More on the X Man

Well, the mystery of what has been ailing the X Man is starting to come into focus a bit more. I had to reschedule his doctor appointment yesterday but I had interesting conversation with our neighbor a couple nights ago that helped shed some light on thigs. See, we live in a "bifamiliare" (basically a duplex) and the family that lives next to us has a grandchild living with them named Danielle. Danielle is about Xavier's age, is in his class at school, and the two have become best buddies. Xavier is often over their house playing with Danielle and it's cute to hear them playing together, the X Man speaking fluent Italian to him. Anyway, I happened to be talking to Danielle's grandmother the other night and mentioned Xavier's vomiting and diarrhea. She told me that Danielle has had the same thing for the past week as has everyone else in their house. Not only that but I've been told that it is some kind of virus and has been sweeping the whole area. Luca had it and I've even got a touch of it myself the past day or two. Fortunately Xavier appears to be over it and seems back to normal the past couple days. Last night he even kept complaining that he was hungry.

In other X Man news, he has developed a supernatural fear of bees. We have a big flower bush next to our driveway and the bees have been all over the past week as the weather has been beautiful here. Everytime he has to get in and out of the car now, he jumps out and runs halfway across the yard just to avoid getting anywhere near the bush. Not only that but, in his mind, spring = bees. The past several weeks, he asks me 10 times a day "How many more days til spring". And when I tell him "Spring will be here soon", he gets quiet and says "Oh no...bees". His obsession with bees is actually getting quite annoying. I can't imagine what will happen if he ever actually gets stung by one. He will probably pass out and be scarred for life...