heyo epidemic

The hives continue, but become more bearable. That was the least of our worries in the monastery today. Yesterday, a couple of people were feeling a little sick, but no one really thought much of it. Last night, Garrett and Sergiy threw up, but were supposedly feeling better when they went to bed. I went to sleep around 11, thinking nothing more of the matter. However, I woke to discover that during the night, 4 people had gotten sick. 3 had thrown up, and poor Garrett was up half the night puking. This morning he had a fever of 104, and while Sergiy was not quite as bad, they both spent most of the day in bed. Megan left class after about 10 minutes due to sickness and Becky missed part of it for the same reason as well. It was beginning to look like a case of the flu had hit San Paolo. However, by 4 this afternoon, most everyone was feeling better. Becky and Danielle are off to London, and things are starting to look up around here.
Tomorrow morning we'll board the 8:16 train and head to Pisa til Saturday night. After the stress of writing sonnets (ugh) this week, I'm ready for a nice break, free from class. I have a newfound respect for writers of sonnets...I never before realized just how hard writing 14 lines of iambic pentameter was. It's very difficult. So, 3 cheers for a sonnet-free weekend!