OINK

One of Meredith's friends had a birthday party yesterday at SkateZone. We got there at 1 and I left her and Hayden there (I had to pay for Hayden to skate but then he got to be part of the party also.) They both came home requesting to go back the next day. The only complaint was Meredith got a blister on the back of one of her feet.

Then she was crabby and mean-spirited the rest of the day.

This morning she didn't want to go to school. But I was ready to only have the younger two home for once so I drove them to school.

Then I drove back to school to drop off Hayden's violin.

Then I drove back to school to pick up Meredith who was complaining of a stomachache and had a fever of 100.5. So she can't go to school tomorrow either - she has to be 24 hours fever-free.

I asked the nurse if they'd had any confirmed cases of swine flu and they have not. Confirmed cases - that is. Some of the parents think their kids may have/had it but when they call the doctor to bring the kid in, the doctor's office advises them to keep the kids home unless it gets really bad - high fever, etc - because they don't want to spread the germs. Anyway, all the suspected cases have been fairly mild around here. And, luckily, my kids don't have any pre-existing health concerns so I'm going to try not to worry about it too much.

Anyway, Meredith is just laying on the couch watching tv. She ate 4 chicken nuggets and only wants to drink water so other than laying on the couch without complaint, she seems fine.

It's nice out today so I have the windows open. I'm getting airline cabin fever - that means the windows have been closed for so long, I feel like the germs are just getting recirculated in here so, no wonder people are getting sick.

Young Frankenstein

Meredith is up now and she requested some orange juice, 2 granola bars, and wants to watch Young Frankenstein.

Sick

My poor baby is sick.

Steffi & Philip & I have been sick for awhile with colds but we seem to be over it now. It hung around for awhile but they don't have to go anywhere and can lay around on the couch or play quietly if they're not feeling well. Or whine incessently and demand to be held - which is usually what they choose to do.

Anyway, Meredith put herself to bed last night at 7:30. She got up a little later though and we all watched "Young Frankenstein." (We only had time to watch half of it before bed.) John put the kids to bed and she was asleep before I went in there for prayer. I took her temperature and it was just a touch high. This morning it was normal but she got out of bed, sat on the couch, and laid her head down on the arm. I asked if she wanted to go to school and she shook her head 'no.' I asked if she wanted to go back to bed and she shook her head 'yes.'

She's still sleeping. It's 11:00. And the little ones were in her room yelling at one point.

She must be sleeping pretty good too. She's not coughing anyway.