An Unwanted Visitor

I suppose that it was bound to happen. Spending virtually every moment of our lives for a month and a half with six other guys in a cramped van and then barely getting any sleep every night finally caught up to us. Lots of people probably figured that after so much time together, we'd end up killing each other. Our health has actually come into jeopardy recently, but - surprisingly - it has nothing to do with each other and everything to do with an unwanted addition to our group:


THE BUBONIC PLAGUE!!

Okay, so we don't have THE plague. But, whatever it is, it sure has been miserable and shows no signs of going away. I thought that I was rid of it once already only to have it come back even stronger than before. Symptoms include green snot (and lots of it), sinus congestion, dry mouth, sore throat (feels like you're swallowing glass), sinus pressure, deep chest cough, chills, low-grade fever, headache, and fatigue. It's an all-around nasty bug, whatever it is, and we seem to give it a lot of bodies to use to sustain its existence - so far we've all gotten a touch of it. Spencer has had it the worst as you can see here:



And here:


And you don't want to see how many of these we've gone through:


It's been quite the week and all I can say as I write this is that I hope that we survive it. It started out with an amazing homecoming show for Spencer in Lansing, MI. Both Danny's and TJ's parents made it out for that show, as well. (More photos and awesome video of that to come - as soon as we get healthy enough to put it together for you to see.) But since then it's been all horrible plague and pestilence.

Hopefully a steady diet of Fuze Green Tea, multivitamins, DayQuil/NyQuil, and soup will cure us quickly and prevent it from ever returning. If not... well, it's been a fun ride while it lasted.

If any of you out there have any good get-well-quick tips, please drop us a line. And please hurry. Time is running out...