Or was it?

Okay, so being an engineer I'm not one to put much stake in "coincidences". Nearly everything in life is a balance of opportunity (chance) and probability. And best of all there is data to support it, or you can collect or make data. That said, I do believe in "bad luck." We'll just need to get past the fact that that acceptance of "bad luck" and rejection of "coincidences" seems mutually exclusive, and accept that these are both part of my belief set.

Bad luck as I understand it comes in runs of 3 and 5. Example: if you've had 1 bad thing happen, expect either two or four more in the near future. I don't understand why 3's and 5's, but my observed data points support this.

So last week when yuck happened, bad luck event number two, we braced for the rest of the bad luck run, which played out like this:
1. Expect to pay out of pocket to sell our house*
2. Scabies (Addison --> all of us)
3. Addison's Miserable teething of 2-old-molars resulting in sleep deprivation for whole Mit Mit household Saturday and Sunday nights.

*However, got 2nd and 3rd opinions which suggested break even or very little impact to sell our house (Woo Hoo!) Take this to be a piece of "good luck" thereby ending the bad luck run at 3.

Interesting development Monday, which makes me think we're not out of the woods yet - on Addison small red bumps which we thought were from the scabies, developed into large collection of blisters on hands, feet, and diaper area. Being suspicious, I consulted with my Mom who advised checking her mouth. Sure enough - huge blister on her tongue. (Not from teething after all.) Conclusion = hand-foot-and-mouth disease (HFMD). Sure would seem like an interesting coincidence if Addison turned out to have both scabies and HFMD in the same week. But rather than accept that all the excessive cleaning, washing, and treatment weren't needed, I'm going to make an exception to my coincidence position and accept "What are the odds? Addison did have both scabies and HFMD in one week."

So back to the bad luck run list, here's how it looks now:
1. Scabies
2. HFMD
3. (Today) Soda bottle explodes all over my work outfit, soaking sweater and pants. Significant enough that I'm heading to target in attempt to remedy. This counts.