Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Illness all around

I've said it before and I'll say it again (because you can't stop me)--sometimes it seems that the purpose of the holidays is to get together with your family and friends and exchange germs. After all, you get over the germs that you yourself had and since it is winter, what else is there to do but get new ones and feel miserable again.

The latest victims are our daycare provider and her older son, Jaden. Rather mysterious high fevers. So today, the girls went to a daycare center that's affiliated with Greg's work.

The last time they were there (I think more than 2 years ago), Julia cried and sobbed and was hysterical that Daddy was leaving. And unlike how those things usually go, where the child forgets about Daddy or Mommy by about 3 minutes after they leave, she continued to cry and sob. Greg actually had to leave work and bring her home.

Fortunately, today went just fine. Julia doesn't remember her last visit there and I don't think Allie really does either. When it came time for Greg to leave, both of them were too busy looking at all of the new toys to pay much attention and it sounds like they had a busy, fun day. Except for the three naughty boys that Julia told me threw things.

The weather has continued to be very mild, especially for January, but it's also been cloudy, gray, and often misting or raining almost every day. We're projected to have three more days of 45-50 degree weather before Mother Nature remembers that we live in Wisconsin and the temperature drops back to normal (5 degrees or so).

In other news, Pig the cat is not recovering well from her vet visit last week. She went back to the vet today for fluids and to be fed through a tube. She's home and listless tonight but we're taking her back tomorrow for more treatment. We're crossing our fingers that she'll rally tomorrow and get through this. Poor Piggy.

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