Stinkin' Pigs...

So my kids (okay, me too) are not the biggest fan of shots / vaccines. But I feel like some are necessary and just deal with the fact that we need some. Robynson's doctor would like us all to get the flu shot / H1N1 shot (Swine Flu Vaccine). Okay, fine. We'll do what we need to do.

EXCEPT...

There aren't any flu shots in Wasatch County or Utah County or at Primary Children's Medical Center. And the Swine Flu vaccine line is generally between a 1 hour and 3 hour wait. Because THAT MANY people are freaked out. Which is making ME freak out...

I don't watch the news because I do panic. It drives me crazy. But this weekend, I watched the news and it said that over half of the kids at Tooele High School were out sick on Friday. Over HALF of the 1400 students were sick. NOT GOOD!!! And 43 kids have already died from this crap? NOT GOOD!!! My neighbors (at least 2 sets of them) have sick kids. Or sick families. My Angie? She's been sick - so have her kids. Everyone!!! NOT GOOD, PEOPLE!!! I need to get my kids (especially my heart problem baby) vaccinated, but standing in line for 3 hours in the cold rainy weather around other people who MIGHT be sick isn't a great idea!

And I have (for the first time EVER) started to think about pulling my kids out of school and trying to HOME SCHOOL them - which, I tell you, wouldn't work out so well for them or me. I don't have the patience needed to make my kids read / write / sit still for hours on end.

So for now, I sit in panic. I search for flu shots. And H1N1 shots. And preferably cheap / free ones. :) I deal with my already existing Panic / Anxiety issues by doubling my dosage of Zoloft. I am becoming a germ freak (wash your hands, NOW!) and a crazy mess about letting friends come over. My poor kids...

But I'm not alone. THIS POST (click it!) made me happy because it's not "just me" in this panic mode. It's spreading. The Panic and the pig flu...

Here's to hoping that we all survive this and this is not the plague that ends the world....