Tuesday, December 24, 2002

Just in Time for the Holiday Season. . .

My family gets the stomach flu. Now, as a microbe afficianado I have been taught that most stomach flu's are not caused by influenza at all--typically they're food poisoning or gastroenteritis. There's my smart moment for the day. Whatever it is, mom got sick on Friday, Dad and Liz got sick on Monday, and Mom thinks if Don and I get it, it will be around Saturday. Well, we didn't go to Aunt Alice's Holiday Dinner this Christmas Eve, which made everyone sad. It's the big yearly dinner where Great Aunt Alice (another fantastic Alice!) organizes many a delicious dish, and everyone helps out in their own way. Mom and I are Team OFF (Official Fish Fryers), Dad makes the gravy, and Don is the expert turkey carver. One year Uncle Jim, a surgeon, was put in charge of carving the turkey, but he couldn't get it right because he wanted it to be just perfect. . funny how that is! Mom says our relatives were a bit weepy on the phone--it's the one time of year we're usually all able to get together, on the Pollack side, and with me getting engaged and all the second wave cousins being born and growing older, it was going to be pretty exciting. Luckily, we may get to see them all later this week. . .here's hoping :) here's also hoping we don't give them the plague.

So kids, it's christmas eve! I'm just hoping for Pizzelle iron and some girly Bath and Bodyworks lotion (wouldn't it be great to have White Ginger and AMBER?), and that all my family will have a happy--and hopefully more healthy--time over the break. So far we've made it with a minimal amount of mom freaking out. . . .

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