Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Attack of the Creeping Crud

My outlaws came in town on Saturday and just left. Unfortunately, Bean came down with the Creeping Crud yesterday, which sort of spoiled plans for enjoying a sunny day. She's got a big fever and a juicy cough. At least she feels better than yesterday. You know a child is sick when they ask for a nap. Poor Beanie.

I've got the cough as well, of course.

The whole stay was a bit soon after the week at Christmas. They have been here for 10 days out of the last 37. And,
they'll be back in March at the end of their snowbird trip. The standard South Padre joke in February is "What does Iowa stand for?" Answer: "Idiots out walking around." I'm very lucky to have nice inlaws, but ...