You know you have strep throat when:

{Streptoccal pharyngitis}

Symptoms:

• SEVERE sore throat
  
• body aches
• fever of at least 101 degrees
• chills
• headache
  
• fatigue
• loss of appetite (until it comes back when you are starving and de-hydrated but can't swallow anything)
  
• Worse than that 1990's commercial when the kids says, "It hurts if I swallow." Seriously, I'd rather spit than swallow
• no other cold symptoms such as cough, runny or stuffy nose
• sometimes stomach cramps
• sometimes vomiting
• loss of weight, from not eating (wahoo! at least one good thing came out of this!)
  

Passed on by:

• A very sly and nearly mysterious little bug passed onto by an unsuspecting friend trying to help another friend out (thank you friend for trying to help!) probably by using the same computer mouse! Seriously, it's not like we exchanged straws or anything.
  

Effects:

• severe grumpiness
• unsympathetic husband (because he had it when he was a teenager and remembers what a pain it is...I'm so sure it was just "as hard" back then when you had only yourself to think about!!)
• tonsils the size of golf balls
  
• messy house, including Samuel's shredded kleenex bits everywhere. You see, the kids had a viral infection before they got the strep and so they have massive cough attacks and runny noses. And Samuel has a fetish w/kleenexe's and consequently they end up in a little bits all of the house.
  
• horrible hostess to out-of-town guests who assume I have just a really bad cold (sorry family)
  
• no food preparation beyond PB sandwiches & all the goldfish and oreo's they could sneak out of the pantry
  
• lots of sleep, whenever possible
  
• avoidance of doing anything that one normally wants to do like Etsy shop or playing outside in the beautiful weather
• increased fatigue
• lots of movie watching
• no bathtime for kids
• only being able to watch half of General Conference
  
• annoying calls to insurance trying to find providers
• gratitude for antibiotic's
  
• a great excuse to eat frosties and popsicle's
• Several missed appointments like sewing class, play date and visiting teaching
  

I will no longer be contagious after 3 pm today. But I have still kept Samuel from pre-school which sort of stinks because he has spring break later this week so he'll only have one day of school this week.

Sickness, go away!