Ugh. Being sick on holidays (or your birthday) really sux. I had the flu one Thanksgiving. The year before that it was between Christmas and New Year’s but I caught my brother’s tummy bug. We were visiting grandparents though, and we came home a day early because I was feeling yucky. My parents were thinking of doing that anyway because my brother had be puking right and left but he started feeling better. But then I got it. My mom had either chicken pox or measles for Christmas when she was a kid. And then whichever she didn’t have she got for another holiday, I think.
I remember one summer vacation getting both chickenpox and the mumps at the same time. My dad also caught the mumps then (never had them as a kid). Poor Dad.
Popular misqoute from Alexander Pope – it’s really “A little learning is a dangerous thing” (though learning IS a prime source of knowledge). Fewer still go on to the second line like Chatfield paraphrases, “Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.” I.e., more learning/knowledge reduces the danger.
bookworm0812 about 1 year ago
Ugh. Being sick on holidays (or your birthday) really sux. I had the flu one Thanksgiving. The year before that it was between Christmas and New Year’s but I caught my brother’s tummy bug. We were visiting grandparents though, and we came home a day early because I was feeling yucky. My parents were thinking of doing that anyway because my brother had be puking right and left but he started feeling better. But then I got it. My mom had either chicken pox or measles for Christmas when she was a kid. And then whichever she didn’t have she got for another holiday, I think.
rockyridge1977 about 1 year ago
A little knowledge is dangerous!!!!
I Mad Am I about 1 year ago
“A little knowledge… isn’t enough.”
Thank goodness for Google! Now I am armed with too much knowledge! And no way to know how to apply it!
Ramblin' Rose about 1 year ago
I remember one summer vacation getting both chickenpox and the mumps at the same time. My dad also caught the mumps then (never had them as a kid). Poor Dad.
gcarlson about 1 year ago
Popular misqoute from Alexander Pope – it’s really “A little learning is a dangerous thing” (though learning IS a prime source of knowledge). Fewer still go on to the second line like Chatfield paraphrases, “Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring.” I.e., more learning/knowledge reduces the danger.