Last weekend...

was not exactly a good weekend around our house. I received a call from the boys' school about a 1/2 hour before school was out saying that Joshua had thrown up & needed picked up. Turns out that he was having trouble at both ends and couldn't even keep water down the rest of the night. I ended up calling in at work which was good because he and I were up most of the night. Finally about 3 am, he started holding down liquids so then I could give him some Tylenol for the headache he had. Not sure if the headache was from the virus or if he was getting dehydrated but it hurt pretty bad. We kept him on clear liquids all day Saturday then started a bland diet on Sunday. By Monday, he was all better & back at school. It was some kind of virus that hit him but fortunately it didn't last too long & even more important, the rest of us have been fine.
It was a real concern that he didn't pass this around the house because this is the end of the marking period for everyone. Stephen has had several mid-terms this week & Rachel has been dealing with finals. This is really the first time that she has had major finals and of course being in 9th grade, these are the first ones that will follow her the rest of her educational career. We didn't need either of them sick & thankfully they haven't gotten it. Rachel has 4 finals down and 2 to go tomorrow morning. She'll be done by 11 am and have a long weekend to rest up from them. Grades from the first 2 were both B's but overall, she ended up with and A in Honors Biology & a B+ in Spanish II. This gives here a 3.65 GPA at this point. I'll be surprised if that doesn't go up higher when all is said and done for the semester.
Other than Joshua's flu, it was a rather normal weekend. Rachel had a birthday party to attend Friday evening (another one this Friday too) and Mark & Stephen went to a Griffens' hockey game on Saturday. That was supposed to include Joshua but didn't for obvious reasons. They were able to bring him home a jersey that was the gift for the first 1200 kids that night though. (Mark has a friend that has season tickets that pulled some strings.)
This week has been a bit tough on me though. I have had to work Mon-Thur nights & Rachel has had 1/2 days Tues, Wed, & tomorrow. This means that she needs picked up at 11am which makes my sleeping a bit interrupted. Fortunately, I'll have the weekend to rest up.
That's about all the news from here.