Ready and Waiting

I'd like to say we are ready and waiting for the pool to open up. Or to go to the beach. Either of which would be highly preferable to the real reason these towels are stacked on the floor in a patch of sunlight.

Our house has been hit with the stomach flu. Three kids, three bouts of sickness, six days of being homebound, one very tired mom.

When someone gets sick in our house, we coat the beds, the floor, the couch with old beach towels. It's a blanket of protection, so to speak. Or just a way of getting a little bit of color in an otherwise dreary day.