Fever

After enjoying a fun evening of trick-or-treating and an extra hour of sleep, we woke up feeling relaxed. We had to make a Costco run, so we got right the door after a small breakfast of toast. We knew it wasn't much, so we grabbed a granola bar for each of the kids to tide them over until lunch. While we were shopping, we tried many of the tasty samples. K was acting a little tired, so she rode in the cart for most of the time. N kept clutching his tummy and pestering us for food (even after every sample). After one too many "I'm hungry" complaints, finished up our shopping and grabbed some lunch there. They love eating Costco hot dogs and we even treated them to churros for dessert.

On our way out the door, N became emotional and continued to complain that his stomach was bothering him. Worried that he was coming down with something, we put him to bed as soon as we got home. K and I both took naps as well. While mine lasted only about 45 minutes, both kids slept for a few hours each. N woke up feeling as good as new. K however, was not looking so good. She was very clingy with me and just never regained her normal energy. I knew something was off, so I took her temperature. And sure enough, she had a fever of 101.7. We got her into her PJs and gave her a water bottle to keep by her bedside. She fell right back to sleep until dinner. She managed to get down some chicken broth and bread, but that was about it. We are crossing our fingers that it isn't the flu and just a 24 hour bug.

With all the craziness going on with the H1N1 virus, you 've be too careful so I called in for a sub. I wasn't prepared for one at all, but thankfully the sub I got is pretty resourceful and has worked in my classroom before. It is very hard to catch up whenever you do have a sub and it's tough to lose any instructional time, especially with report cards looming on the horizon (grading period ends in a two weeks). As much as work beckons, my kids always have to come first. You can never tell with fevers though, so we are watching her closely.