Spring Break Research Paper

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Spring break this year definitely wasn’t my favorite! It wasn’t terrible because I didn’t have to go to school or practice, but that didn’t really help the situation my family was in. It was mostly just a really boring break! Over spring break my whole family came down with a nasty virus! We had the stomach flu! When I say “we”, I mean everybody else in the family except for me! Every single member of my family was sick at the same time! It all started out with my littlest sister, Haddlie. Haddlie just randomly started uncontrollably throwing up one night! So, we took her to the doctor and she said that it was nothing terrible but she did have the stomach flu. Then, the next night my other little sister, Hallie, started throwing up and we

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