I worked four days last week and it looks as though I will be doing the same schedule until the end of April. On Friday at lunch I wandered down to the kitchen to grab a Diet Coke out of the fridge. There was nary a DC to be found, so I did the unthinkable; I ventured outside of my office in search of my beverage of choice. Shocking, I know.
I was surprised at how much heat the sun was exuding and took my scarf and jacket off to: 1. Prevent having lovely pit-stains on my work shirt and also 2. not look like an idiot for wearing a scarf and winter coat when others were walking around sans outerwear.
Upon acquiring a DC and arriving back at the office I called Matthew to check in on him and exclaim my excitement about the lovely weather. I did not have to work on Saturday! We could play outside all day! He then told me that the forecast was for rain and/or flurries. Oh. Well. I guess that means I could get some house/writing work crossed off of my list, which always helps this Type A girl feel a little less frazzled.
Friday night is “Pizza Night” at our house. I am not a huge pizza fan (Don’t judge me) so I picked up some sushi for myself on the way home. If you are a Twitter/Facebook/Flickr friend, than you know that I had the distinct pleasure (if you can call it that) of having Friday night’s sushi dinner exit through the very orifice in which it entered my body. I will spare you the details, but it involved me, the porcelain throne, and my husband holding back my hair. All in the middle of the night.
I found out via Facebook that someone else had sushi from the same place on Friday and was also sick. Turns out food poisoning was the culprit. I’m not sure if I should file a complaint or leave a flaming bag of poo on their doorstep.
I managed to eat some toast for breakfast with no more spewing and then promptly went back to bed for nearly three hours. So much for “getting stuff done.” I had some cheese and crackers for lunch and was feeling better. I went outside with the family for a bit to inhale some fresh air and was on my way to being “normal.” As normal as I get, I guess. At least I managed to snap a few photos of my insanely adorable children.
(Side note: The connection between these two is something that words could never quite convey.)
(Heck. All three of them play together so well that it is borderline ridiculous.)
We have had plans for weeks to go out for dinner with friends on Saturday night in honor of Matthew’s birthday. He was more than willing to cancel (I am the social one) but as the day wore on I knew that I would be fine. I got all dolled up and out we went. One part of our plans for the weekend was actually happening the way that we thought it would.
The plan for Sunday was to go to church and then the boys were to spend the afternoon at the birthday party of one of their friends (Son of one of our friends who we dined with on Saturday). Before we left the house on Saturday night Graham had mentioned that his one eye was itchy. Come Sunday morning both eyes were itchy, red and oozing green goo. Pink-eye was rearing its ugly head. Matthew went off to teach Sunday School and I traipsed to the Walk-In Clinic with our three children in tow.
(Click on the photo to read the whole story. Also. Highly infectious condition = Birthday party in close contact with other children is TOTALLY NOT AN OPTION.)
What to do, what to do?
We discussed bumping up the outing to go to the theatre to see Monsters vs. Aliens to this weekend instead of next, but thought better of infecting the theatre with Pink-eye. We contemplated a trip to the park down by the lake but Graham told us that his eyes hurt and he wanted to stay close to home. The only option left was to venture into the yard to soak up the sun that had so graciously decided to appear. Miss Emily was kind enough to “bake me a cake” in her outdoor “kitchen.”
She’s rocking her “Fierce” pose.
After approximately ten minutes outside Nathan told us that his tummy hurt. I brought him inside, handed him a bucket…and he filled it immediately. With the contents of his stomach.
Emily spent all of Wednesday morning barfing and was then back to her chipper self. Nathan followed her example with the chunk (Ha!) of time spewing. He told me that he felt better before bed but we will see what the night holds. It appears that this bug is a quick one, so here’s hoping it goes OK.
Before the day was done, Emily’s right eye started going red and oozing green slime. To quote Graham, “This has not been a fun day.”
Sorry for all of the barf talk but it has been my world this weekend. Well, that and the eye crap.
Please tell me that your weekend was better than ours was.
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Half my weekend was better. Yesterday was great, Saturday not so much. But today I get to stay up for 26 hours! Yay! (SENSE THE SARCASM)
I hope your family gets back to being healthy QUICKLY. Pink eye SUCKS.
