If there's one thing you can say about kids, it's that they are little plague rats. I used to go without colds for years at a time, mostly because I don't tend to associate with that many people to begin with and those I do, aren't usually covered in snot and germs. I caught my last cold right after Maddie's birthday party last year and it looks ( Read more... )

The streak is over. Make a note and pay off all bets ( Read more... )

I spent yesterday morning vomiting into my trash can. I had just finished watching Mars Attacks. I don't think it was a coincidence.

So one of the pieces of fallout from the recent blood test results is I was put on a new drug, Metoformin, which is supposed to keep the jam in my veins from being too jam-like. As I do with everything I'm prescribed, I googled it and scouted around for some general info. From everything I read, it seems to be a relatively safe and effective ( Read more... )

Lately, there's been a bout of stomach flu running through most of the family. At least, I'm guessing that it's the stomach flu. It started with Maddie vomiting at night for no explicable reason and then made its way through Will, Jeff, my mom, Grandma and Shelley too. I've had a few run-ins with the stomach flu in my life and I have absolutely no ( Read more... )

I felt sort of congested last night and it's since exploded into fullblown gamer plague. My throat feels like sand paper which makes the coughing all that more entertaining. I really thought I had managed to make my saving throws this year since I was symptom free during the con and for a full day afterward. All I can say is that it seems to have ( Read more... )

My head is dripping like a leaky faucet. It turns out that even avoiding most human contact cannot prevent the transmission of viruses. My mom caught a cold from Maddie and now it seems that I've got it. Ever since last night my nose has been leaking nonstop and there's been a lot of sneezing and congestion. All in all, it's not that bad I guess. ( Read more... )

Dreamation started last night and I can't help but feel ambivalent about it. It's nice to see some people who I only get a chance to meet up with at cons, but I'm less and less enamored with the whole con thing. A couple of things made this particular event more problematic than usual. There had been a hotel change and instead of being just 10 ( Read more... )

I was feeling just fine before I decided I was hungry and should eat a whole mess of yogurt. I downed an excessive 4 cups of the stuff and now I feel like the various fruit flavors are fighting a civil war in my stomach. Who knew that strawberry, blueberry and peach don't mix? Everything is in there roiling and I can't help but wonder which faction ( Read more... )