{"id":84,"date":"2008-02-22T15:21:00","date_gmt":"2008-02-22T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/02\/a-general-malaise.html"},"modified":"2008-02-22T15:21:00","modified_gmt":"2008-02-22T15:21:00","slug":"a-general-malaise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/02\/a-general-malaise\/","title":{"rendered":"A General Malaise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tweetymom.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/quiet-sick-zone1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"318\" src=\"http:\/\/tweetymom.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/quiet-sick-zone1.jpg\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the first time ever, I think I might have caught the flu from the flu shot I received last week at the Air Force base. I can&#8217;t remember the last time I had the flu, if ever! It showed up with a vengeance yesterday afternoon. The aches, fatigue and general &#8220;blahness&#8221; is a real damper on my day-to-day life. Luckily I don&#8217;t have too much going on between now and Sunday, but I hope I&#8217;m well enough Sunday evening to make the drive to Sumter, SC for my &#8220;two-weeks-per-year&#8221; Annual Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Dave&#8217;s been an angel &#8212; he&#8217;s taken the lead with the kids and has given me a chance to get as much rest as possible. I think he understands that I need to be well for work for the next two weeks. He&#8217;s awesome!<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that I&#8217;ve been able to lounge around on the couch eating bon bons&#8230;okay, no, I&#8217;m kidding. I&#8217;ve been able to rest and work on a crochet project, which doesn&#8217;t take too much brain power.<\/p>\n<p>Other good news is that Timmy seems well, and Jake has a runny nose, but no other signs. I&#8217;ve been chasing them around the house with the ear thermometer about every 2 hours just to be sure.<\/p>\n<p>Dave had a commitment at work at lunchtime, so I&#8217;m staying home with Timmy, and with enough medication (in me, not him) it hasn&#8217;t been had. Timmy&#8217;s been very good, coloring, painting and now he&#8217;s sitting nicely watching &#8220;Cars&#8221; and working on puzzles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time ever, I think I might have caught the flu from the flu shot I received last week at the Air Force base. I can&#8217;t remember the last time I had the flu, if ever! It showed up with a vengeance yesterday afternoon. 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