This isn't the post I planned to write because I'm sick and also a little bit unhinged?

GIVE ME ALL THE SALTINES AND FLAT SPRITE!

Oh man, I’m sick. WAH!

Why is it that I’m a middle aged mom, but when I get the flu all I want is someone to turn on Love Boat reruns for me, tuck me in with some stale Saltines and flat Sprite and tell me to rest up? IS THAT SO MUCH TO ASK!??!

Normally, I power through and do the whole “I don’t really get sick because I’m a mom thing” and then cry every time anyone in my family looks my way, which is FUN FOR EVERYONE! 🎉

This time though, probably because I had a little brain space leftover from my vacation, I asked myself, “What do I need?” And what came back was: Rest. Sleep. Rest.

So, I’ve been trying to do it.

Last night I went to bed at 7pm, I skipped working out and slept in, I canceled everything for today and took a three hour nap. And, here’s what's weird: The world is still spinning!

Yep, you heard it here first, folks.

Kara took the day to rest and the world went on without her just fine (and actually better in the case of getting kids out the door! Yay for 12-year olds keeping it real!).

Who knows what would happen if she took - gasp - two days off in a row to get better?

I mean, most likely, the house would fall into a state of unrecoverable disrepair, her kids would end up screen addicts who drop out of school and can only speak Minecraft, and her husband would abandon ship for someone who isn’t shoving last month’s Count Chocula in her face because she’s too tired to open the fridge, but WHO KNOWS?

(I should note: My husband very kindly made me a sandwich when he saw me eating cereal, which then made me cry because I hate depending on the kindness of strangers and who am I if I can’t even make my own lunch, and, yes, I too am starting to see that I’m not really myself at this moment.)

I’m a bit of a mess right now so I think it’s totally appropriate to step out of life for a hot minute and do what I gotta do, which seems to be sleep like the proverbial baby that no one I know ever had.

And this is your reminder, you’re allowed to do the same.

You are allowed to rest. You are allowed to sleep. You are allowed to take time just for your self, even if it complicates and confuses other people’s lives.

Now where are my Saltines and Sprite? Mama’s gotta a cruise and some love matches she needs to attend to.

Love you and rest up! We’re headed into the Crazy Making Season and we need to keep our wits about ourselves.

Xx. Kara

PS: Did you watch “Lessons in Chemistry” yet? I was thinking about starting it but was wondering if it’s as good as the book!

PPS: This post is a little all over the place so thanks for sticking with me! I’m probably going to cry thinking about how supportive you are and GO TO SLEEP, WOMAN.