Helpful bits of advice
1. Take your sister-in-law up on the offer of that extra "just-in-case" the
kids get sick grocery bag.
2. Give the kids a throw-up bag BEFORE you leave. The five second "I'm
about to throw up..." warning is not enough time to get anything in place
to protect the surrounding environment.
3. Drive as fast as you can, roll down the windows and open all vents. This
will cause most of the liquid to evaporate so that when you do really
pull-over to deal with it, it won't slime you too.
4. The nose is a very adaptive sensory instrument, think of one smell that
you are very familiar with, make sure that it's a nice strong smell that you
like. If you concentrate hard enough, you can turn the smell into a cherry
tinted something, that while not appealing will help you avoid vomiting
yourself.
5. Don't use your cruse control with vomit in the car. It's just not safe,
your mind will not be able to keep up with the speed of the car and you
could rear-end someone.
6. Don¹t worry about the younger children, they won't notice anything is
wrong till you get home. At which point you can bet they'll say something
profound like "eeww, sissy threw up!".
7. Do be careful to have the younger children exit away from the mess, other
wise they will interact with the mess and inevitable end up making their
very own mess later on.
8. When cleaning the mess, open all doors and spray carpet cleaner on
everything. At the very least when you get it on you, and you will, you'll
have a shot at smelling like carpet cleaner more than vomit.
9. Any money found while cleaning is yours, all children forfeit their
claim to any money in the car when vomit is involved.
10. Once all the goo is cleared away use a Magic Eraser with a little bucket
of soapy tap water. This gets rid of any left over mashed bits and cleans
the carpet quite well.
Well I hope these tips will help you out somewhere down the road. I know
they'll be in my mind for our next trip!
posted by Heather @ 9:58 AM
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