Amygdala
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Ok, so this is a bit of an unusual one. On Tuesday, when I'm 11 weeks, my cousin and his family will be arriving to stay with us for a week. We're not that close, so between previous losses and not having announced the pregnancy to our kids, parents or siblings, I'm really not ready to tell them. I'm not being sick anymore but I get very tired (I mean, close your eyes and pass out kinda tired), feel light headed a lot and I get headaches sometimes, horrible nausea, especially if I don't eat on time, and sometimes cramping when I walk too much.
They're hiring a car for me to drive them around, which isn't cheap, and we've got plans every day for a week. Which is just as well because although I like them, I seriously don't know what we'd talk about for a week if we didn't have plans. But I'm dreading not being able to rest.
So... Any ideas for a good white lie that would allow me to go to bed early and take a day off if I really can't cope? I've been thinking I could say I've got a migraine but that doesn't really explain my being ill for a week! And obviously I don't want to tell them that I'm sick because I don't want them to worry about catching anything. Anything non-contagious that I could be being treated for maybe? Ear infection??? I'm a bit stuck as to how to handle this. I don't like lying to them but I really can't tell them the truth.
They're hiring a car for me to drive them around, which isn't cheap, and we've got plans every day for a week. Which is just as well because although I like them, I seriously don't know what we'd talk about for a week if we didn't have plans. But I'm dreading not being able to rest.
So... Any ideas for a good white lie that would allow me to go to bed early and take a day off if I really can't cope? I've been thinking I could say I've got a migraine but that doesn't really explain my being ill for a week! And obviously I don't want to tell them that I'm sick because I don't want them to worry about catching anything. Anything non-contagious that I could be being treated for maybe? Ear infection??? I'm a bit stuck as to how to handle this. I don't like lying to them but I really can't tell them the truth.