You learn something new everyday.

They (whoever "they" are) always say "You learn something new everyday." I suppose it is true. Today I learned a valuable gem. I should never ever ever clean my fish tank on a full stomach because, well, I can't quite stomach it. After baking myself a pizza, I still had quite a bit of time left on my lunch break so I decided to tackle cleaning my fish tank. I pulled my sleeves up, pushed my hair back and dove right on it. Finally, I worked up the courage to clean the filters. The sight hit me like a gamma ray. Right to the stomach. The unexpected was coming. I leaned over the floor to let it out. Then I remembered there was a sink about 12 inches away (I'm a genius, I know) so I leaned over that and let it out. I couldn't look otherwise it would just happen again. Oh, the price I pay so my fish can swim in clean water.

I can count on one hand the number of times that I have thrown up in my memory. From most recent to oldest.

1. The night before the triathlon I ate too much at Olive Garden and I got a really bad night's sleep.
2. Christmas night 2 years ago. Something made me sick. I think it was spinach...I always knew there was a reason I avoided spinach like the plague.
3. Cleaning up Tiger's (my old cat) throw up. The smell of it made me wretch. Erin was in the shower. I had just eaten those Grandma's brand cookies that have tons of pink frosting on top.
4. In the third grade, a whole 14 years earlier, I couldn't make it to the bathroom and threw up all over Lauren Carrol's backpack. I still feel bad about that.

I just decided that I will make my children change their own diapers and clean up after their vomit as soon as they are physically able. I am not cut out for that kind of work.