the stomach bug

we've been down & out this week with the stomach bug. ian was sick on tuesday, elise on thursday & cory & i on friday & saturday. there are few worse things than a bad stomach bug. it seemed to only be a 24 hour bug, but wow! what a 24 hours! the kids seemed to recover much quicker & not feel nearly so bad from it. on the other hand, cory & i were in rough shape. the poor kids had to pretty much make do on their own--eating popcorn, goldfish, cereal & stuff yesterday. they also got in a good healthy dose of television--blues clues, dora the explorer, little bear, franklin, and who knows what else. the house was totally trashed by nighttime, as you can imagine, when kids rule the roost. we're much better today, just really tired & weak & drained. we're missing church today, partly because we're still not up to par & partly beacause we don't want to share our germs with anyone! this is a time when sharing is NOT a good thing!