The Swine Flu isn’t nearly as fun as the media makes it out to be. So far Dane and I have both had full on cases of it, Ty had a very light case of it, and T has been untouched. Usually, she’s the first one to get sick, and gets it the worst, and I’m barely touched by it. Luckily, we all seem to be past it now. Dane missed 2 days of school, Ty only missed one.
Other than feeling like crap, typical of any flu, there’s really nothing special about this one. Most seasonal flus are slight variations of the same flu strain, so you have a immunity of some sort if you’ve had it before, or have had the shot. H1N1 is a completely new strain, so no one has an immunity to it. That’s what makes it so contagious. It’s no more deadly than any other strain, just a new one that everyone has the potential to get.
Ah well, it’s all just a flu. I just hope no one molests a platypus next year and starts another new strain.
Both boys are playing soccer again this year. They are having fun with it, and Ty is little Mr. Aggresive on the field, which is good. Dane on the other hand, is just there to have fun. He has no concept of ‘the team is relying on you’ at all. He just wants to dance, sing, and play. He doesn’t have any aggression in him at all (unless I’m telling him what to do). At least he’s having fun. That’s the point, right?
Tonight at Dane’s practice, it was kids vs. parents. Ty took a pretty good shot to the crotch, but shrugged it off and kept playing. Later in the game, I took a very similar shot. I wasn’t able to shrug it off quite so well (larger target and all (I tell myself that, it helps me sleep… )). Ty comes running up to me and says “Daddy, you need a cup!”. After the game was over, Ty comes up to me, looks around and whispers “Daddy, what’s a cup?”. Apparently, he was parroting what someone told him after he got hit. Trying to explain what a cup is while trying not to laugh was interesting.
We are getting new windows put in the attic next week in anticipation of finishing it and turning it into a Master Bedroom. It’s about 640 square feet, so should be plenty of room once it’s done. It’ll be nice to have some privacy again and not be looking directly into the boys room every night. Plus, they are getting to an age where they need their own room. Putting in all new windows and new doors on the first floor cut our furnace time by at least 1/2, so the new attic windows should help a bit. Eventually, we’ll finish the basement too. But that means having to clean it first, and that may never happen.
I’ll try to update more often. It’s only been 8 or so months since the last one