Flu Shots, Yay!

Being at home with everyone having the flu is like making your own horror movie without a director or crew.  Last year, I experienced terror such as this.  We all came down with the H1N1 or "Swine Flu" as they were calling it.  Vaccine supplies were short and taking two children with special needs to stand for hours was out of the question.  What do you bribe them with?  "Kids, if you're very, very good in line, at the end you'll get a needle in your arm!"  Before I really had a realistic opportunity to get the shots, we all came down with it.  For 4-5 days, you become the parent you swear you'd never be.  Eating cereal right out of the box with your hands?  Sure, no problem!  Stay up until 11 PM and keep your pjs on all day?  Don't worry about it.  So, with these fresh memories in my mind, I head out this morning to get shots for all of us.  A family member is in the medical field and gives them to use every year when they are available.

So my kids have no idea that we are going to get shots, I have to tell them "A White Lie".  I reveal our true destination, but sugar coat it with, "We're going to Pops for a visit!"  I don't tell them that my sister has a lair with needles and vials of flu vaccine and that she's lying in wait for us to arrive.