We’re Alive… I Think.

A nasty virus has swept through our household, I’m afraid.  It started with my oldest daughter who passed it onto her sister who then passed it onto me.  While they seemed affected mostly with sinus stuff my illness went right to my chest.  As an asthmatic that tends to get a good case of bronchitis every year I wasn’t thrilled. 

Luckily, we are on the mend and so far, knock on wood, I show no signs of bronchitis.  My hyperactive immune system seems to be working overtime.  We also were fortunate there were no sinus infections.  I was wondering at one point with my girls.  A couple of our friends also came down with it and we think they fared worse than we did. 

It started out with one mother bear of a headache and a sore throat.  We all agree the worst part has to be how completely exhausted we have been.  It feels like we just can’t get enough sleep.  

Needless to say, I have been incredibly grateful for the frozen meal components I had stashed in the freezer.  I had an assortment of soups, spaghetti and meat sauce and burrito filling to pull out and thaw so it made meal preparation much easier for us. 

One night, I have to confess, I did stop at the store and pick up a deli chicken and an already prepared salad.  I don’t mean a sack of prepared lettuce but an actual salad already made up in a plastic bowl.  Just serve and add salad dressing.  When I told my Mom about it she said she knew we were really sick. 

Our house is a complete disaster.  It has been all we could do to keep up on dishes and laundry and even that has been hit and miss.  At this point I really could care less.  The important thing is we are on the mend.  This other stuff will wait for us… unfortunately.