Sick day: an itemized list

Things Eleanor refused to eat yesterday: breakfast, her pizza bun, the rest of her 'fancy cheese,' the rest of her tea, more than one cottage cheese pancake. 

Things we watched yesterday: Cinderella,The Jungle Book, almost Cinderella again but then just like three episodes of Pingu instead. 

Places we went yesterday: the store for sick-people food, the walk-in clinic just to make SURE she doesn't have influenza (we got our flu shots but also I am terrified of having to take my kids to the ER at like 3am when Joel's not here because then I have to bring them BOTH).

Times Eleanor woke up last night, coughing and wildly feverish: 2, unless you count the 8:30pm wake-up, which I do, because I was already in bed.

Time we were all up this morning: 5:45am. 

People who are sick in this house: allllll of us. 

Josie brought me some of her mom's chicken broth so I could make soup, and I drank some straight, from a mug, like a Victorian invalid. It was most restorative. Eleanor is missing a field trip today, she missed gymnastics last night. We are all missing Joel. 

We just have to get through all of today, and then all of three more days.