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our back door...

...has been closed for about a week now!!!!! yes, while our door is always open this week we have not opened our door to anyone. in fact, when grandma showed up yesterday afternoon we all yelled, "get out!"

you see....mapboy spent the night with grandparents last saturday. in the morning they called to say that he had gotten sick in the middle of the night. he spent sunday and monday home and then off to school. tuesday, princess and i did the shopping. wednesday....well. we woke up to 6 inches of snow and a 2 hour delay!! yippee right?? no, i woke up feeling not so great....but not horrible. started through my coffee and decided to just wait. and then princess was bopping around and said "i think i'm going to throw up!" hmm..... so the kids were supposed to do without tv, but by 9 i needed them to just watch tv and princess and i were camped out on the couch....

mapboy got off to school and princess and i spent the day drinking gatorade and eating nothing....mapboy got home and took care of himself and us. hubby and mapboy headed off to church to avoid the germy girls at home.

thursday...princess wakes up feeling fine. i'm still yuck, hubby is now yuck, so i call dear friend to come pick up mapboy and take him to school. she giggles and asks him to wear a mask but agrees. she even delivers us more gatorade and sprite. she hangs it on the back door, knocks, and runs!!! love good friends. then she brings mapboy home after school....

well, it is now friday...princess is definitely fine, i'm weak, but fine, hubby...well better. it is princess's preschool program tonight and we should all be okay to go. maybe not hubby yet, but boy has it been a week!!!!!!!!!!!

i wonder why the kids bounce back so much quicker than us adults!!!???

so i'll let you all know when our door is open for company again. we currently are airing out our house. we have windows open everywhere - and yes, it is only like 20 degress outside!!!!! the one highlight...i lost 6 pounds in 3 days!!!! can't say i'd like to lose anymore that way though:)

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