57 Reasons

Wisdom from PBS Kids Curious George. The man with the yellow hat and the neighbor boy have fallen over the edge of a cliff and are stuck on a ledge at the top of Lookout Mountain. Their only hope of rescue is George. The man with the yellow hat looks a little discouraged. The smiling, optimistic boy says, "I can think of 56 things that are worse than this!" The wind then snags the man's yellow hat and it gets carried away down into the valley and he looks forlorn. Boy grins and says, "Make that 57!"

You may wonder why this is pertinent on this Sunday morning--why I was curled up on a couch watching Curious George. Because I have just spent the night rotating between feverish, throwing up Chambers boys. All three. Sick at once. So it's like a series of good news and bad news. The bad news is that all the boys are sick. The good news is that I'm not sick and they're all sick at the SAME time. The bad news is that Eric won't be home until NEXT weekend. The good news is that Eric is not here to join the infirmary. (And if you've ever been within earshot of Eric sick, you can really grasp why this is about all the 57 reasons of how my weekend could be worse).

Here's to a day of cuddling sick boys and cartoons and may our Monday dawn throw-up buckets free. After all, there is always something worse. Right?

Like only having 40 anytime cell phone minutes until Friday. Oh yeah. But wait. That is worse!

OK. You're all right. It doesn't really compare to pioneers, so I'll grin and dance anyway.