Sick kids

What is it about sick kids? As a teenager I was allowed/disallowed to go to and from by the parentals and now I am regulated by the amount of snot that runs forth from my children's heads. Drew and Nicholas have been sick oh since Christmas. That's 6 weeks and counting. Just when I think one is getting better, bam the other one gets it. I remember as a teen saying things like "No I can't go out tonight, I"m grounded" or "No, I have a test tomorrow." Now it's things like "No, we can't come out and play because my children are blowing snot bubbles out of their nose every time they sneeze" or "No, we can't join you because Drew just decided to blow out the peas he ate last night from every orfice in his body." I wake up each day hoping, is today the day, do we get to go somewhere today? Unfortunately, no today is not the day, maybe tomorrow.