Comment by Jen on March 30th, 2009 @ 5:19 amTrue, dat. Graham woke up this morning with one eye completely glued shut. Sigh.
Comment by angella on March 30th, 2009 @ 5:20 amSorry, you guys are feeling the sick bug. Hope you all feel better soon!
Our weekend was a sick one too. Graham has asthma,croup and an ear infection. Good times! 
Ugh, sounds ROUGH! Hope you’re all feeling better today!
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Comment by Janssen on March 30th, 2009 @ 5:45 amwow. just wow. that just sucks, Angella. i’m sorry. i REALLY hope it only gets better from here.
(but if it makes you feel any better, i currently have the stomach flu. or maybe food poisoning. the jury is still out. heh)
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Comment by ali on March 30th, 2009 @ 6:06 amWhat a weekend of horrors. On the bright side, you’ve surely filled up your quota of sickness this past weekend which means that the next one MUST be better. By law, even.
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Comment by Sherry on March 30th, 2009 @ 6:14 amOh my, what a rough weekend. Hopefully this week is much healthier!
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Comment by merrymishaps on March 30th, 2009 @ 6:29 amWell…the open day of baseball was postponed to Sunday due to it being too cold on Saturday (it was above freezing, people in TX get cold fast). So we started it on Sunday. Hubby backed into a tree at oldest sons baseball practice while my car took a baseball to the windshield at youngest sons tball game. So…we have a long week ahead trying to get windshield replaced. Lets hope it is not any indication as to how baseball season is going to play out.
Comment by steff on March 30th, 2009 @ 6:48 amNasty! Eye good, barf, yuck. Your poor family (and you). Hope everyone is free from the nastiness soon.
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Comment by Amanda Brown on March 30th, 2009 @ 7:19 amI meant to say eye GOOP.
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Comment by Amanda Brown on March 30th, 2009 @ 7:20 amHope everyone is on the mend…weekend was beautiful down here and now I’m home today with my little man who is sick…
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Comment by Holli on March 30th, 2009 @ 7:58 amwow, you guys really know how to get sick! That’s some serious over achieving on the body fluids 
I hope that is it and your summer will be happy and carefree.
I had pink eye as a teenager. I wouldn’t wish it on my worse enemy. I hope the drops clear it up ASAP.
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Comment by Kami on March 30th, 2009 @ 8:00 amI hate the eye booger flu. We get it all the time. Random eye goobs. Not cool. May it be swift!
Comment by christy on March 30th, 2009 @ 8:26 amMy eye is feeling gooky just reading this. At least I’m not psychosomatically giving myself the pukes.
I hope you all are germ free now. Weekends really should be more relaxing!
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Comment by Sue @ My Party of 6 on March 30th, 2009 @ 8:39 amOh, I hear you. Every time my eye itches I am FREAKING OUT.
Comment by angella on March 30th, 2009 @ 8:40 amHoping you all are better soon! Being sick totally sucks, and I’m sure it must be more difficult with little ones who are under the weather as well.
My weekend was okay. I think I pulled a muscle in my ankle on Saturday, so I’m a bit nervous about that. I have to run again tonight, and I’m hoping it will be okay to do that. I really can’t afford to have an injury this close to the Sun Run. But otherwise my weekend was nice and uneventful.
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Comment by Sharon on March 30th, 2009 @ 8:40 amWhat’s going on up there in Canada? Your crew…Ali…I think I’ll stay put in California for the time being! =)
Hope they get better soon!
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Comment by Camels & Chocolate on March 30th, 2009 @ 9:54 amSo strange that surrounded by so much illness, you looked so hot on Saturday night And why would one not wear the same gorgeous dress twice?
I think our weekend may have been a tad better than yours, but oh! how I am feeling for you right now. Poor kiddos!
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Comment by Kerri Anne on March 30th, 2009 @ 10:09 amI am at home barfing right now. Want to diieee.
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Comment by hillary on March 30th, 2009 @ 10:26 amEven sick your kids are the cutest! K enjoyed spending time with them on Saturday. Hope you all feel better soon!
