Carmella's Hang Out

My family is all getting sick………with the flu.

Yesterday, David was unable to go to work he was so sick. It had started the night before, though he thought he had just eaten too fast. Early that morning, however {six in the morning} he began the throwing up and body aches. When his work time rolled around, even though he was not sure he could make it the entire day, he headed out to work. Mum had to drive him. {She was going to anyway since she thought she would need the van to take the students out to look at Christmas lights. We had such a snow fall the night before though, that it was not safe to drive the back roads to look at them so that had been canceled. David didnt think he could drive himself, so the plans for his ride went unchanged.}

Today, after playing outside for a bit, Tren came in saying she was really tired and was not feeling well. Not too much later, and she was throwing up. Sam was next to fall. As of yet, they are the only three, but it seems as though Caeley may be not too far behind them.

When there are two of the kids are sick, it seems the remaining one feels the need to run around as much as possible and woop it up and such, I guess both taking on the noise and fluster of the two downed kids and making the best of the time they have before they get sick. This however, only seems to bring on sickness faster, as that kid is now all worn out from the extra play and noise. When Kat got sick, Caeley began to get a bit roudy…and then Sam came down with it, and she seemed to feel closed in. Now she is not feeling well {though she has yet to ‘spew’} and I wonder if some of it does not have to do with that.

As of yet, I do not feel I have it. I am not feeling 100%, but that could be due to other things. Plus, have you ever noticed that when you are around alot of ppl getting sick, even if you dont have it and never get it, you just dont feel right? I think that might be some of my problem. If I get sick, I am usually one of the last ones I think. Though I get hit hard {And it looks as though Sam is going to be like me….in search of SOMETHING to bring up, the dry heaves grab his toes and pull them through his body .} I am praying that if I get it, it is not until tomorow after 4….2 at the most. Ya see, I have to work and two of the three other empolyees are already there after me so that only leaves on person to cover me. I dont yet know if he will do it, and I hate having to make this call. My boss comes in at 2 though, so if I start to look really bad, I can just tell her I am going home.

UPDATE:
Caeley has now come down with it aswell.
My boss called me {Praise the Lord, I did not have to be the one to make that call! She called the other worker} and said that the guy we hoped might cover my shift should I be sick, has a birthday on Sunday and is celebrating it tomorow. :/ However, her husband {my boss’ husband} comes in on the weekends sometimes when we need help, so she was going to talk to him to see if he could come in after I had worked a few hours, to take over. As far as she is concerned, I still have to open and stay there a few hours, but then I can go home if her husband wants to pick up the hours.