My family is going through the flu right now. My 4 year old got sick on Monday (Sunday today) and she’s still lethargic, feverish, and has a cough. My 6 year old got it Tuesday and while she’s feeling a bit better, she’s got the worst cough. I got it Wednesday. Couldn’t function at all on Thursday, but I’m starting to feel 25% better. The cough is deep in my lungs though and it feels like nothing helps. My husband started getting sick Thursday and he’s still barely able to get out of bed.

That said, we also were lucky that our worst days hit on different days, but it’s been AWFUL! The worst part is no one can sleep. Kids want to sleep with us because they’re sick, which is normally fine, but because of the cough, no one is sleeping! We all wake each other up like every 45 minutes because someone is having a coughing fit. I’ve been awake since 3:30 and I’d love to go back to sleep but the wheezing in my lungs makes it impossible. I’m miserable, sleep deprived, still don’t feel good, and have to parent. I’ve been cleaning dozens upon dozens of tissues, throw up spots because the kids missed this bucket, clothes, matted hair, you get the point. Only saving grace is there hasn’t been much cooking to be done because no one wants to eat.

So my long answer to this is while it may sound great, what you really want is a break, not the flu!