Wisdom Defined

I am a great example to tell you what wisdom isn't today. A wise person does not wait 15 years in between having their top and bottom wisdom teeth removed. At sixteen, I had a stay at home mother to take care of me while I set up camp on the pull-out couch in the living room. Couldn't miss me- donned in two bandanas tied together with pea packs on either side of my mouth. I was perched there as my mother was too afraid to let me go up and down the basement stairs where my bedroom was located. She was there to giggle at me when I had my dose of pain medicine and I thought I was invinsible enough to crunch on a carrot. She was there to keep the fudgicles frozen and the oatmeal coming. For a whole week.

At 30- not quite the case. 12 hours before going under the dental lights, my husband was diagnosed with a classic case of Influenza. Temperature at 102, aches, exhaustion, lack of appetite and energy. In fear that my children were to be down with the same thing by the next day, I sent him off to the bedroom and haven't really seen him since Tuesday. I wasn't going to rely on him too much for the remainder of the week- but at minimum to help out with picking up the kids the afternoon of my surgery and maybe pajama patrol.
So, this flu-event has left me to re-freeze my own pea ice packs, wrap the scarf around my own head and scoop my own ice cream- not to mention whatever else I juggle daily (breakfast, drop off, pickup, dinner, bath, pj's, reading, bed). I slept on the couch last night not because I couldn't walk down a set of stairs, but because I was avoiding the Influenza Man.

One thing that I can tell you is self-reliance is king. When all else fails, you can rely on yourself.

This is all taking place during my spring break vacation- I'm thinking now I will be taking additional personal days shortly after this "break"- I don't think many would blame me, really.

And did I mention that my mother left to return to Maine, the day before my teeth were taken out? Now, that's wise.