Norovirus

I'm not exactly sure what norovirus is or how it works, but I hear it's going around, and the symptoms seem to be 24-36 hours of misery involving major bodily entrance and exit points.  And a whole lot of folks seem to have it right now.  I altered playdate plans today at Reuel's urging so we wouldn't go to the mall and have a better chance of picking something up before traveling on Monday (me and two little boys flying alone, even on a short flight, with any of the three of us having even one extra bathroom or change-of-clothes need is more than I'd like to deal with, ideally).  Well, I won't spell it out, but let's just say that Asher went through about 10 diapers today.  He was otherwise in fine spirits and nothing else going on.  Hopefully it's not a full-blown case and the story will not continue to unfold throughout the night :P

In other news, I have just returned from the mall, and there is no hospital lego set*** in the store where Owen claimed to have seen it.  I don't know what he was looking at and had his eye on.  So, Santa acquired an adequate substitute and will attempt to explain to Owen via accompanying note why the elves were not making hospital legos this year.  I am fairly confident the child will be unaffected by the substitution.

***Note to a certain grandmother named Janice: please do not go and search for a hospital lego set upon reading this :)