Another one

Can you believe our house has been struck by illness AGAIN? Chris was up half the night coughing, and Mommy has developed a sore throat egged on by nasal drainage. The only one to expose Mommy has been Chris, but he's been doing a fine job of coughing in my face at the most inopportune times.
Last night, he was up until midnight, and then we noticed his aquarium was dying a horrible death, playing 30 seconds and trailing off into silence. It was pitiful. We didn't think Chris could sleep with that. So, Eric took it to fix it, but discovered we were out of batteries, so at midnight, he left it on the counter, and we went to bed. Again. Well, about 5:45 a.m. a scream sent me running across the house. I found Chris sitting straight up in bed, yelling "Sisit! Sisit!" (Music!) Apparently, HE did notice that his aquarium was missing, broken or not, and he did not appreciate it. I curled up in bed with him for an hour and a half, and he fought sleep for a good long time, kicking me and pulling my hair. I miss the days when we'd sleep together and he'd actually Sleep. These are not those days. Then I slinked out to get a power nap of my own until he woke again at 9! That was nicer, except that we all feel crummy.
So rude that we're all home sick. AGAIN. Although, it was -10 degrees out this morning, (-24 windchill...brrrrr) and they had cancelled school, though Chris wasn't going to have school anyway. It was supposed to have today off anyway. He only made it to school 1 Day this week. 1 day. 3 days last week, and 1 day this week. Theoretically 4 days next week, since he's off for MLK. It's funny how apprehensive I was about sending him to school 5 days a week. He's yet to do it. Boys today.