I am thankful that the inevitable sickness of international travel did not happen until after we have recovered from jet lag.
It hit me first. On Monday I had a bad headache, crawled back into bed after a trip to the store and slept for several hours and then began to feel more human. I think I only awoke that entire day due to 120 km/hr winds in Victoria. Even Keith was a bit spooked by the wind and nothing really rattles him.
The kids seem to have gotten separate vague illnesses with weird symptoms. Emily has had a runny nose for a few days but has as much, if not more, energy than usual.
Cian is the worst I think. Mostly because even when he is sick he is usually chipper and running around but yesterday he pulled a blanket over himself on the couch after supper and fell asleep before Emily. He then slept all night and woke up this morning to tell me he was still sick. Poor kid. He now has some medicine in him ("because he's a big boy and big boys get medicine" he informed Emily) and has gone back to bed to watch Jake and the Neverland Pirates on Keith's laptop. A big thank you to Netflix - illness is way better when you can enjoy a vast number of movies and TV shows.
Keith seems to have gotten through this unscathed so far. Which is nice because he has a full dance card of Magic, the Gathering tournaments to go to as well as a "Men of Kensington" pub night he was invited to tomorrow from one of the other dads at the playground.
It's been rainy and windy especially over the last week and although I think our Canadian blood is pretty hearty I am looking forward to the warm Australian sun I have heard about. I'm sure I will hate myself for saying that when I am dying of heat in the middle of summer (aka Dec/Jan) but right now a little warmth would be welcome.
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