Saturday, March 2, 2024

2SOL24: here we go again

Karyn B

March 2

At least once each slicing season I write about one of my kids being sick. I usually write on this topic 2, 3, 4 times because…kids…

Germbags. Am I right?

The cough has been lingering for WEEKS. There were nights a good month ago where I took him to the couch so the rest of the house could rest without that hack, hack, hacking cough in their ears. This morning was no different than most others over the last eleventy hundred days.

6:15
cough. . . cough. . . .
cough. . cough. . . 
cough. . . cough. . cough. cough cough
cough. . . .WAHHH! MAMA!

I go to comfort him but he's already climbing out of bed. Big brother is crying because he JUST. WANTS. TO. SLEEP.

Me, too, buddy. Me too.

And so we are up. What is there to do at 6:30 when the house is asleep but he is roaring to go? Watch some Taylor Swift, of course. I confirm which Era he wants already knowing it'll be wherever Trouble Trouble is featured. That's the Red Era for all you non-Swifties out there. We settle in to watch and sing along while dad readies for the day. I'm commanded to toggle between requested songs as if I'm playing tracks on a CD rather than a video.

He has his favorites. It's not his first TS rodeo.

And so we wait until the rest of the house is ready to join us. They will demand Minecraft simulation or makeup tutorial videos. but for now we will Shake It Off while the rest of the house is still enjoying their Wildest Dreams.

Just some of my favorite Theo sings Taylor images and videos.