Death to Bacteria! and other weirdness

It's been a weird week. And, naturally, the husband has been VERY busy with work in the middle of the weird week. No sarcasm intended, the sweet man has been swamped - poor guy. First, we've had actual rain with thunder and lightening. Unless you have lived in a desert, you won't 'get' this. But for us desert dwellers, it was beyond cool. Second, Munchkin #2 has had strep throat. Now, as a mom, it's horrid seeing your kid suffer. So, I've been on a 'death to bacteria' campaign. The kitchen is scrubbed, the bathrooms are scrubbed, new toothbrush for Munchkin #2, and EVERYTHING we use for eating/drinking is going through the dishwasher. Now, part of the 'weird' with this....I can just walk into a pharmacy without a prescription and get antibiotics. Of course, we go to the doc first since we're not irresponsible. But, I know there are others who are not responsible. When we get the antibiotics, it's a powder that I have to mix with a certain volume of liquid on my own. In the home country, this is unheard of since you don't want a parent accidentally doing this wrong! Of course Munchkin #2 couldn't keep that nasty mess down, so she's learning how to swallow tablets. Also, a nasty business since the tablets here are not 'sugar coated.' Yuck. Poor kid. Third, it seems we have been adopted by a little kitty. We're calling her 'Tinkles'. She wears an ancient looking collar with a little bell on it. She's very sweet and very skinny. Rumour has it that the folks who previously lived in our villa abandoned a little kitty when they left. Since Tinkles keeps trying to come in the back door, I'm thinking the rumour is true. We're feeding her and giving her fresh water. If she continues to hang around, we'll take her to the vet and get her checked out and fixed up, so to speak. The sweet kitty loves sitting in Munchkin #1's lap out in the grass. Peace.