LEPRECHAUN SEX

New year, new attitude, new luck!  Right?  Wrong!  2009 was a challenging year for all.  In addition to the broad strokes of tough times, my family was also plagued by swine flu and lice.  I used to laugh when my friend jokingly asked if it was me or HUSBAND who slept with a leprechaun?  I would giggle and remind her that we had survived two of the holy plagues and were still standing.  Vacation was a blast and we were sad to return.  The weather in Mexico was perfect except for one day of torrential rain.  Each morning, over bacon and coffee, my boys would compare how many bug bites they had received in the night.  For some reason, my youngest son was covered in bites and I just chalked it up to mosquitoes finding him delicious and irresistable (like his mommy!)  Yet last night, he felt warm and something did not seem right to me.  His temperature was 102 and and suddenly those bug bites seemed to resemble Chicken Pox.  I raced to the computer and googled images of chicken pox in children.  Please, I  begged– don’t let it be!  And yet, at 2 pm sharp today, it was confirmed — chicken pox was the culprit of those nasty red sores blanketing my son’s body.  Luckily, I have documented all of the crazy viruses and illnesses that my family has endured since last fall and I am not the mom who cried wolf!!!!!