So as I noted in my previous blog entry, our Christmas holiday vacation got fairly involved with the sharing of illness and other physical misfortune. Here's the final tally:

James: 1 injured left wrist (note to the person at BWI who stopped short in front of our luggage cart - next time I'm running you over....), 1 repeat sinus infection (still on going) 1 bout of 36 hour GI bug (affecting both directions).

Andrew: Sniffling and hacking cough, 1 bout of 12 hour GI bug (affecting forward direction)

Declan: Sniffing and hacking cough, 1 bout of 12 hour GI bug (affecting forward direction), 1 bout of 24 hour GI bug (affecting rear direction and still ongoing), gagging from sinus ailment also resulting in gastrointestinal upset.

Zandra: 1 short bout of GI bug, 1 incoming sore throat, and having to put up with 3 sick members of household for entire vacation.

Collateral Damage: 1 interior of Volvo S40 (Zandra's car), at least 12 loads of laundry (we think probably more), up to 4 baths per day for Declan, 3 pillows, general misery for all.

Welcome to 2007. We all need a vacation...