Sick Kids, Sick Cars, Vacations, and Bubble Communities

Well, it is that time again. As everyone heads off to school they make sure to bring home those darn colds. It has been hitting our little group like crazy. K's poor allergies have been out of control, plus an unpleasant and everlasting case of diarrhea. This poor baby has been to more doctors appointments than craft dates this month, not to mention an ER date. Big C and M had a slight case of diarrhea and vomiting. I had a very persistent ear infection that followed a nasty little cold. A is working on teething and a good cough (oh, please, let it just be teething!). And than there is Sara's car. It has been out of commission, leading us to the third part of this complaint- vacations.

Sara will be visiting family for nearly two weeks starting Tuesday, to be directly followed by Kelly M. leaving for an entire month. That brings us to December, which is always promising snow cancellations and holiday parties. How are we ever going to get our crafty presents done before Christmas? And the solution- a bubble community.

We have an excellent group to create our own Bubble Community. We could create four houses interconnected with tunnels and sharing a large community space for a movie theater, bowling alley, hunting field, ice skating rink, and a park. We would never have to leave, although anyone who wanted to visit could come through the contamination chamber and pass a virus or bacterial check and a background check. The two Kellys are teachers to educate the children, Libby is unbelievably well organized and would be excellent as our community manager, and Sara would make our little world a beautiful place with her artistic flair. As with most people living in Northern Virginia, the husbands are military men. I'm sure we could get one of the departments to drop off food and supplies to our bubble. They would have to telecommute for work, and we would use the internet for ordering all of our crafting supplies.
Oh, the crafting we would do....