One Week Down

We (sort of) survived the first week of school.   I was EXHAUSTED.   Monday night I was asleep before 10 - which breaks my cardinal rule of "don't go to bed before 10".   I stayed tired all week but not to that extent.   On Wednesday afternoon, Jillian was weepy and difficult.   I made a decision that we would not be attending church so she could go to bed early - like 6:30 (ha).   Later in the evening she developed a fever and had a sicky "incident" that was unpleasant.   Long story short, she did not attend school on Thursday or Friday.   That kid has never missed two days of school in a row.    And she does it in the first week of the third grade.    At least the pressure if off of that perfect attendance thing, right?  Ha!   She appears to be better but is concerned about eating for fear that her stomach will hurt or she will throw up again.   She did eat some yesterday but not much - and especially not much considering she barely ate the day before.    I am hoping for a turn around today.