Comment by Heidi F on March 30th, 2009 @ 10:39 amOh girl, sorry ya’ll have been sick. I hope everyone is on the mend. Oh and that “fierce” pose of Emily’s is rockin’ cool!
P.S. This is going to be my life with 3 kids, isn’t it? ; )
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Comment by Elaine on March 30th, 2009 @ 11:11 amOh no! Food poisoning. YUCK. 
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Comment by sizzle on March 30th, 2009 @ 11:49 amSaturday was spent organizing the house & moving stuff around to the new master. Sunday-much of the same. Altho I did end up making dinner early on Sunday-ate and promptly fell asleep until about 9ish. Hubby & I were able to watch a movie that was DVR’d. This morning we got up, the girls didn’t have school so we took my mother to get pedicures for her birthday today. It was very fun. Altho Giggles is now sleeping on the couch with a headache. Hopefully she wakes up refreshed in a few hours. I am off to make dinner for a family who after 3 days of labor finally welcomed a little girl into their family. Needless to say everyone is exhausted.
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Comment by Domestic Extraordinaire on March 30th, 2009 @ 12:18 pmOh no!! I hope you guys are all better really soon!! ((hugs))
I’m sorry to say, but my weekend was awesome. I celebrated turning 31 with my wonderful family, what could be better?
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Comment by Hannah on March 30th, 2009 @ 12:37 pmSO sorry to hear that you guys were sick. Brian wasn’t feeling so hot on Friday but we had a quiet day on Saturday and he started to feel better. We haven’t had any barfing but I know something is definitely going around.
We got a new puppy! I always read the pet ads in the paper and when I read it on Sunday there were border collie pups and we got one! I think Katie is enjoying playing Grandma.
PS I need to know where you got the nasty sushi! I really hope it wasn’t Ginza because I love that place.
Comment by Tamara on March 30th, 2009 @ 2:11 pmMy weekend was better than yours. Sorry.
I hope Emily’s eye clears up soon!!! Uck, eye stuff is always so gross.
Also, I would totally complain about the sushi. That’s ridiculous. How many other people could have gotten food poisoning the same night? How often does this happen at the same establishment? What if some of those people were small children or the elderly, people who it would understandably hit harder and be worse for? I would definitely complain. Definitely. I hope you’re feeling 100% soon. I’ve only had food poisoning once, but it took me a week to feel normal again.
Also, a full year before I would eat that food again lol.
Comment by Sarah @ BecomingSarah.com on March 30th, 2009 @ 3:53 pmi was sick from a sushi-fest over a year ago. i can’t go near it and the very thought makes me gag all over again.
sorry for all the sickness!
Comment by gorillabuns on March 30th, 2009 @ 4:13 pmAh yes, the joys of food poisoning. I know them well.
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Comment by slynnro on March 30th, 2009 @ 5:58 pmOh, I think you should totally fill a complaint. Then at least the place might get investigated. And a flaming bag of Poo might send the message too! Haha
Hope your family feels well soon!
Comment by Amber on March 30th, 2009 @ 6:06 pmI feel for you. My “allergy” sniffles ended up being less allergy and more head cold. What a great way to spend the weekend…can’t say I got a whole lot done. The only saving grace…my students had a great day (a good thing for a group of hormonal grade 6s!)
Hope everyone is on the way to feeling better and able to enjoy the great weather.
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Comment by Amanda on March 30th, 2009 @ 6:24 pm“She’s rocking her fierce pose” Hilarious!!!
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Comment by Lindsay on March 30th, 2009 @ 6:59 pmReading this post gave me the queasies. In sympathy.
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Comment by witchypoo on March 31st, 2009 @ 6:51 amI could have gone swimming in the Amazon with piranhas and had a better weekend than you did.
Comment by Momo Fali on March 31st, 2009 @ 5:59 pm
Yikes! You poor things
I hope Graham and Matthew have more resiliant immune systems and don’t catch the pukies….. and you too for that matter. It would be vastly unfair to follow food poisoning up with a tummy bug. Hope your coming week is a good one!
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Comment by Robyn on March 30th, 2009 @ 2:13 am