Thank Goodness for Slow Days

I kept Ben home from camp today. He was well enough to be up and about, but he had a fever during the night last night and was still complaining about his throat hurting. I spent the day sitting on the floor near enough to the computer to see if any emails came in - thankfully very few did - and played with Ben. We broke out all the birthday presents he hadn't had a chance to open yet: we did two puzzles, played about a billion games of Zingo, built a Lego car, and raced Hot Wheels on a new race track. By the end of the day I was pretty worn out. It was harder work than actually working usually is. I am fervently hoping he will be well enough to go to camp tomorrow.