First Illness of the School Year

So, tired, lazy, very pregnant Mama took Ella and headed to Luby's for dinner (per her request) after picking her up from school. Ummm, yeah. I don't know if my patience has lessened with pregnancy or she was already feeling ill, or maybe a bit of both, but the two of us completely lost it in Luby's. It all started with the Jello. They were out of red, which of course was the color she wanted, and then the cupcake I wouldn't put on the tray... Hell hath no fury like a little girl who's been refused red Jello and a cupcake! The child started screaming and crying like I was physically torturing her. I really tried (and succeeded for a little bit) to keep my composure and ignore her until the screaming and crying subsided. Well, since Plan A didn't work (she NEVER quit screaming and crying), I had to resort to Plan B, which was to get the heck outta Dodge, and fast. I really was almost on the verge of tears and everyone around us could not stop sneaking glances at us as I'm sure we looked like some scene out of a comedic parenthood movie, and were annoying to boot. No amount of reasoning or begging was getting me anywhere. I packed up our food and literally drug her out of the restaurant. I made eye contact with another mom while putting Ella into the car and I'm not sure if the look was "Oh-I've-been-there-before-and-I-feel-for-you" or "Jeez-Lady-you've-totally-lost-it-and-need-to-calm-down". It took a good 20 minutes before my adrenaline levels went back to normal and we finally sat down at the kitchen table and resumed dinner and an early night for the both of us. All that to say that when she woke up the next morning she had a fever of 104+. Awesome. I just lost it and almost killed the both of us and it was all because the child probably felt like complete poo. Apologies Ella, I guess you could say Mama's have their days too! This is what she looked like ALL day Thursday and Friday until the fever let up. Poor girl :(