Swine flu...H1N1 virus....seriously???

Finally I have my car back...yea...I can go to the store...get out of the house..run errands...I am free...
Next day....
My mom calls, "You better call Anna's pediatrician, my results came back positive for the H1 N1 virus...ugh!!!! Not that we really consider my mom to be paranoid, but when she got sick last weekend and was saying that it was swine flue, we laughed. Then Anna got sick on Wednesday (poor girl, last week of school). No big deal, lots of ibuprofen, lots of sleep, a lot of coughing, keep her down, the usual sick stuff. This one hit her hard, but still, just a bug. Then Friday we learn the TRUTH!!!! Some how I just keep laughing, she is getting better and is really fine. We are not one of those bad cases, but the stories to tell. My mom can not go back to work for seven days. My dad was escorted out of his office--along with everyone he came into contact with that day, and told not to return for the next week. My brother and his wife (also sick) have been banned from their jobs for ten days. Chris can't go back to work next week (not that he planned to, we are supposed to be on vacation). Seriously??? Really it has been no big deal for our family personally, but it is kind of fun to see the shock value we can bring to the people around us. So, if you need an extra week off of work, come on by. Let the people know you visited a dear friend that has come down with the swine flu!!! Watch them wiggle...then take a nice long vacation...conviently at the exact time the kids are out of school!!!