Now that I'm all caught up on our trip to Italy, you can see that we didn't really do much during the week because we have all been sick - falling like dominoes. On Wednesday S wasn't feeling well. I gave her some tylenol and sent her to school anyway. The littles and I went to the farmer's market but were home by lunch time. I wanted S to have the option of staying home if she felt worse. She was better, though, and went back to school. Wednesday night L's little cold turned into horrible congestion. She woke me up several times with her snoring. She slept almost all day Thursday and was still pretty sluggish on Friday. E was sick Saturday morning but refused to stay home from Herbstmesse. R and I started feeling bad during the day. Sunday we all stayed home and close to bed. Today R is home from school, and I am just a little better. E is sick but back at work.
The girls wonder if we caught this in Italy because it was so startlingly dirty there compared to here. I think we probably did, though not because of the dirt. In the past someone has always gotten sick when we travel to other countries, no matter what we do. I was just thinking a couple of weeks ago that it was surprising and lucky that no one was sick in the transition to Switzerland.
I am missing the US a little bit. It would be nice to be able to run (drive!) out anytime for cheap decongestant and sick supplies, and it would be great to have ramen or take-out and not have to cook!
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