completely clothed (and loving life). So I yanked Soph’s clothes off, threw them in my growing laundry pile, and kneeled down on the floor to get them cleaned up. All of a sudden Sophia starts giggling uncontrollably and I see little “brown floaters” popping up on her side of the tub. Well, you can imagine how much this freaked Mia out. The poor thing started to hyperventilate! So, I pulled them both out, drained and cleaned the tub, and threw them back in. All the while, I was still covered in throw up myself.
So why would I choose to share this gross story with you, you ask? Because I thought it was important to demonstrate how funny life is. Through this whole thing I couldn’t help but laugh. I mean I was literally covered in puke and poop and I just couldn’t win. No matter what I did I was going to have at least one unhappy little girl to deal with. Not to mention I ran the risk of one getting the other sick and the fact that the tub is always tricky because there are so many safety issues to consider. It could have been a very stressful situation. But, for whatever reason, it wasn’t. It was very, very funny.
It made me think about a lot of the situations that stress me out “in the moment”. Usually I do look back on them and laugh at the ridiculousness of it. So why not just change my attitude and use laughter in that moment to get myself through the situation? That is SO much better than stressing out. Of course, this isn’t as easy as it sounds for some people (me). Stressing tends to be my first reaction. But, I will be conscious of it now and hopefully can at least remind myself to smile every now and again when one of these situations arises. Smiles seem to grow in to laughter anyway.
As for the tub, both girls got clean and Mia got better (unfortunately she got mommy got sick, ugh). Crisis averted. My laughter was contagious and eventually Mia got over the poop. I think she may need to learn, like me, to remind herself to loosen up and smile every now and again instead of stressing. And, Soph, well she is a nut and so far it looks like she will be one of those people that laughs…even when she shouldn’tJ
Until next time…
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