Carrier Monkey

I watched the movie - One Fine day  , on cable at my first US apartment  on a remote place ( remote to me at that time since I never saw one desi living in that area) in a remote city . Then my husband was working for an aviation software development firm in the heartland of USA and his colleague HP lived in that apartment who gave him a ride to office everyday. 

There is a scene in a movie one fine day where Melanie's boss looks at her little boy and asks, "Do you know what I think of when I look at him?" Melanie smiles, ready for a compliment but the boss's answers,  "Carrier monkey." I cringed a bit and thought do such Boss/people really exist here?. Now after 14 years or so  and having had a boy after many years of leading a healthy life where we never went to doctors office for fever or cold , I officially declare that toddlers are - CARRIER MONKEYS.

YES,  my son came up with cold, cough and sore throat three days back conveniently on a long weekend when I had plans to do some heavy weight sewing . I had a perfect nanny aka Appa to look after NR for the long weekend to do something I wanted  to stitch. But instead, we spent last weekend taking his temp every one hour and not having any sleep during night. He had mild temp up to 100.8 and are anticipating  another fever episode any time now : (.  I 've started feeling little sick too.

I DVR my favourite shows and watched  them at the only time I get in a day-  night  after 9.30 or 10.00pm when I fold daily laundry or iron my/NR clothes after NR and papa goes to bed.  Last two weeks even that little luxury was taken away from me :( . He refuses to sleep until I join him . 

He hasn't started his school yet and I am already dreading the school days ahead this summer. God please send me a  good house keeper to help me during the sick days along with the  money to afford that keeper. hee hee ,I am sure almost every mother in US says this prayer all too often.