Dear Influenza,

at the risk of being completely rude, i must ask you to leave...

you are completely ruining my family's holiday and i just can't get anything done with you around. not to mention, you are creating a ton of unnecessary laundry and i HATE laundry!!!

you have made my kids cry and my husband extremely cranky and there is nothing worse than a cranky husband...i've tried to keep my cool, but when my little girl couldn't even stand in line to see santa today because you made her throw up as we walked through the mall (thank goodness i had a baggy with me or you would've been dead!) that was the last straw!

i have too many things to do to still and i haven't been able to do a thing since you came to visit last thursday, so i am kindly asking you to go.

i know that not too many people want to take you in during the holidays, but fortuantely for you the weather here in sunny california won't leave you cold and wet.

have a merry christmas,