Night Life!

So here's the scene:

The outside temperature is minus twelve, not counting the wind chill. (Don't ask.)

Your husband is out of town for his annual alumni chinwag.

It is four o'clock in the morning....

You guessed it! Your kid is going to wake up, throw up, and announce she feels dizzy.

So you get out your trusty ear thermometer and now things really start to get interesting: 105.1!

OK, you keep your cool. You speak soothingly to the whiny little bundle in pink pjs. You call the doc's office. The RN on duty says your trusty ear thermometer is not so trusty, you need a regular under-the-tongue job. Which you dont' have. Now comes the fun part: bundle the kid up and head out to the car.

The good times are just killing you- oh goody, now I get to find out if the car will start! After three days of subzeros! Gee, I wonder if it will. And if it won't, heck, I've never been to Tokyo- when's the next flight? I gotta kick the crap out of someone- make that anyone- at Subaru.

But the car starts. So you postpone your travel plans and speed off to the all-night Wallgreens, buy a new thermometer, take kid's temp again. "Good news, Sophia," you reassure your child, "it says 101.4!"

Naturally, the clerk looks at you and says, "She has a fever and you brought her out on a night like this?'

Note to self- don't go back to that Wallgreens, at least until they take your picture down.