Sick!

I have been sick for the past 32 hours. When I arrived in Avignon, Paola's sister was sick with what the doctor thought was food poisoning. Then I got sick and we thought it was because I had a lot of red and green peppers which I don't normally eat. Then Paola's mom got sick and went to the doctor. It turns out we have some kind of gasterointestinal flu. (We weren't careful about not spreading germs with her sister since we thought it wasn't contagious) I can't remember the exact name of what I have because I was pretty out of when they told me. I threw up multiple times the first night and couldn't even keep down water. I was so thirsty all I wanted was a huge glass of ice water, but I couldn't even have that! The medicine I took was two pills that you put under your tongue and let them dissolve, so that was different and pretty chalky. It has now been over 32 hours since I have eaten anything. I will try some bread today and see how that goes. I slept all day yesterday because I was so exhausted- it took all my energy.

I am feeling better today although my back is really sore. Is it possibly to get a sore back from laying down too much? Once I was done throwing up, the hardest part was the heat. It is so warm here and oftentimes there is no escape. I'm sure I will get used to it eventually.