I'm back

I've been sick (I think I had the flu) since last weekend but am now feeling much better. I'd had great plans to spend Sunday with friends but canceled that morning because I just felt awful. I even called in reinforcements on Sunday afternoon (my parents drove down from their house, which is two hours away from mine, later that night). They were wonderful--all three of us were completely spoiled--but they left for home today. A quick story: My father picked Elizabeth up from school yesterday and brought her home (oops! I had her booster seat in my car...bad Mommy!), so she was there when I got home later that afternoon from my first day back at work this week. When I walked in the door, she asked, "How do you feel, Mommy?" I smiled and said, "Much better now, thank you!" She then leaned in to me, held up one hand with her thumb and forefinger a fraction of an inch apart, and whispered, " Could you be just a little bit sick for a couple more days, so Nanny and Papa would stay just a little longer?" So sweet!