The Disaster that was Thanksgiving Weekend

it started out well enough. the drive up was cool. i even got to watch the whole parade from beginning to end. it was so enjoyable. and on top of all that i got my period!! for the first time in 2 months!!! my first period since i got off the pill in sept. funny part? i didn't bring any pads or tampons (this was the last thing i was expecting) and doris is like 60 something so you know she didn't have anything in her house. so yeah...that was a sitcom moment. then we had a lunch with doris, took a nap, and went to tricia's house for dinner. it wasn't what i expected. when i got there everyone ate and it was more like a party than thanksgiving dinner. it turned into a big crazy party. it was pretty fun but i was hoping for some family time. but thats ok, we had the whole weekend. one thing i should mention is that the previous day most of the family was sick with a stomach virus. so some of them couldn't even eat. poor tricia didn't eat all that night.

cut to friday. we go over to manny and tricia's place. we have some leftovers. we play cranium. me and ed and the kids do a fast food/ice cream run, then we played rock band 2! that night tricia's younger sister and james (ed's middle nephew) were complaining about stomach pains and went to bed. then we went home.

cut to saturday at 8am. i roll over and ed's not in bed. i woke up and walked into the living room and see pillows and a sheet on the couch. i thought....did doris sleep on the couch last night? nah she'd never leave (she went to orlando that morning) without making the couch perfect again. ed is in the bathroom. i wait for him. he gets out i say whats up?? why are you out here. he says i couldn't sleep, i was so nauseous and i've been in and out of the bathroom all morning. oh no!! sounds like he got the virus!! so i went to cvs and got a bunch of medicines. then i came home, ate some crackers and a sandwich, then took a nap. my tummy started to hurt. so i asked ed to bring me some gas-x because it felt like i had this giant gas bubble. this has been happening to me lately so i didn't think anything of it. i kept having these pains as i was trying to nap until i ran to the bathroom with this feeling that i haven't felt in years I HAD TO THROW UP!! omg it was awful. do you know what its like to have to go to the bathroom and then right after you're done you have to turn around and throw up??? ugh its awful!! i wouldn't wish it on anyone!! i ended up throwing up three times that morning. the rest of the day ed and i just stayed in the house and laid around all day. i was sore sore and feverish. my face looked like death. throwing up made my skin break out in this rash and i looked like i had 2 black eyes and the skin around my mouth turned dark.

sunday morning. i woke up so so so sore. all my stomach muscles and my sides. still can't eat. just drank some gatorade. we were able to pack up and get the fuck out of there. the whole ride i had stomach pain but luckily i never had to go to the bathroom. we got home. i was able to eat a small box of cereal with no milk. we took a nap and my eyes were hurting when i woke up. i looked in the mirror and what do i see?



so yeah. my everything hurts. i'm kind of hungry since i've only eaten a mini box of cereal and 5 grapes since saturday morning. but my stomach is so sensitive i'm scared to eat. but at least i'm not grossed out at the thought of all food.

thank god i had ed take monday off last week. so he has an extra day to rest. we really need to recover. i hope my eyes get better. its a little scary.

*Update*
As of Monday here's a list of all the people who got infected:

Tricia, Manny, Emmanuel, Nathaniel, James (ed's brother's fam); Christina and Bethany (tricia's sisters), Marc (bethany's boyfriend), Joel and Rosa (tricia's friend and her son), Charm and Amani (ed's other sis in law and niece), Jen and Alan (friends of the family); Me and Ed.