Sunday, February 22, 2009

A house of sick people


This has been a rough week! Skylar started out with a fever on Sunday, turned into a cough. Gracie got the cough. Shelli and I had been fighting of a persistent cold that we keep passing back and forth (she can't help kissing me all the time), then Saturday Rachel said "I feel like I'm going to throw up". The sensitive dad in me said "Rachel, you say you feel like throwing up EVERY DAY!" It's no exaggeration. She says that every time she gets nervous, upset, happy, whatever. "I feel like I'm going to throw up". It started a small argument which I firmly ended with a convincing "whatever Rachel". I know, I'm very articulate. Anyway, I was on my way to a tennis practice and got a call from Shelli. "Guess what... Rachel just threw up in her room". I could hear the faint "I told you so... retch... dad. thanks.....retch....for listening.

We have run out of motrin for kids, running low on other cold/cough/sinus/stomach remedies. I remember when Gary Coleman was younger he said he took so many pills he thought he should rattle when he walks. This picture reminded me of that, and the kind of week we are having. Now more than ever I am READY for warmer "open up all the windows for an entire day" weather to decontaminate this house.

Anybody want to come over for dinner tonight?

4 comments:

Jessica said...

oooh! Sorry. We've had all but the throwing up, so we are definitely NOT coming to dinner :-) Hope you all get better real soon.

Patricia said...

Yuck!
Sorry I'm not there to drop some dinner on the doorstep and then run back to my car.....

I've had good luck with Cold-Eze and Zicam.

Trev said...

no problem. I made dinner tonight. Rachel was able to keep it down, too. good thing as it was beans and rice!

Kim said...

So sorry about the sickies!!

I can't wait until the sun comes back to stay too!!

Did you hear we're going to be going to the Hansen Park bldg? Maybe we'll run into you guys!