Today, they were giving out free flu shots at work.  I didn’t go though. I’ve only taken the flu shot twice and both times, I had the worst case of the flu soon after. I’d rather take my chances, thank you very much. On the years when I hadn’t taken the shot, I got a cold with coughing and sniffles, but that was it.

 By this afternoon though, I was starting to second guess my decision. Jade called about an hour after they should have been picked up to tell me that they were still at school. Their dad hadn’t picked them up yet. That got me worried because he is usually pretty good about remembering their schedule and sticking to it. I called the house repeatedly and got no answer.

I called the girls back, thank god they have cell phones, and they said that their dad finally got there, an hour and fifteen minutes late. Thank God for that! When I finally got to talk to him, he said he is sick. Jade has been running a bad cold for weeks now, and it finally got to him. He is running a low grade fever and is coughing. He also feels exhausted. That’s what happened this afternoon. He was feeling sick so he laid down to rest for the few minutes. Next thing you know he had overslept. He didn’t even hear the back to back phone calls I was making. I think he’s got the flu now.

This is so early for us to be sick! I am hoping the flu bug doesn’t jump on me next. I hate being sick! I am a very grumpy sick person.

So, for the meantime, no kisses, lots of hand washing, lots of cleaning and sanitizing, lots of orange juice and vitamin C rich foods, crossing of fingers and lots of prayers to get this flu bug away.

So tomorrow, I’m also cooking chicken soup for the sick folks and as a preventative measure for me. I hope it works. How about you, how do you keep the flu bug away?