Vaughan, ON – Members of the Braiden family are excited to have an entire day where nobody in the house is sick.
“Usually October through April at least one of us will have a fever, sore throat or will be shooting absolute fire from both ends,” said mom Mary-Anne. “But today we all woke up and nobody had a string of snot running from their nostril to their hip. It was weird.”
“I’m not really sure how to handle not feeling like my entire brain is full of that dense smoke that comes out of trains in old movies. Is this how people without young kids live all the time?!”
The energy in the house was a bit subdued as the family got ready for school, daycare and work without the usual soundtrack of the parents arguing over who would stay home with the sick kid(s), and who would take them to the doctors. However things got better when they started talking about plans for the evening that didn’t involve temperature checks, Vicks VapoRub applications and medicine inserted up the bum because the kid will spit it out if you try to use the oral kind.
“We might see a movie or go out to a restaurant!” said oldest child Colby, 8. “If we all stay healthy through the weekend my dad says we can go to Dave & Busters!”
At press time Millie, 3, had just started coughing.
