Sorry for the long delay. Kina infected our entire house with the worst flu of our entire lives. I’ll just give you the whole series at once, so as not to overwhelm your pity generators. Thank you for your subscription and your patience.

The Cooties Are Upon Us

It started small. At this point we figured this would be a 24-hour affair. How wrong we would be!

Flu-Stricken Child Goes Out for a Brief Walk in the Fresh-Fallen Snow

This edition captures the brief moment between when we thought Kina would be better after a little jaunt in the snow and when I collapsed on the couch with fever.

Flu Flu Flu Flu Flu

At this point I stopped being able to draw, but Kina stopped having a fever and being gray, so it was sort of a wash.

Kina Tentatively Returns To School As Parents Moan in a Feverish Delirium

Let’s guess if that whole idea to send her to school worked out, shall we?

Whoops! Turns Out Kina Wasn’t Ready for School After All!

I look a lot more put together in this edition than I actually was.

Fun Friday “Movie Night” Becomes Sisyphean Week-Long Festival

“I guess we all just sleep and have fevers now” is a real bop.

Kid Discovers Miracle of Reading Books Under Blanket with Flashlight

This is the point at which the family turned the corner, but we were still only sending one of us out into the world.

Kid Practices Secret Variety Show Act with Amelia

And with that, somewhat glassy-eyed at our favorite local Mexican brunch spot, we emerged from the fog—still coughing and unable to enjoy food, but no longer feverish. There are editions following this one, but there is little hint of flu in their coverage, so I will give you these eight issues all at once and urge you to get your flu shot (didn’t help us much, but it’s a good ritual) and mask up out there.

There’s a lot of cooties.

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