Update 10/31

Here’s a list of a few things I did today. I took the day off, for reasons which will become clear, but I still believe it was one of the strangest days I’ve had to date.

Things I Did Yesterday / Today:

• Called the doctor to ask questions about the swine flu. (Anna and Christa have it we discovered this morning–Anna is sleeping a lot and has started on Tamiflu. Christa is riding out the storm without drugs since they weren’t prescribing to low-risk adults.)
• Jump-started my car (thanks to my friend Josh) which was parked a block away at Walgreens.
• Dumped out many buckets of vomit. (Sorry for the detail, but it seems like such a weird task.)
• Played dominoes with Sarah (who strangely is not displaying flu-like symptoms.)
• Ate a Krispy Kreme donut with orange and black sprinkles.
• Replaced the battery on my car using instructions from a manual I got at the public library. So far, no electrocutions.
• Ironed my St. Francis of Assisi Halloween costume. That activity is just “out there”–on multiple levels–if you think about it.
• Cleaned acrylic paint off of paintbrushes, tablecloth, and second born daughter.
• Retrieved the phones from multiple rooms of the house as they seemed to keep moving like migratory birds from dawn till dusk.
• Took Tamiflu myself. (Don’t ask. Evidently with my asthma / breathing issues, I’m at a higher risk even though I haven’t displayed any symptoms thusfar.)
• Made meatloaf (a food I happen to hate) for myself and Sarah because a.) it was available (we’re members of a cooking co-op right now where different people prep meals and deliver them four nights a week) and b.) we needed a semi-healthy dinner after eating donuts and yogurt for breakfast and lunch.
• Wondered at what point of repetition Curious George episodes could break someone’s sanity…
• Taking Sarah to the ER at 1:30 a.m. since she had a raging fever and was having trouble breathing. The doctor thinks she has asthma like her sister which complicates the swine flu symptoms. Her big concern with all of this was missing out on “truck or treating”. She keeps reassuring us that the feels much better.
• Seeing Christa black out and tumble down in the hallway. Thought I was going to be taking my whole family to the ER. She’s OK, just bruised and sore this morning.

Halloween has been real scary so far…but I think we’re all on the road to recovery today. I hope.