Sniffle, Sniffle

In the words of an old Garfield strip,

"I tink I'm cubbing dowd wid a code..."

The best theory we can come up with is this: We babysit our neighbor's 7-month-old daughter while she (the mom, that is) is working. It brings in a little extra money, and it's a good opportunity for Livy to socialize - they're good friends now! :) Anyway, last week, said 7-month-old was sick and sniffly, so mom stayed home and took care of her for the first couple of days. Later in the week, she (the baby, this time... ya followin'? :) was feeling better, so mom figured she should still try to work a few shifts that week. Anyway, that baby is generally better now, but in the last few days, Silvia and I have both had a sore throat (tell-tale sign of oncoming cold), and then just yesterday while I was on alert (for those of you who don't know what I mean by that, e-mail me and I'll explain...) I rapidly lost my ability to breath - through my nose, at least.

So far, though, it seems like Silvia and Livy are still doing okay. We think (or well, I do at least) that Livy got my immune system, cuz she has seemed to get over the few colds she's had so far in a few days. On the other hand, Silvia is typically knocked to the ground and needs a week or more to recover.

Anyway, we didn't have chicken noodle soup, so I made some chicken ramen and pretended it came out of a can labeled Campbell's.