Crazy week

All last week 

the four of us prepared for 

our upcoming trip to Hanover, Maryland

and Washington, D.C.

Okay, actually Steven and I prepared.

Scott, quite helpfully,

brought home a bug from somewhere

and spent the beginning of the week

sneezing, sniffling and coughing.

Then,

because we were so successful 

in teaching him how to share,

he gave the bug to Maya.

She was pretty darn miserable,

and stressed out because 

she didn't feel well enough to focus

on her word list for the Spelling Bee

she participated in last weekend.

Blech.

I'm not sure which one of the kids 

used their superior sharing skills with Steven,

but he wound up with the cold as well.

By Thursday,

I had run to the Walgreen's half a dozen times

and our kitchen counter resembled a pharmacy.

The bug kind of hopped off Scott,

leaving him with a cough and a stuffy nose

but feeling decent after a day or so.

It landed on Maya and hung out

for about three days.

By Friday,

she was still a bit hoarse

and definitely stuffy,

but she worked hard with me

on her word list

and earned herself the title of

Spelling Bee Champion

for Cary Homeschooler's

on Saturday.

She rocks.

The bug really liked Steven, however.

It took up residency

and still lives with him even as I write this.

We did go to another Hurricane's game

on Saturday night

and watched they stomp on

the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Our friends, the Shingleton's,

gave us another set of tickets.

The seats were AMAZING!

(The Shingleton's rock, too.)

We all had a lot of fun,

including Scott

who was into this game

much more than he was the first one.

On Sunday,

the two sickies,

 Scott and I

took off for Maryland.

I'm washing my hands,

taking enormous doses of vitamin C

and hoping for the best.

Maybe this bug has gotten enough of the Wings

and will ignore my presence.

That would be a very, very good thing.

Even better?

If it packed it's bags

and left altogether.

This next week promises to be

as busy as the last...

just hopefully a little healthier. :)