The attack of swine flu

Yes, it happened...all 4 kids got the swine flu.  Seamus fell first (last Monday) then Riley, then Annie and finally Conor.  Seamus and Annie were hit the hardest with 103 fevers and terrible aches and pains.  Riley came in 3rd and Bubba seemed to fair the best.  Now the kids are all better and I am on the couch ailing with a bad head cold!  Swine is extremely contagious, HKIS closed the middle school because the spread was getting out of control.  I'm waiting to see if the upper primary and lower primary will close as well.  With everyone home last week, not a whole lot happened....other than lots of running back and forth to kids' rooms dispensing motrin and cold towels.  We did venture out yesterday to a fishing village about 30 minutes away.  Walking along the waterfront was a thrill, fishermen sit in their boats with their live catch ready to sell.  The kids were in awe of the exotic looking fish, shellfish and shrimp.  We stopped at an open air restaurant, picked out a lobster to eat and enjoyed...well Rich, Seamus and Conor enjoyed the lobster.  We didn't stay too long in the town as the humidity in HK is at an all time high...the air is so thick you can slice it.  In the evening we attended mass at St. Anne's in Stanley...mass was outside due to some mild repairs being done in the main church.  It took about all the energy we had left in our bodies to sit still and not let the heat crush us.  After mass we went to a pub in downtown Stanley with another new family, we call ourselves "newbies"  Tammy and Andrew are from Chapel Hill, NC, they have 2 boys; Sean is Seamus' age and Shane is Bubba's age.  Well, this is all for now.  Rich is trying to find the lighter so he can BBQ our hamburgers.  I suppose I should get off the computer and offer some assistance.

Much love,

Mary