a close game

that it was. those germs almost had us but then we whipped out our secret weapon from the ER and they didn't stand a chance.

the last 2 weeks of my life have been horrible. my 5 year old had a sinus infection. the 3 year old had pinkeye (in BOTH eyes) and an ear infection. the 18 month old had something they didn't put a name on but antibiotics have helped clear that up. i had bronchitis and (i think) a bit of a sinus infection...bronchitis doesn't really produce that much snot does it!?!? rob thinks he had the same thing as me but i say no way. i was much sicker than he was.

for about 3 days, all i did was lay on the sofa. between my 102 degree fever and the snot pouring from my nose, i could do nothing but struggle to breathe.

that is why i'm still catching up on housework, laundry, and cooking. i took my last dose of zithromax today so hopefully that was enough to do the dirty work on those germs. the girls are still finishing their antibiotics, elisha has about another 3 days and reese another week. i've been squirting their doses into jello and it really goes against my dietary habits to give them jello for breakfast, even if it is laced with their meds. but to have the excesses of snot disappear from my house, i'll do it.

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i borrowed this from kate, who got tagged by someone else. i'm not cool enough to get tagged, but i post this anyway. it's my little tiny corner of the internet, i can do what i want in it.

The rules are simple. Look up from the computer, look around the room where you're sitting and pick up the closest book. And closest really means closest. No cheating by running upstairs to unearth your pink-highlighted college copy of The Critique of Pure Reason or the Prolegomena. Open the book, turn to page 123, count down to the fifth sentence on that page, and then post the next three sentences.

i'm reading "dawn on a distant shore" by sara donati. i've started this book at least 3 different times and have lost it once and now bought it twice. arg. here goes, uppercase letters and all:

He muttered a question in Pepin's direction and got a brief word in reply. The escape plans seemed to have brought about an uneasy truce between them, but Nathaniel intended to keep a sharp eye on the butcher. "Any sign of Runs-from-Bears?" asked Robbie, putting voice to the question that kept Nathaniel awake night after night.