And the Flu Rolled On!

So after a week of recovery for me it was Abby's turn to come down with the yucks. She woke up from her nap last Friday and started throwing up, among other things. It was exactly like my flu so I knew the vomiting and all wouldn't last long. She was pretty mellow about it all and I even got to cuddle a bunch with her. It's not often that I get to just sit and hold one of the kids. She went to bed early, slept all night and has been a weirdo ever since! She's obsessed with throwing up now and keeps saying that she's sick. If she's distracted life is great but as soon as she gets a chance to think about it she starts acting up about being sick. Hopefully she'll get over it soon and be back to her normal cheerful (*cough, cough*) self.

Then last Tuesday Jerry came down with the flu himself. He had to go to school in the morning but it became apparent that he couldn't hold out until for the sub who was coming in the afternoon. His principal took over his PE duties for the last hour of the morning and Jerry came home and slept the rest of the day. He stayed home the next day as well, holed up in our bedroom with his laptop, tv, Blackberry, saltines and water! By Thursday he was feeling well enough to head on back to school.

Thursday night my sinuses decided to empty themselves and the faucet that is my nose hasn't really stopped since. I finally started feeling better once the pressure let up but I have continued to sound like a life-long smoker, complete with cough, ever since. I even woke up to find myself having a super awesome nose bleed about 5 this morning. Lucky me!! I'm really hoping that this is the end of our winter sickness...fingers crossed! I was thinking the other day that it would be fun to live in Australia where Christmas happens during the summer, not too many people are as sick in the summer as they are in the winter. It's hard to feel the Christmas cheer when you just plain don't feel well!

PS. Said illnesses are the major reason my blogging has sucked lately. I was informed Saturday that my last post had been November 29th. Oops!