Nick was home sick yesterday and today. There was a certain amount of vomiting involved. Yesterday he mostly lay on the sofa watching TV, too sick to even whine. Last night he apparently threw up a few more times. I slept through it. This morning he

So do you remember my previous entry? Where I write about Nick puking in the bushes? Turns out that was what's generally referred to as foreshadowing. Because there was a whole lot more puking to come! Ha ha! So fun! Okay not really. This was not

The kids are on the mend. I sent Nick off to school yesterday and he was fine. I, on the other hand, felt worse than ever. I went to bed shortly after tucking Zoe in and left Nick in the capable hands of my husband. So far today I'm hanging in th

The cold virus is loose in our house. I'm coughing a little, but basically fine. Zoe's her usual cheerful self in spite of congestion and a runny nose. Nick's been pretty unhappy about the whole thing. And then Thursday evening, he told m

Nick's on a soccer team this fall; I may not have mentioned this yet. It's eight six year olds running around in a scrum and trying to kick the ball in the right direction. Very exciting. Actually I think soccer is going well so far. It's

Nick was much better today, thank you. Oh, he lay around most of the day, watching TV and eating Icee pops, but he moved around without complaining quite so much, and he gradually worked up to normal foods. He joined us for dinner with no unfortunate

My son started the day by complaining that his neck hurt. Then his arm hurt. Then his belly hurt. Oh, his belly hurt a lot. It was hard to get dressed, his belly hurt so much. I was concerned. He might be sick; then again, he might be malingering. Ha

I don't know what's up with this week. Tuesday I took Zoe to the pediatrician; today I took Zeus to the vet. That was fun, what with the two kids in tow and all. Zeus rode shotgun. Actually he tried to ride in the drivers' seat on the way

The worst was over by morning. Zoe's fever was gone, and her eye didn't look so bad. We went to the doctor anyway, of course. It's probably something viral, apparently, and we just need to wait for her to get better. But wait! Zoe had flu

Zoe was sick all day, but at first it seemed minor. So we went about our day; we all had a pretty good time. Mid-afternoon I took the kids to the park. While Nick was happily digging in the sand, Zoe was getting worse. Not long after we got home I no

We were eating dinner last night when I noticed this weird, annoying noise. It seemed to be coming from Zoe, which was odd; I couldn't figure out how she was doing it. It sounded like she was grinding her teeth. Except that she only has two teeth

Woot! It's a streak! Three Saturdays in a row, felled by illness. Shall we try for the month? The trend varied slightly, though. This time Nick is fine; it's his parents who got sick. The flu, I'm guessing. Our flu shots availed us not, a

Nick was apparently not fully recovered from his last two Saturdays. When I tried to get him out of bed, he was lethargic and insistent that his chest hurt. Which it's been doing, by the way, for over two weeks now. We actually went to the doctor

We started our weekend a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. Yes, Rich decided Nick was old enough for Star Wars. He got our son all excited about this great movie with robots and sword fighting and spaceships, and we sat down Friday evening to

Zoe had her first illness this week. No big deal, objectively - some congestion; recurring, and adorable, sneezes; that's about it. But she was cranky and slept poorly. It was sadly obvious that she had never felt so bad in her whole life, and sh

I am sick, and have been since Saturday. It's a nasty cold, which I am inclined to blame on Rich, as he was sick last weekend. Being sick sucks. I'm tired, drippy, coughy, sneezy, and grouchy. I'd be dopey, too, except that the breastfeed

The school secretary called me at 11:30 yesterday. Nick was throwing up his lunch. So I brought him home, and he lay on the sofa watching Kiki's Delivery Service and drinking apple juice. He took a long nap, and lounged around the rest of the day

I'm not feeling to well today. The good news is that Rich stayed home in the morning, so I could leave Nick home too while I went to my doctor's appointment. The bad news is that Rich left as soon as I got home. Poor Nick spent a fair bit of

Today's entry is disgusting. No, really. I just want to warn you before you start reading it.  I thought Nick was healthy again. I thought it was a one-day illness. Ha ha ha. My day started at about one AM, when I heard Nick crying in his ro

My husband is out of town. And my son woke me up at 5AM to announce that he wasn't feeling well. He punctuated this by throwing up on my bedroom floor. He's pretty much been lying on the sofa watching TV ever since. No vomiting since the sun

Nick's been a little sick the past few days. Nothing major; a cough, runny nose, low energy, reduced appetite. We've been taking it easy and dosing him with cough medicine when the coughing gets too uncomfortable. Then came last night. He woke me up

Today started earlier than usual, because I had an eight o'clock appointment with the dentist. Getting ready went fairly smoothly, and we drove through rush hour traffic to arrive just slightly late. Only it didn't really matter. Because my dental ap

We took a trip to downtown Baton Rouge today, to the science museum. This went well enough; Nick had a good time fooling around in the children's area. When lunchtime rolled around, we walked over to the fountain across the street, where we tucked in

The morning was fine, but I spent most of my afternoon asleep. A little after lunch we settled down on the couch to build with MagnaTiles, and I fell asleep. And Nick woke me up, and a minute later I fell asleep again. After we'd gone through this ro

I thought I was better, but today I am losing my voice. Which, unless it gives out entirely, is better than sleeping all day. But it's not what I'd call a good time. Speech therapy was cancelled today, because the therapist is sick too. So we spent