Happy Chanukah!

So here’s what’s been going on:  We’ve been sick!!!  Eric first on Friday night and me next last night!  It’s been a really stinky weekend here at the Mandel house.  Friday night Eric came home from shul, made kiddush, ate fish and soup and then told me he wasn’t feeling well and went upstairs.  That was the end of him.  I ate with the kids and put them to bed and Eric starting throwing up around 11.  I made sure to sleep with Talia that night so I wouldn’t get sick.  HA!

Yesterday (Sunday) we went to see our new dining room table.  We picked out a stain for it and it’s going to be here by Wednesday (I hope).  Then we ran some errands together.  We came home and the kids came home from school and we prepped for our BBQ.  We invited my cousins and their spouses for a Chanukah/Birthday/Anniversary.  We prepared for a while and then all of a sudden around 6 I started feeling unwell and that was the end of me for the night!  Unlike Eric, I was sick many times, too many to count.  I missed the whole party downstairs and Eric had to entertain everyone himself.  So sad for both of us.

This morning the kids had their last day of school before their Chanukah vacation.  Eric took them to school and then went to take his driving test again.  So far no word on if he passed or not.  Anyway, he left Keren here and she woke up around 8:30 and I dragged myself out of bed and got her and plopped her on the floor and she played happily while I layed on the couch like a lump until Eric came home and fed her. 

The rest of my day was spent drinking and laying on the couch while the kids played around me. 

I hope the rest of Chanukah is better than my first day!!  Meanwhile, as Talia went to sleep she said her stomach is starting to hurt her…