Influenza B

So the kid was sick last Wednesday. Thursday he went back to school and all seemed okay. Friday he called me and come home from school with dizziness, sore throat, high fever...I was fearing strep or mono. We went to the doc and they shoved a swab up his nose (FAR up the nose...eep!) and thested for flu. Sure enough, Influenza strain B...the less scary one. Affects humans and seals. So as long as he doesn't make out with any seals, I think we are okay.

In related news I am feeling pretty light-headed today, but I can't decide if it is from drinking too much Saturday night, or from not sleeping well last night (the wife was on emergency and up and down for calls all night), or if I have the flu.

Last night we went out to Rodizio, which is a small chain Brazilian restaurant that brings skewers of meat to your table and carves it onto your plate. It was really good, but I didn't care for the mahi-mahi very much. Dry little chunks of fish. Bleh. I liked the sweet and spicy chicken, but the best were the different types of beef. Sirloin and garlic crusted and tri-tip. All bloody rare, as I like it. The salad bar was good -- hard boiled quail eggs that were a little rubbery, but nice marinated tomatoes, and a cucmber salad, and mashed potatoes and black beans and collard greens, both with sausage or bacon. Not really a place for vegetarians obviously.

OH! The appetizers were these weird cheese things...well there were little cheese empanadas, and then these cheesy little rice things, and then these popover things that were all cheesy inside that I want about a ton of to eat all day long.

Yum.