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Monday, December 31, 2007 Our Holiday Curse, Familybits

The Northfields: Happy new year! Hope your new year is great (and i hope the wee ones are doing well), or at least better. xxx.

Me: They are great! we just saw the water horse. Lovely country (and accents). Happy new year!

This year the curse only spanned seven days:

Dec. 23: sprained neck while roller skating

Dec. 26: doctor sends me to emergency to check for broken bones in my neck. All three children come with me because Gil is in CO, Phil is in NY, and parents are in Italy

Dec. 27: Daphne spends twelve hours throwing up while I hold her; ends with last-ditch suppository solution

Dec. 28-30: all children have stomach flu in turn, I get to shove pellets up three bums

Dec. 30: Gil’s plane delayed 12 hours - an agony when you’ve had the week I’ve had and were looking forward to being free by noon.

Phil’s plane due in SF at the same time Gil’s is due in SJ, have to drive all the children to SF an hour away to get Phil. Gil can get himself home. And I am clinging to these last three hours of dwindling sanity, hoping I’ll be up for a sip of Perrier-Jouet at midnight.

Kiss everyone for me! xxx