Attack of the "Gastro"

Hey all...

Remember when I said I threw up in the middle of the night on Friday/Saturday and pretty much stayed in bed for the rest of the Saturday? Well some news flash...

I went to Stephen`s house on Tuesday night for a little bit (more on that later) and found out some striking news: Apparently I wasn`t the only person who got sick too. In pretty much the same night, both Stephen and Zach had the same problems that I had and threw up in their billeting families, and had to have bed rest for the whole next day and more. Actually in Stephen`s case, his sickness extended into Monday/Tuesday. And how does Stephen know that Zach was sick too? Because apparently he didn`t go to work on Tuesday and had to go to a clinic to treat for dehydration...and he went back to the Katima-house (there`s a key to enter into the house) and saw Zach there...so Zach told him the story where he and his billeting family went out to a bar and had some beer...that`s when Zach got really sick and went to the washroom in the bar and threw up. However, he didn`t want his family to think he was sick from the bar, so he held out and pretended nothing happened...and pretty much the moment he entered into the house he just started to puke his face out. That really sucks for him.

So how is it possible that all 3 of us got gastro (en francais)/stomach flu at the same time? This pretty much goes back to Cheryl, who got sick from one of the kids in the nursery place and we got it from her. And get this: Before I went to my billeting family, Noah-Kim got gastro from his nursery a week before that, and then the whole family got it too. Once they recover, I came into the picture and I got sick. Two days later, Noah-Kim got sick, then the whole family gets sick again. They recover the next day but Billy`s dad, who lives next door, got gastro too...the whole situation is messed. And Aurelie yesterday thought she was getting gastro, but thank god it turns out she just needed rest from a lack of sleep. Apparently there`s an epidemic going on in the region with this disease, just like when Elliot Lake had head lice and pretty much all the guys in that group (now Chicoutimi group) shaved their hair. Hey, I will talk stomach flu over head lice any day, but I seriously hope I do not get it again in my billeting family for the next week or I will be seriously annoyed...my 72 hours off is in the next weekend and I am going to Montreal to visit my friend (Kyle if you are reading this right now, hollah!).

So a quick recap of what happened since I last updated:
Monday - Baby Noah-Kim got sick, had to go to work late. That night after dinner just out of curiousity and for a nice walk, I went to check out where Stephen lives. The street he lives on (Rang 9) is just a couple of walks away from me...shouldn`t be that far right? Little do I know. His house number is 1345, and I started off from 35 something...50 minutes later I was at 23 something...because of darkness and time factor I had to turn back. So I got home at 8:30 pm ish and found out from Sabrina that Billy actually went out and looked for me in his car, because I didn`t return an hour later (I said it was either 1 to 1.5 hours, if not less). Aiyah...I hate it when this happens, feeling bad and then annoyed that I feel bad about it.

Tuesday - Whole family got sick, and they couldn`t drive me to work because of that. So I called Claudie and told her that...pretty much she said if I get sick the next day, I have to call her as soon as possible, and if I get sick I absolutely cannot come to work. So pretty much I stayed in the house the whole day, except when I went to the local grocery store (which may I add is very expensive) to pick up some stuff and made everyone chicken noodle soup. And at night after 6 pm something I decided to give walking to Stephen`s house another shot...took a long long long time and in the end because it was getting dark and I was at the 14 something ranges, I actually went to someone`s house and asked for directions...apparently I was just 5 minutes away, so I kept pushing...I was almost there when a car drove past me, then backed up and stopped. The guy rolled down the window and immediately I recognized the man as Billy`s dad...I was thinking "goddammit why is he so protective even when he is sick?"...so he drove me to Stephen`s house, which was pretty much the last house on the road before wilderness. Saw Stephen, his billeting family (a middle-aged man), and the house...reminds me of Paul and Baryl`s place, only much smaller. Then he drove me home and on the way back we tried having a conversation, despite the fact that he knows no english and my french is so broken and accented...quite interesting.
When I got home, I found out that Billy actually didn`t call his dad to find me...his dad just happened to find me by luck (apparently his father likes to drive around a lot). So the fact that he saw me in the dark and picked me up is just bizarre...

Wednesday - Everyone got better, Billy`s dad got sick. Went to work, and there was this conference thing with many many many people...I made tips, don`t know how much because Claudie didn`t give it to me (and I probably won`t get it until I am back from Montreal because she went to New York for a one-week vacation today). After work Billy/Sabrina/Noah-Kim/me went to Sabrina`s family for dinner...a jolly family, grandparents and uncle included. It was all right, and although the family was cordial they didn`t really ask me any questions, which I thought was unfortunate. Sabrina sure has a good looking family...her brother is very easy on the eyes and her sister is attractive too, although her boyfriend isn`t very...which leads me to the golden question I have been asking myself since billeting:

Why does average looking men usually have girlfriends who are better looking than them, but almost never the other way around?

This is a phenomenon that is right in front of my face ever since I started doing billeting. The best example is Billy and Sabrina themselves...Sabrina is young and way too pretty to be settled down right now, in my opinion. Billy...is Billy. As well, there is James (Billy`s brother) and his girlfriend...same thing. If anyone has an opinon or insight on that, let me know.

Um...gotta go!