(with apologies to Sue who has probably already read this whine...) I feel like I'm neither fish nor fowl -- trying to be a great professional and a great mom and frankly failing at both. LIza came home early from school yesterday with a low grade temp and a sore throat -- the same sore throat I had said "would be FINE!" yesterday morning -- ugh. So she threw up twice last night and has a very very bad sore throat. The fever is gone though. so I'm home with her this morning try ing to telecommute and get popsicles and ginger ale and take temperatures and fix the covers and make a doctors appt -- all while trying to answer my office's emails...Then ex husband is going to take her to his house this afternoon because my Leadership New Hampshire Class has a private session with the NH Supreme Court at 12:30 -- this is HUGE, the court only does this kind of session for this program and it's literally a once in a lifetime opportunity. so I have to leave here by 12:00 andex dh is taking Liza to her 12:30 doctors appt but he's trying to make me meet him at the doctors which makes my route to the supreme court more convoluted so I'm completely stressed about getting there in time.... then getting home, getting Liza BACK from her dad and praying to high heaven she can go to school tomorrow so my childless cutthroat co worker who wants my job doesn't have any more ammo about how I drop everything for my kid. tums please. with a tequila chaser... and thanks for listening.... Katie