December 7, 2025 - Sunday


Today was rough. I wanted to say it's been a nightmare, but it was about as good as a day can be when you got two hours of sleep, have been cleaning and disinfecting for the last 20 hours, have a torn retina, are bleeding heavily, and have your own stomach knot, promising a terrible night ahead. My little girlies got hit this time: Ruby and Ollie. I went in to check on the heater in the girl's room last night and the smell of vomit slammed into my nostrils. On closer inspection, poor Ollie threw up in her bed and squirmed all around in it, trying to get warm. She clearly tried to get to the trash can next to the bed, but mostly it was just in the bed and in a puddle on the floor. We got her cleaned up and into my room on the floor and she was up at least every half hour for the whole night, vomiting. Ruby joined in the fun around 4am and it seems to have hit her a little less hard. She only ended up puking three times, total, but she had explosive diarrhea running down her legs every time, which added its own difficulties. I'm feeling awful, maybe from lack of sleep, maybe from anxiety, or maybe from an impending stomach bug. Who knows!?! I'm sure I'll find out. 

Aside from caring for the girls, nothing else much happened today. We all sat around all day long. I mean, I did laundry, Ben cooked some rice, I read, and we all watched lots of screens. I can't wait for this virus to be gone from our house!

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