Back with a Bang!

Wow! I was so happy to get through 2 1/2 weeks of Peru feeling fabulous. Even after eating all kinds of new foods and spices and Pisco Sours and even "forgetting" and brushing my teeth with the Peruvian water, I had absolutely no stomach problems. Until about 8 hours after arriving back in the United States, that is. Maybe it was those delicious GMO corn-chex they served me for breakfast on the airplane. Or maybe the high-quality CAFO (read Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life for more explanation here) chicken from the Chinese carry-out. I'm not sure, but what I am sure of is I was almost ready for the Immodium yesterday and still have a painful stomach today.

And, the eruptive fun does not end there. Alex came downstairs a few hours ago and asked me to look at his stomach. He has almost 50 little red spots all over his stomach, back, neck, wrists, and legs. At first I thought maybe they were Machu Picchu no-see-em bites, but since we were there 5 days ago, I doubt that is the answer. I really think he has chicken pox! Despite having been vaccinated at age 1 1/2, I think he has the chicken pox. He says the spots are very itchy, and he had a headache last night. I hope he has the chicken pox - it would be nice to have the whole revaccinate / not vaccinate issue behind us, but it will definitely mess with our coming week of piano, choir, soccer, meetings, classes, lessons - you get the picture. Maybe someone is telling us - stay on vacation!!!!