Sick house

My sweet pea was sent home from school on Monday afternoon after throwing up four times. Lovely! A little boy in her class had done the same on Thursday so I watched her all weekend but she was fine. By Monday I thought we had escaped the latest bout with the stomach bug. No suck luck. I will say that although I was horrified for her, she was not embarrassed at all and she has not gotten sick again since she has been home which means no yucky clean up for me! My apologies to the school nurse who had to handle the mess! This illness and absence from school has really thrown a wrench in my plans and I feel like I have lost an entire week. I have had to cancel coffee dates, a lunch date, blood work and numerous house projects I thought I would complete this week. To be fair, she is a wonderful patient - very low maintenance. She does not want to eat anything other than noodle soup and then only takes a few bites of it. She mostly stays in my bed and draws or plays in her playroom quietly or watches movies. Tomorrow she will be going back to school and she thinks she will be going to soccer practice tonight. I'm not so sure about that but I am considering it because it is the first practice of the season. We'll see. In other news, I woke up this morning with a humongous cold sore on my bottom lip. I started getting them a few years ago after we moved to Florida. They usually appear when I am really stressed out about a few times a year and they are HORRIBLE! They are hideous and embarrassing and they hurt. I found if I use Abreva they go away much quicker but the package says not to use without consulting a doctor. Normally I wouldn't bother the doctor I would just not use it but today I found it necessary to call and Yippee - I can use it. Of course the two tubes I have both expired in late 2009 and I don't want to drag sickky to the store to get more so I used it. We will be making a pit stop on the way to soccer practice though for sure!