September 26th Jem and Rilla started fevers in the middle of the night. Jem's stayed at about 100.8 and Rilla's was a little lower. Rilla's lasted 2 1/2 days while Jem's lasted 4 days. They had a little cough and sore throat. Walter had a little sore throat for about one day and that was it. Shirley didn't get it until the 2nd of October. But because I was sure it was the H1N1 Flu (my neighbors girls were confirmed with it and I watched their brother before and after school during that time, and we were at there house several times, too) I started Shirley on his asthma medicine before he even started showing symptoms. I think that helped since his asthma didn't get as bad as it has in the past. It was also a stressful week since I was flying out the next Sunday, Oct. 4th, to go to Washington D.C. for six days. Gil was also flying out the same day for a military class in texas for seven days (Gil found out about his TDY a week and a half prior, but I already had my flight scheduled and paid for by a friend here who paid for my ticket so I could help watch her toddler while she was in her FRG classes in Washington D.C.) My Grandma and Uncle were already coming to visit us the following week, so they came early to watch our kids. Of course, having sick kids made me stressed and I felt bad about leaving. Luckily, it was just Shirley who was sick by the time we left. Luckily, his symptoms were mild, and he had no fever, but his asthma had kicked in a little.
Tuesday through Thursday we were able to do a little more sightseeing, I watched Annalissa's little boy while they were in meetings, and spent time together. It was fun taking the subway. We took a shuttle from the hotel to the subway and then the subway into Washington DC. I enjoyed eating out as well. One night we had chinese and another we went to a Thai resturaunt. That was my favorite out of all. I had a curry and it was so good. I had, however, caught what my kids had and had a little cough and was more tired than normal. Other than that, I really had a wonderful time. I even visited some of the Smithsonian museums.
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