It is the third time now that mine and Jake's birthday party has been cancelled/postponed due to illness. Yes, the sickness is among us again! Everybody except my sister and, thankfully, Tom, has come down with strep throat. There has been much controversy as to it's source; dad suspects the mats at judo; Mom believes Jake to be the carrier. At any rate, up to yesterday it was planned that our family party, with our aunt, grandparents, and cousins, would be today, when suddenly our diagnosis put kibosh on that. While disappointed, I will attempt to be zen about it and be glad that this leaves me more essay planning time. Add watching Inception with the family to this, and the disaster is by no means without it's compensations. Still, the sickness itself! Someone has always been sick since Christmas. Will it never leave our house?