So, you know how when you put a kid in daycare, they'll bring home every flu, cold, and stomach bug known to man? Our baby must have set a record. On his second day of daycare, our two-month-old started throwing up, had to see the doctor, and had to come home.

Took him about 36 hours to recover (mostly), and everything seemed to be on the up and up, until Saturday morning, when my older boy and I were struck down. He threw up all over his toys while I... let's just say I was thankful the Immodium worked.

My poor wife. She hasn't had any symptoms, but she had to contend with a two-month-old who is needy at the best of times, a barfing four-year-old, and her back-up was running a 101 fever and sleeping all day, getting up here and there to drink some Gatorade or ginger ale.

Right now, I'm watching the baby so my wife can get some sleep. She put him down at 9 and went up to bed, but he's been up and down for the last two and a half hours. I think I finally got him down for a good nap. So far he's been good for about 30 minutes.

This will not affect the next chapter of Hell on $5 a Day. I've basically got the next three chapters ready to go (18 still needs a little work), so don't worry.

The thing that bugs me was that I was going to start a new diet on Monday, and have been prepping a diet blog to help me stay the course, the way publishing my novel here has been helping me stay the course with that.

But even if I'm feeling better, you don't radically alter your diet right after a stomach bug. Gotta give your body a couple of days to recover its equilibrium. On the plus side, if I move my start date to the next Monday, it means I can have some beer while I watch the SuperBowl.

Now I've got to go deal with the little man who's trying to pry my head open.

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