Get Up, Get Up, Get Down with the Sickness

Everyone in my adorable immediate family is sick with some kind of nasty stomach virus. At least, that's what we think it is. And all of this after some different, unrelated sickness for each us earlier in the week.

I was the first one to get sick on Saturday night, so we figured it might have just been food poisoning from stinkin' Taco Bell. OMG, I have decided to NEVER eat at fast food restaurants again. We had gone to the mall for a sort of extended birthday celebration/relaxation time for me. Unlike many a stereotypical woman, I get no joy from shopping. But I do love to visit the Barnes and Noble in the mall, grab a coffee and something I have never read before, and sit down in relative silence without having to tend a totally restless toddler. Brandon will go off with Bowen for awhile and let me browse B&N. And usually we eat at the mall when we make these occasional trips because it is easier. Boy, was that a bad idea.

So later that night I start feeling bad which leads to a horrific morning of violent illness. All Saturday I felt like I could barely move, got dizzy when I stood up, became best friends with my toilet, and consumed copious amounts of Gatorade and Jell-O. Poor Brandon was forced to watch Bowen while trying to complete homework that was due today.

So early in the wee hours of the morning Bowen wakes up.... well, exhibiting the same signs of illness as I had. Poor little guy didn't sleep well and we had to get up many times all night. Brandon announced he was feeling the same way and buried himself under the covers in misery. Luckily, I was feeling just better enough to weather the many waking of my little guy all night.

This morning I am still making progress while my two guys are feeling terrible. And it is Bowen's birthday today.

I figure we will just postpone the celebrations until a couple days hence when we all feel better and can actually enjoy some cake. For now, it's liquids and lots of movie watching on the couch.


Enjoy this, my favourite version of the song, first heard on one of my all-time favourite zombie movies: Dawn of the Dead!!! Warning: NSFW!