Quarantine!

Things here have been........interesting. On Saturday, Tom spent the day moving most of the mulch in Atlanta into and around our yard. It looks MUCH better :-) By the end of the day he was feeling pretty achy and was sneezing a lot. I was also sneezing and had a crazy runny nose. We thought that the mulch was causing allergy reactions for both of us, muscle pain for him, etc. etc. By Sunday, it was clear that this was wishful thinking. Out came the saline spray, humidifier and nasal aspirator for Thomas. You can imagine his delight. The nasal aspirator is beginning to cause him to scream just on sight! Anyway, after a while it seemed that Tom was the one who was going to be hit the hardest. For his first day back to work yesterday he had a fever of 102. Fortunately he could get in to see our doctor and he diagnosed an upper respiratory infection and an ear infection. An antibiotic (z-pack) was prescribed and is working magic. Tom was back at work this morning doped up on antibiotics and Sudafed. He's not feeling great, but is hanging in there. Thomas is getting saline spray, Vicks and a humidifier and I'm chasing everyone around with Lysol and drinking Airborne like it's water. We should be safe for the public soon.