I think—I think!—the kids are getting better. There are no fevers anywhere. Most everyone has stopped coughing. Audrey and Sadie both went to bed at a reasonable hour Saturday and Sunday nights. (All last week, they would sleep and wake at unpredictable intervals around the clock. “Bedtime” meant very little.) Sadie has stopped telling us that her ears hurt.

These all seem like good signs. I probably shouldn’t be listing them out loud like this in order not to jinx the thing, but we may be back to normal someday soon here! You were right, it didn’t last forever! (Unless it gets worse again. Which I understand it could. But I really very much hope it won’t. Oh please oh please oh please.)

Now I’m bursting with energy to Do Things, since we haven’t been out of the house in days. Not that I have anything specific in mind. We could… go to the park! Except it’s supposed to rain for the next couple of days. We could… go to the park when it stops raining! Yeah, that’s all I got right now. Give me a couple more nights’ sleep and maybe I’ll be able to come up with something better.