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Serenity came down with a virus of some sort on Friday, the day after our big bike trip. She had been exposed to a neighbor child who had the same thing a few days before and probably the stress of a long bike ride and all that playing really tired her out which allowed her to get sick. Or, more to my liking, the eating McDonald's food just one time weakened her immune system :-) Heh, not really but it sounds good!

She was very miserable, a fever that went up to 103 on Saturday began to decline on Sunday and we trust she will be fine by today or tomorrow.

Because Serenity was sick we skipped the Pirate Festival in Vallejo :-( We had been looking forward to that but what can you do?

Lora and I watched Canvas last night, a movie about a mentally ill mother and the impact her hospitalization had on her husband and young son. From one review I read in the NY Times I learned that the director and writer Joseph Greco's mother suffered from schizophrenia and this was a "labor of love" for him. That really came across in the film. I recommend this movie and give it an A-.

Other movies I've watched in the last few days: Omen 666 gets a C+, Teaching Mrs. Tingle gets a B-, Fantastic 4, rise of the Silver Surfer gets a C- and finally Meet the Robinson's gets a solid B+

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