The Flu & The Blizzard of 2015

IT’S FRIDAY!!! 

TGIF!!!!!

I am SO ready for the weekend. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks. 

Last week on Tuesday morning Kamryn woke up with a temp of 103 and a really bad cold. She progressively got worse over the day and into the night so I took her to the pedi Wednesday morning. They tested her for strep and the flu. Our pedi came flying back into the room and told me that her flu test lit up like a Christmas Tree and all three kids had to be put on tamiflu immediately to protect Kensington. Yes, Kamryn got her flu shot and STILL got the flu. I no sooner walked in the door, where Mike was home with Logan, and Logan was taking a nap in the family room. (Which is so not like him) I went over to give him a kiss and be was burning up. Took his temp and it was 104. GREAT! 2 down…who BOTH got the flu shot.  Then Lexi came home from school and she too wasn’t feeling well either, yes, she ALSO got the flu shot. Lex had midterms the following day, so there was no way she could stay home. She just had to push through. Luckily, she only had a half day Thursday for her midterms so she went and then stayed home Friday. Thursday night I was getting ready for bed and started feeling feverish and I knew! Dammit! I have it too. Oh, right….I got the flu shot as well. We had no choice, we had to call in help because there was no way I could be in such close contact with Kensington feeling like I did and Mike couldn’t take time off work. So, my mother in law came up and helped us! I got two full days of rest and was feeling much better by Sunday! The kids bounced back rather quickly as well and thankfully Kensington and Mike never got it! The two people in the house who didn’t get the flu shot stayed healthy. FABULOUS!

Monday afternoon into early Wednesday morning we got 31 inches of snow. Yes, THIRTY ONE inches of snow!! It was crazy windy, like 75 mph winds at one point. Insanity! Clean up was not fun. Poor Mike, shortly after he starting clearing our really big driveway the tractor, with the snow blower attachment, broke or so we thought. So he had to stop. He thought he was going to have to shovel the whole thing but a neighbor came by with his snowblower and helped him out. As luck would have it, he decided to try the tractor one more time and it worked. So Mike helped out another neighbor with their driveway. This is one of the reasons I love our neighborhood, probably the main reason. We have amazing neighbors!! We don’t hang out much but whenever someone needs help we are always there to help. It’s really a nice safe feeling. We got really lucky when we found this house almost 4 years ago. It’s in a town 45-60 minutes away from all our family and friends and in a neighborhood we knew nothing about. We had taken exactly one drive through the neighborhood the day we saw the house. Mike and I just got this cozy feeling when we walked through the door and knew it was our home! We lucked out BIG TIME! I remember after we moved in slowly neighbors kept coming over and introducing themselves and every neighbor was just as nice as the last. I’m getting off track here. Mike and I always say we want to move…but I have to say, it would be really hard to leave this little corner of the world behind. We really do love our neighborhood and neighbors.

So, needless to say I’m exhausted. We’re still technically getting over the flu…lots of coughing and sniffles, and then the blizzard of 2015. It was A LOT! I was happy when Kamryn had school Thursday (it was canceled tuesday and wednesday, due to the storm), it was definitely time to get back into our normal routine. I am so done with the winter!! Yet, it feels like it just started. This storm did me in, it was enough snow to last all winter! My kids have been sick non-stop, I’m just over it! If I could pick my corner of the neighborhood up and move us to a nice sunny warm place, I so would!!! 

Here’s hoping we all stay healthy and we don’t get another storm like that any time soon!

Fingers crossed!!!