take a sick day? moms don't get sick days!

Yesterday, I crashed!  I had a super fun weekend.  We went on a cruise with all my siblings and parents.  I spent the weeks beforehand rushing to get everything ready and praying I don't get sick like everyone around me seemed to be.  It was a wonderful cruise and I am so thankful for my time with my family.  We got home Sunday night, and the kids had cleaned the house to surprise us!  It was so awesome to come home to happy kids and a clean house. I felt a little iffy but kept pushing through, laundry needed to be done, backpacks packed, homework checked, kids fed.  I went to bed at 9:30 which is way early for me.  Monday morning I felt like I had been run over by a truck!!  Hannah came upstairs and asked if she could stay home, she described feeling exactly what I felt.  So, she went back to bed and I started my day.  I had to drive carpool for the elementary kids.  I helped Becca get ready and loaded her and Lucy in the car.  I even stopped at Sonic for my vanilla diet coke with limes on my way home as usual.  I got home and set my diet coke on the counter, checked on my still sleeping 13-year-old and put on a show for Lucy.  I told myself I would just lay down for a bit.  Thank goodness for disney junior- I slept for 2 hours before lucy woke me up saying she wanted a snack.  Kerry came home at lunchtime and made Lucy lunch and let me sleep some more.  I put Lucy down for a nap when Kerry went back to work, and planned to get something accomplished, but ended up sleeping until I had to go get Becca from school.  I drove the afternoon carpool and took Becca to piano lessons.  My sweet husband took over when he got home and I went back to bed.  I woke up around 7 to Kerry trying to bathe the little girls before he realized he had to go pick up Zach from basketball practice.  I finished baths and put fresh-smelling girls into PJ's, which is when I smelled myself! hahahaha As i headed towards my bedroom, determined to take a shower no matter how crappy i felt, I passed my diet coke from the morning still sitting untouched on the counter.  I laughed.
AND here is my point:  It's ok to give ourselves a little slack.  As moms we tend to expect way more out of ourselves than we should.  I felt so guilty for sleeping when I could have been catching up on things that needed to be done.  BUT my body NEEDED that sleep!  And, now since I rested- though not fully recovered- I can accomplish things today.  So, give yourself a break.  It's ok to not be supermom all the time!  And now I get to go put back together the house that somehow exploded in the short time I was out of commission.  Why can't the people who live here clean up after themselves? lol
Anyway, hope you all are having a lovely day