We're all kind of sick...

Katy has been home from school the past two days...guess there is lots of stuff going around...typical 'back to school' infections. She started earlier in the week not feeling great, got to Wednesday evening and complained of a sore throat. So I kept her home on Thursday, expecting that she would be in school Friday. Then, she spiked a fever Thursday night...so home she was yesterday. She's doing better today. I started to feel punky yesterday but started to take Emergen-C...a fizzy vitamin and mineral supplement that actually sometimes works (but of course, we can't get Katy to drink it)! It is great that we have virtually nothing on our schedule, except that Katy will go to her dojo this afternoon to see School of Rock and eat pizza. It is so nice that they run events for the kids so they can get in a little social time !
Meanwhile, Kirk and I will be washer/dryer shopping, sigh. Dryer has rusting problems around the drum which causes rust streaks on clothing...not good. Would cost over $450 to replace the drum; so that ain't gonna happen! Any recs for good purchases are welcome...we are currently looking at an LG, Consumer Reports, Best Buy, front loading model for a washer. Our concern is that the 'drawers' that make the machines more user friendly may make them too tall for the space they currently inhabit. So...we are going to check them out today.
This might cause you a giggle: About every other year, I throw my hat into the ring at Katy's school to be a 'room parent.' They randomly pick two parents for each classroom, and guess what??? My name came up this year! Ha, ha...the joke is on me! I was kind of leaving it up to the universe to either let it happen or not. Anyway, at Katy's school, it isn't the biggest deal (one of the guests at my CM workshop last night said that in her town, there is GREAT competition for this position...yikes people...get a life)! You mostly help pass on email info to the classroom parents, send out requests for classroom supplies, assemble the classroom Silent Auction basket, collect for the teacher gifts in December and June...at least this is what I've gleaned from observing past room parents over the years. What is funny is the other parent who was chosen, Lisa, remembers Katy and I from Katy's pre-school. Her son attended Ms. Sheila's with Katy and he just got into the Charter School this year. Of course, I don't remember either of them looking at their names...but maybe when I meet at the Room Parent meeting TBA. Hoping they don't ask me to be a Nature's Classroom chaperone...as the answer will be NO! (ps...Nature's Classroom is a week long program the 5th grade goes on at a camp down the Cape. It is coming up in abuoat 4 weeks...Katy is very excited...and I think it will be an awesome experience for her to have on her own. The program looks great...they keep the kids very busy and have lots of enrichment activities. But I have no plans to be a chaperone...especially with Kirk taking 2 days off that week so we can have some 'quality time' together.)