Land of the Lost

I feel like I have come back to life after a long time of inactivity. It kind of reminds me of a show I watched when I was little (hence the title, Land of the Lost). Looking back, it probably was a little scary because of the sleestaks (I'm sure that wasn't the right spelling) or these alien/reptile looking creatures that would appear when this little band would wander the wrong way. They were usually asleep, and walking in on them would make them move rather slowly, so the heros could run away in plenty of time. So, they could have some more shows! I feel like the slow moving sleestak right now, but I am getting better. After all, I've moved up from saltines to some real food now!

This all started about 1:30 am on Thursday. I had no idea that it was coming and my week schedule would be so changed. After the purging that the virus had in store for me, all I could do was stay in bed on Thursday. No BSF, no spending time with the kids. Woody had to call in to work to take care of the kids. And, I was diligently trying to stay away from the family and disinfect the bathroom each time I entered (because, of course, we only have one bathroom). I was able to get up on Friday but the plans we had that night had to be scrapped because I still didn't feel good, the house looked like a disaster after 24 hours of neglect, and I had the food but none of the prep work done. But, it turned out to be the right decision because Natalie started throwing up at 6:30pm, which would have been in the middle of dinner. She, however, was blessed with a much better recovery and is zooming around like nothing happened right now. However, she is only eating crackers, applesauce, and banana even though she could probably expand that.

Today, Woody and Nicole escaped to the mountains to hike together while Natalie and I enjoyed some quiet home time with crafts and coupon cutting together. We went outside into the bright warm sunshine also to soak it up (it felt so good!). But, we're all back together now and enjoying time together.