Spokanthrax!

This week Steve and I finally came down with the bug that has been running circles around Spokane (and I believe the entire U.S.) the last few weeks...a flu-like disease locals here have lovingly termed "Spokanthrax". The good news is, unlike Anthrax, you are a lot less likely to die from this bug...you just FEEL like you are going to die for a few days!

A look at our kitchen counter the past few days says it all:

Steve has been avoiding numerous "sickos" at his office ever since we got back from San Diego, and has been fighting off the cold by chugging extra Vitamin C and Airborne - but he finally succombed to it Tuesday. He actually went to urgent care, as his voice is critical to his work...spending over 90 minutes in a waiting room with a dozen other hacking and coughing folks, just to get some prescription-strength cough medicine. My downfall quickly followed, but I took the Nyquil/Dayquil route and slept for most of the past three days. This morning, we finally both feel as if we have turned a corner and will in fact, live...hooray! Thankfully, we were able get through this prior to next weekend - which is Steve's birthday weekend - when we actually have some fun things planned...

In other news, I am keeping close tabs on my friends Kris and Amy, who will both meet their darling daughters in China within the next few hours!