We've spent a certain portion of the winter warding off various versions of the plague -- including a raging case of pinkeye (a gift to me from our lovely Leah) that reminded Mike of South Park's first-season Halloween episode. We managed to stretch jokes about brain-eating and cries of "piiiiinnk eyyyye" over the three days I looked like one of Parker & Stone's living dead ...
Apparently this was a particularly bad year for germs, at least in Maryland. Our tally, in the space of a month, was seven colds, four ear infections, three stomach viruses, one case of bronchitis, and the aforementioned two cases of pinkeye. We finished banishing the germs just in time to grapple with the early arrival of spring allergies. I am all in favor of mild winters (except when I think about the money we forked out for Lands' End snow boots, and then I feel a little bitter), but would also like to possess a fast-forward button to get us through the first few allergy-infested days until the Claritin kicks in. Allergy symptoms tend to kill Leah's desire to cooperate at school and make for some extra emoting on the part of our resident drama queen (Maddie).
However, we have emerged, relatively unscathed, quirks intact, and are ready to resume posting.
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