Bad Sounds

As some of you may remember, I have been sick in bed since this past weekend.  Bad sick.  Man sick, if you know what I mean.

Anyway, I had pretty much resigned myself to going back to work this morning (important meeting and other fun things), but when my alarm went off I still felt like death warmed over.  I figured if I could just get another 30 or 40 minutes of shut-eye I might be able to pull it together enough to get dressed... but right that minute?  Not a chance.

So even though I'm normally the one to get the coffee going, wake up the kids and lay out breakfast for everyone, I begged Zahava to please stand in for me.  She wasn't in much better shape, but I guess I sounded pitiful enough because she got up without too much of an argument and let me drift back to sleep.

The next thing I was aware of was the sound of Zahava scolding our daughter about running late.  I wasn't fully awake but I snuggled deeper under the comforter to keep their argument from penetrating the layers of fog. 

Then I heard Yonah's voice enter the mix.  He seemed in good spirits but because his batteries were fully recharged, he was jabbering on about clothes and breakfast and getting something to drink and the fact that he'd gone to the bathroom and on and on and on.... 

After a few minutes of this I heard Gilad enter the line of fire saying that he wasn't feeling very well... but before he could get further than that I heard Zahava start yelling at Yonah to get off the dog bed and into his chair for breakfast! 

Ariella, never one to take the hint and simply lay low, re-entered the soundscape with an over-emotional teenaged plea for something or other or she was going to miss her ride to school... and Gilad continued his fruitless efforts to apprise every one of the fact that he really wasn't feeling well.

One floor below the fray, I pulled the covers the rest of the way over my head and tried to use all my mental energy to will Zahava not to realize that I could easily be called in to assist.  All I wanted to do at that point was go back to sleep and not open my eyes until mid-afternoon... meeting be damned.

Then I heard Gilad suddenly make an inarticulate gagging sound, followed by a wet splashing noise of something unspeakable hitting the floor.  This was closely followed by the sound of Zahava screaming as if she was auditioning for the shower scene in 'Pyscho' (remember, Zahava doesn't do vomit).

I was about to pull the pillow over my head so I could pretend none of this was happening when I heard both dogs go dashing up the stairs to see what all the commotion was about, and I decided that if I didn't intervene, the sight of Lulu and Jordan happily lapping up vomit might actually make Zahava's head explode!

It was right about then that I decided that going to work might be a good idea after all.