Influenza

I am supposed to leave on Monday to go Chicago (about 45 minutes north of there)

But I woke up with chills last night in the middle of the night. And then I couldn't stand up the first half of the morning because I was so nauseated. I went to the doctor who diagnosed me with the flu and then she proceeded to say "You can't travel with the flu. People will die if they catch it from you--the elderly and small children."

If she would have said ANYTHING else I would have gone anyway, but I can't have that on my conscious.

I am going to see if I get over it by the end of the day tomorrow but it looks like, for the first time in three years, I will be canceling a visit to one of my schools :(

She told me not to spend time with my children and not to nurse my baby while on the meds so I am holed up in my stinky germy room writing this blog post after which I will go back to sleep again for the billionth time today.

My kids were really nice to me telling me they wanted to give me hugs and love but the real hero is my husband. While I was sick he was managing all the household meals and cleaning, arranging playgroups for the kids, and general niceness to me. He drove all over town to get me what I needed and held me while I was shivering. He even sat in the bathroom while I was taking a shower at 1 am because he was worried about me.

Thanks Steve, you are the genuine article.