Caliciviruses

I just self-diagnosed myself as having that. (In this age of Google, I can do anything!) Symptoms are diarrhea, vomiting and fatigue (all check). Usually common between the months of October through April (another check). So I got one of the Caliciviridae family of viruses, cool! Sounds very Romanesque but not nearly as pretty. Being confined in my  bed for three days straight concomitant with 2 très actif toddlers was a circus! You need to pay a fee to see it. How those three days went by without any fatalities was surreal. But we all got through it with flying colors (yes, I saw those too while I was sick!) and are now moving forward. The boys didn't get it, so I am not sure if that was in fact the virus (at least I am not in trouble for malpractice) or it was simply due to the stress of the past week. It was an overwrought week for me. Our babysitter told me she's going home to Russia (bad), my husband and I had successive night outs (good), I organized a Halloween party (good), there was Halloween (bad; sugar rush at all time high in my house), I landed a volunteer work with the Sisters of St. Paul of Chartres (very good), my dentist told me I have to have my left molar extracted (very bad) and this season's Mad Men came to an end (very bad). Looking back, it seemed enough to turn my stomach around. But then again, maybe it was the virus. Either way, it was the most reasonable façon to drop a dress size down. Hopefully that part won't recover as fast.