cooped up with croup

As the title suggests, we are dealing with a bout of croup at the moment. Zoe started to develop a fever and cough which quickly turned her voice hoarse. I took her to the doctor where she was diagnosed with croup and then last night, without any warning signs, Lily woke up with a fever and a croupy cough as well. sigh. After a trip to instacare at 2 a.m. they are both on steroids and on the mend, but all things considering, they are still fairly happy which makes things a little more bearable. And how is it when they are sick, I am sick too? That should be against the laws of nature. ACtually, it should be against the law for any mother to get sick because it's not like you can call in sick, and say, 'sorry, i'm laying in bed all day...' ha!
And irony always rears its head at this time of year. We were all really sick the whole week of Christmas last year and couldn't enjoy all the parties and festivities that had been carefully planned, and this year it's going to be a little tough, too. We of course have both of our big family parties this weekend where other little children will be present. It's like, 'here you go, here's a virus from our family to yours. merry christmas!'
Well, I guess I should be used to it. I can most assuredly say that I've been sick on Christmas or my birthday for atleast half of the time I've been alive. Irony says, have a merry Christmas and a Happy Birthday, but don't enjoy yourself too much because now is the time to be sick. bah!
Oh well, we pushed through the basement project. The carpet was laid today, and the tiling is atleast laid after two STRAIGHT 10-12 hour days thanks to my father-in-law and husband. It looks really good already even if it's not grouted yet. now it's just waiting for the plumber to do the finishing work of hooking up the toilet and sink, and getting the bathroom and trim painted. then we should be able to rest a little.
well, here's to a happy weekend before Christmas....