Flu anyone??

5 weeks into our stay already!! Craziness...

Well it wasn't the swine flu, but Olivia and I were two sick puppies recently. Olivia had signs of it last Sunday night with Liz still here, but went to school Monday and tried to fight through it. I started feeling it on Monday, and by "it" I mean fever, cold chills, nausea and extreme diahhrea. Yeah, I said it, the d-word, and it was bad, but I'll spare you all anymore ugly details. Definitely worse than any flu I've had stateside. Our theory is that the gringas that we ate in Taxco came back to haunt us. Verganza de Montezuma!

So Tuesday we were both out for the count, and on Wednesday, our 2-year wedding anniversary, we were still sick and laying in bed all day. What a way to celebrate!! I did want to give a special THANK YOU to Ester (Grammy)/Anita & Michael/Randy and Mom for our nice anniversary and b-day cards!! We got them all and they're in our foyer reminding us of all your well wishes. Thanks for all the love and support! We've found that it takes anywhere from 11 to 15 days for the regular mail to come through...we're all on Mexican time now

Olivia ended up going to the hospital (school requirement anytime a teacher is sick) and we found out that it wasn't the swine flu or an amoeba, but a bacteria. We got the required medicine and Olivia was back to school on Thursday for her birthday! She got multiple cakes from her students which was very nice, I think she was excited about that. I got her a jewelry box as a gift, but we're thinking about taking it back for a bigger one or to have one custom made at a local artisan market.

For now the sickness has passed, but it was definitely something we expected to encounter as our bodies got accustomed to the new food down here and the different bacterias that it contains. We attempted a Friday night anniversary sushi celebration at a place a few blocks from our place but were a bit disappointed, but we're still planning on finding a good spot for it now that we know where not to go!! So for now all's well on the Southern Front.

Ciao