Strep, House, and Job
There are just so many things going on recently that I wasn’t able to find time to post anything.
First, our 4-year old was diagnosed with Strep last Thursday. She started to cough a little bit on Tuesday, then woke with a mild fever on Thursday. Since New Jersey is one of the hardest hit states by the Swine flue virus, her symptoms really made us nervious. When we called the school she attends, we were told that there were other three kids called in sick last week. Fortunately, she tested positive for Strep and that explains the fever. After a couple of doses of antibiotic, she appeared to be recovering very well.
But that’s not the end the of it. Since Strep is highly contagious, we tried to separate the 4-year old from the rest of the family. But our effort failed badly. First was my wife, then me, then our 2-year old, all feeling ill over the weekend. And I was the worst. I had to bed rest for entire weekend to just get some strength back. Haven’t felt that sick for a long, long time. While nobody else was tested positive for Strep, we all had a little fever and sour throat and I have to take antibiotic as well 
The timing couldn’t have been worse for us. Last week, we hired a contractor to fix a few minor issues around the house and plan to use the weekend to do some final clean up before putting the house on the market. That, of course, didn’t happen and it’s at least one more week of delay.
Then there are job interviews. My search for a job in the DC area has yielded some very positive results. After a few phone interviews, I went down to Maryland last Wednesday for my first face-to-face interview and will go to Virginia again for another interview Then there will be one more, at least, in two weeks in Virginia. I’d love to do all these interviews in a couple of days so I don’t have to drive 500 miles every week or two. Unfortunately, that’s not going to happen.
Anyway, this is a pretty busy period for us with a lot of things to do. Hopefully, I can keep up with the posts, when I have time 
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Goodness me! You ARE busy! I thought I was… Hope you get better soon and get some rest. I have had strep many times in my life and yeah, it sucks. My tonsils are as big as trucks, so it gets pretty bad when I get a sore throat. Didn’t know you were job hunting and moving? wow. Good luck to you on all that!