ok, so i take it all back.

she slept until 4:30 am. then coughed until 6:30. (today was a very difficult day to survive, since i did not go to bed at 6:15 when she did...). she was sort of ok today, did not cough that much, acted a bit tired, a little cranky, but generally fine and managed to do a whole bunch of things, including taking carter to skating lessons.

aside--he did really well. amazing what 6 months of childhood development will do for a kid's core strength and balance.

then she got home, and since she was acting very sick, i took her temperature. it was normal. while we were waiting for dinner, she asked to get in a hot tub. she claimed she was cold. first clue something was not right--this is the child who swims in the lakes when the ice has not yet gone out. moreover, the fact that she asked to get in the tub is really weird too. then she would not eat dinner, and insisted she was still cold. so, assuming she was actually getting a fever, i checked again. normal. then she begged to go to bed. it didn't take much begging for me to tuck her in, with 3 blankets (unheard of), and within minutes she was asleep. another oddity--she usually takes about an hour to settle down. a half hour later, i checked her temperature: 101.5.

ah HA!

but on the other hand, what the heck is the deal? a week of misery to finally get a temperature?

hopefully this will burn whatever these germs are into oblivion.

it is so weird. she is so strong in many ways, and is pretty much a healthy kid (i.e. one ear infection--of course, it was a doozy!), but she has this weird susceptibility to these colds.