shot to hell

My daughter who has the flu after getting her flu shot when I said not to: "Really, don't mind the lung I've just coughed up on the living room floor."

Me: "Oh, honey - you'll have to do more than that if you want to flip me out, between you and your brother, nothing much phases me anymore."

My daughter who has the flu after getting her flu shot when I said not to: "What if I really did cough up a lung? What would you say?"

Me: "PICK THAT UP OFF THE FLOOR AND STOP LEAVING ORGANS ALL OVER THE PLACE! GOD! WERE YOU RAISED IN A BARN?!"

My daughter who has the flu after getting her flu shot when I said not to: "And if I coughed up the other one right after?"

Me: "YOU PEOPLE ARE LIKE THE DEAF! DIDN'T I JUST SAY TO STOP LEAVING ORGANS ON THE LIVING ROOM FLOOR?!"

So, now she's having another coughing fit because she's trying not to laugh while gracefully imitating tossing up a lung.

It's really not graceful and she's failing miserably.

Really, you're just shot to hell after you've had kids for awhile. I can't even get excited about the possibility of a lung on my floor. Now all we can do is come up with creative ways we'd tell the story to everyone else afterward.

See, even the flu can be fun.