Isn’t that just the best way to start off summer vacation? And while it isn’t the worst bug ever, it sure is catchy. I think Clark is the only one not affected. Headaches, sore throat, congestion, some coughing towards the end, grouchiness…

Well, maybe the grouchiness is just a side effect of all the other stuff.

My eyeballs hurt.

Wannanother good book recommendation? I spent all of Wednesday reading this, followed by this.

Abby came home the last day of school with a copy of The Hunger Games. Nate had heard good things, so he read it, loved it, and ran out to buy the second book, which he also read. He told me enough about the story to get me interested, (that’s really saying something, as I’m not a reader) and I casually picked it up out of mild curiosity to read a specific part a few chapters in that he’d told me about. I couldn’t put it down. At all. And immediately reached for the second when I finished the first.

The third isn’t out yet, of course.

Now, when Nate wants to read, (which is always, but his opportunity to read is significantly less than that), he tunes out the world and the rest of us carry on without him. When the kids want to read, they disappear into a hole somewhere, and life moves on around them. When mom wants to read, well, civilization crumbles and it’s full on Lord of the Flies.

So I guess it’s a good thing I don’t particularly like to read.

Miraculously, our family survived my being sucked into these books. They are quite gripping. I recommend them.

That’s all. I’m helping Veronica make indian food out of a children’s cookbook (marinated curry chicken and naan) tonight. And then I’m going to bed.

I hope.

Oh please.

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