Well, so far so good. Only two of the children are sick, but oddly enough, their symptoms vary a bit. I'm a bit concerned with third son who came home sick from work last night. He's been asleep almost all the time since he crashed into bed last night. Gave him some medicine at lunchtime, and only because he had to be woken up to call in sick to work, so someone could cover for him. He said his feet and ankles are achy, along with his eyes. That sounds flu-ish to me, but we'll see. Can't do much about it but wait and keep things relatively clean in the house, you know?
Seems we've had sickness at Christmas before, but can't remember. It does slow the pace and I'm fine with that. We could all do with a bit of quiet and peaceable-ness at our home. We tend to go hither and yon and I don't mind this sick-house routine. Takes away the wild emotions that the kids run away with at Christmas...not that I want to deny them some excitement, but I rather like this.
'Course if I was mad about having company in and lots of activity, I'd feel cheated, but since I'm not that sort of person...well, you know. I'm content.
Mixed up the gingerbread man dough before I got settled here in bed. The little girls will help me make the cookies after nap. Navy beans are simmering for bean/ham soup for dinner. Those honey-baked hams don't last but a minute in our house, but there's enough for the soup.
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