The Day After, Bryan and Kim Visit, Plague

The day after my Mom and Dad left was AWFUL! The night that they left I went to bed not feeling very well. Around 11 pm I was up and extremely sick. This went on throughout the entire night. I called my parents the first thing in the morning and, sure enough, my Dad was sick too. The first thing that popped into my head was food poisoning. We had eaten at Golden Corral and, no joke, the minute I walked up and got my first plate I had regretted going there. The first plate I picked up had dried food all over it. I also remembered my Dad and I trying something and commenting on the weird taste. So, that was it. I was convinced it was food poisoning.

I don't have a lot of good friends here, but do have some acquaintances or at least some people that do care about me a little. With Mom and Dad now gone and Derek TDY I wasn't sure how I was going to make it through the day. It was THAT BAD! I somehow managed to get Allie to school, but it was picture day and she wasn't dolled up like she normally would have been. For the most part, I was pretty blessed this day. Avery had decided to wake up at 4 am. Because of that I was able to get her down for a nap at 10 and she slept for 3 1/2 hours! Blake slept for 3 hours during that time.......and so did I! I got another break around 4:30 when a friend came and took the girls to her house. This was another blessing because from the time Allie walked in the door from school the girls had been fighting non-stop. She kept the girls until 7:30, fed then dinner, and then brought them home and put them to bed. She even got me fresh cups of water, toast and mints. My neighbor also brought over a heating pad for my aching joints. Unfortunately, I didn't get any sleep that night since Blake slept all day..........

That next morning Bryan and Kim arrived. I still wasn't feeling all that great but forced myself to get up and shower so I could get Avery to preschool. The shower actually helped a lot. I dropped Avery off a little late and got home with just enough time to try to clean up the house a little bit. It's amazing how messy a house can get without taking care of it for just one day! And then Bryan and Kim were here! After about an hour of chatting and meeting Blake we left to pick up Aves and grab some lunch. Once we got home we all took a nap! Then it was time to pick up Allie........shortly thereafter Avery gets sick........all over Kim, the couch, and the floor. And that's about the extent of their visit because now we are plagued.

Obviously I didn't have food poisoning. After Avery got sick, Allie got sick. After Allie got sick, Bryan got sick. After Bryan got sick, Kim got sick. The person handling this the best is little Blake, thankfully. Although, he has had a couple of diapers that were runnier than usual. His stomach is gurgling an awful lot and he has vomited a decent amount twice. No fevers yet.......but he has been sneezing a lot too. Luckily he has an appointment tomorrow with the doctor.

No pictures from Bryan and Kim's visit because we were all sick or sleep deprived. I knew the 3 days would be short and it would be pretty much impossible to do much of anything, but never imagined it being this bad. I can pretty much guarantee that they won't want to come back to visit us.

The rest of today will be spent trying to disinfect the house........fun, fun.