I think we've all recovered from our West Nile Virus now.

I realized recently that I had it too. I had nearly crippling joint pain for about 5-6 days, and I just assumed that it was tendonitis from Adrian being heavy. But I had really bad neck and shoulder aches, headache, and my knees...my knees felt like they were burning.

Like I said, I thought this was from carrying Adrian around, but all of a sudden it just went away. I didn't carry Adrian any less, but all my miserable joint pains went away. And then I realized how bad they had been. I finally looked up the symptoms of West Nile and saw that joint pains and headache are common. So we've all had it now. That confers some immunity, so let's hope we're all done with this West Nile business.

But wait, there's more! Julian just came down with a bad cold that is kicking his butt, poor thing. He cried half of last night, and woke up crying tonight. He's not really very good about soldiering through illness. He just bawls out loud. "I'M SiCKKKKKK!"

Having kids is just amazing as far as how many more germs you are exposed to. It's a nonstop parade of infection by one thing after another. I can't blame kidney stones or West Nile Virus on the kids, but wow.....they are cold and flu magnets, that's for sure. I guess I would be too if I were either tackling or hugging and kissing most of my peers, and half of us had runny noses and everyone's hands were sticky.

I should get the results of my pee sample tomorrow. Hopefully THAT business is all over with too. I have been trying to be extra-sweet to my kidneys. Awful to think of a sharp stone just ripping through internal organs. Yikes. I don't like to mess with kidneys, or my liver. Anything that cleans up is most definitely a critical organ that I want to keep in good working order.

On that note, off to drink a few more glasses of water and go to bed.