In the past 14 days, there has always been at least one person with a fever and a hacking cough. The TB ward. We probably had the flu that mutated into bronchitis, but I'm not entirely sure what the flu is. 

Right now, Jonah is home for the second day. He missed two tests and a report deadline, so there will be lots of catch up over the next week. Now that he's in 7th grade, missing school because of an illness is a major pain in the neck. I already wrote to all of his teachers and offered to pick up classwork from the main office.

Two weeks of illness would have been a disaster when I was working a traditional job. Now that I'm writing freelance articles, it has definitely knocked me off my rhythm, but at least I'm not getting fired from anywhere. I finally sent off a pitch this morning – the first one in ages. 

Steve kept going into work, even though he had a fever. 

I'm going to collect Jonah and take him to Panera's for some chicken soup. We need to get out of the house and some fresh air will do him good. 

Question of the Day: If your family got sick for 2 weeks, what adjustments would your family have to make? Disaster or not?