"Due to circumstances beyond our control, we apologize for the delays but we have to go into a holding pattern for a while until we get clearance to land..." Sound familar? I remember hearing those words the first time I ever flew. Above Dallas was a nice thunderstorm and our DC-10 had to make circles around DFW until the weather allowed us to land. We waited forever it seemed, a whole 10 minutes...I know but when your imagining running out of fuel and crashing, 10 minutes is like forever!
Our lives, over the last two weeks, have been like that. A holding pattern of illness (swine flu) and parasitic scratching (lice) that consumed the last 10 days until we thought we'd coughed and/or scratched our heads off! Last weekend, all 3 kids began succumbing to the flu with high fever and runny noses. It intensified on Monday, when to the frustration of Yours Truly, Channon found lice on both girls and herself. I came home early from school with shampoos and nit combs in hand as we began to treat everyone's head for or in prevention of lice. Not fun on 3 ladies with thick, long hair! By Wednesday, lice treated and itching reduced, Channon took the 3 kids to the doctor to find that they all had swine flu (H1N1), but the worst was over since the fevers had spiked. 4 days later, no fever, limited coughing, and limited scratching as we have fought and prevailed against the advesaries who tormented us.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we've got clearance to land. Thank you for flying with us today." Oh, yeah. So glad to hear those words.
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