I would recommend that before you read this you do several of the following......1)Wash hands thoroughly! 2)Apply mask! 3)Use hand sanitizer frequently while reading this entry! Yep.....the house is sick. No...I don't believe that it is the H1N1. I think that it is just a nice virus that we picked up. I don't think that we are sick enough to say it was the flu. At lease that is what I and our very nice pediatrician think. Even though I couldn't imagine feeling any sicker than a few of us did.
It started last Monday with Jordan saying. "Mom, my throat is a little scratchy." I was forbidden to touch him or ask any questions. He had the conference XC meet on Tuesday night and he was running. Tuesday morning at 4:00am Dana and I were awakened by Carson who was crawling into our bed because he was "too hot". In my sleep induced coma, I acknowledged that...."yep, you are indeed hot" and we all settled in to finish the remainder of night before being rudely awakened by the darn alarm. Carson slept on while Dana and I got ready for work. I got both Carson and Emma up to get ready for school and realized in my fully awake state that, "Oh my gosh! Carson is really warm." He crawled back into our bed and announced "Email Mrs Mackey, mom. I'm not going to school today." As all this is playing out, daycare families are dropping off there kids. While in Emma and Carson's room I discover that the reason he decided to come to our bed at 4:00am was because he had vomited in his bed! Great....so I begin to call all the families that had just dropped off their children and had them come back and get them. With all the yuck that is going around this year I have decided to take a harder line in regards to having sick kids here or caring for kids while mine are ill.
So, Carson was home Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Jordan ran at conference on Tuesday night...finished 13th overall with All-Conference honors. He woke up Wednesday morning feeling crappy and was home Wednesday and Thursday. Saturday morning Dana, Jordan and I went to a Senior Day at Simpson College in Indianola. Saturday night I started feeling a little yucky. We had our family pictures taken on Sunday afternoon. I am not sure that all of us were feeling all that great but we smiled and I think Julie got some good ones. Sunday afternoon Carson, Emma, and I didn't moved out of the living room. We watched movies and napped. By Sunday evening Emma and I were both running temps. Monday was a day off for everyone. There was no school and I wasn't scheduled to work that day. I was to be on my way to Maryville, MO to look at Northwest MO State with Dana and Jordan. They went without me.
Abbey felt a little crappy but had no fever and has continued on with her activities. She sang in a choir with other area 8th graders on Monday. Dana made the concert...I was on the couch! She also performed in the Middle School choir at their fall concert. Dana made the concert...I was on the couch! Dana has managed to stay healthy through all of this. He has been a great help in keeping things moving forward.
With all that, we did get the two college visits in. We were sitting in an athletics session at Simpson and they showed a short video and I had to really focus on something else for a second because I thought I was going to cry. It came over me what we were really doing there. While on the campus tour I felt a sudden excitement for him. All the new prospects of being a college student and the feeling of freedom that comes with that. I felt a little bipolar! He said he like Northwest MO State a lot better. Liked the whole campus, the amenities offered (laptops and book rentals) and really liked the track and field coach better. At least there is no question how the first two rank with him. We will visit Central and Morningside in early November and will see how they fall into order. He has started sending out applications and has been accepted at Central so far. He is taking the ACT's again on Saturday and will take them a 3rd time in December if I have anything to say about it. If he keeps improving his score then his chances for more financial aid will too!
There are no photos for the week. Sorry...I am too lazy today and I am not sure there are any photos to show! The XC team runs at districts tomorrow, weather permitting. Hope to share exciting news from that!! Now....go wash your hands!!
