Our family recently recovered a direct hit of flu and "shoots." Shoots involves dispersing internal body specimens via the rear. It was quite the adventure. Refer to last week's post: Parenting at its best for Emmett's entry into sickness. Amanda followed directly after. Emmett threw up early Monday morning and actually recovered quickly. His determination to continue his pursuit to accomplish 10,000 steps per day wasn't in jeopardy. Amanda got hit hard and was out for the count Tuesday. By Wednesday it appeared all was well and we thought we could jump back to routine, despite uncooperative weather. Katelynn and I appeared to be in the clear...so we thought. Repeatedly Amanda was frustrated neither Katelynn or I got sick. I reminded her that I have "strong like bull" genes and more than likely Katelynn got my immune system too. History has been in my favor. I rarely get sick and when I do, it will only last for 24 hours and I am good to go. Since Amanda and Emmett were better and I didn't get sick, I thought it was safe to start the family genetic bragging. I even went as far to brag in front of Amanda's parents!! Well Thursday at 1:16am the Lord struck down with all his might. I can remember waking up at 1:12am and thinking I should have kept my mouth shut. I will spare details of the first upheaval. Let's just say I didn't hit the toilet completely. I would have needed one of those large coin funnels you see at the malls in order to avoid hitting the floor. To make matters worse, Katelynn threw up on me later that morning. We did throw out an old couch because of Katelynn, so a little good came out of that. Moral of the story. The Lord works in mysterious ways and it's best to keep your mouth shut...good luck trying to tell an Italian/German/Irishman that.Although all of us were hit hard with the flu, we got a lot of family time together, threw out a couch and I lost 4 pounds. All in all a good stretch. Here is a question: How come our dog never got sick?
God Bless. Thanks for reading.
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