Our Trip Ptomaine

Last Thursday we spent the whole day getting ready for a last-minute trip to Maine. We'd been invited up by our good friends to stay with them at their just-finished vacation house and we were very excited. By the evening we were all set to go, with the car completely packed and ready for an early morning start. (May I add here that this level of preparedness was a first in our short history as a family? Yes, this is foreshadowing.) As I dried the last dish to put away that night I felt a quiver of anticipation in my stomach. And then another. And then I had to sit down. Fast forward a few hours and I was retching my dinner into the toilet.

First me that night, then Lowell the next morning and then Matthew later in the day were stricken. We were all felled by either by the turkey burgers we ate that night or some foul virus (we'd recently been over at a friend's whose family had just gotten over a sickness with identical symptoms). Willa did not get sick but, looking back, she had been iffy a day before. We'll never know. Needless to say we did not make it to Maine. In fact on Friday we did not make it more than a few feet in any direction. But due to Matthew's compulsion ever-readiness with the camera we were able to document our suffering for posterity. Click here for the most pathetic vacation photo set ever.

Comments

[juliloquy]

Summer sicknesses seem unfair to begin with, but having to miss vacation on top of it? *shaking fist at universe* I agree that the packed car photo is the saddest. Hope you're all 100% better.

[lea]

you are too clever...ptomaine...I get it. that's my favorite one so far. so sorry you missed out on your trip. try not to be so well prepared next time, and all will be fine!!

[E.]

Best post title ever. If I gave blog awards, this one would be shoo-in for that category.

What suckage. Sorry. One of the downsides of family living - sharing the icky icky illnesses.

[Bobita]

Oh, man! I actually cried "ooooohhhhhh" out loud when I saw the Packed Car. But, it must be pointed out that those little chubby legs on your daughter are beautiful enough to restore the balance of good and evil in the universe.

[Jill]

Yes! Best Post Title Ever Ever! So sorry about the barfing.