"Attractive Diseases"

I was reading an article in the newspaper this morning and the author referred to colds as an "attractive disease." The context he used the term in meant that when you are stressed, you are attractive to illnesses like colds and will tend to get them, but since I'm in the throws of a cold, I still couldn't help but think its a silly term for a cold--there is nothing attractive about having one.

Having one or more people ill in a small living space makes avoiding spreading the cold all but impossible. Greg manages to not get my colds normally by sleeping in another room and staying away from me. The double-combo of small space and taking care of a sick baby makes it all but inevitable that he'll succumb eventually. Phoebe’s been ill for 3 days, me since last Friday. It was looking like perhaps Greg was going to luck out, but he complained about a sore throat this morning. Poor guy.

Poor Phoebe last night had such a hard time getting to sleep. She wouldn’t take a nap so she was so tired. She couldn’t settle down and ended up just crying and crying. I hope she’s not getting an ear infection. I’ll just have to watch for the signs and see how it goes.

I only have two more days left of work! I will come in next week for a short meeting, but we are going ahead and moving down to Stockton this weekend. It is finally happening!