Thursday, December 18, 2008

Bad, bad, bad blogger

I just realized I haven't blogged in over a month! What have I/we been doing you ask? Well, of course there was the "family time" after John got home and then it was Thanksgiving. I cooked for 4 adults and 5 kids. It took me 3 days to get it all done! John did the usually Black Friday shopping, on that Saturday we turned in both vehicles for newer ones. Yes, we are crazy. I am driving an '08 Ford Explorer and John is driving an '03 Pontiac Grand Prix. Mind you, this was not my idea.
When I thought I had a few days of down time before packing to drive to Michigan, John decides to take a few extra days of leave to start our trip earlier. But, before we left JJ wasn't feeling so hot so I took him in and he had bronchitis and pneumonia. Luckily, he got better before we left. We finally arrive in Michigan and Maddie starts a fever and feeling crappy so I had to take her into urgent care to find an ear infection. We have never had an ear infection in the house before. The next day JJ gets the runs and more fever for two days. So the first week of MI was shot with illnesses and recuperation time.
We spent the first few days at my dad's, then headed up to John's dad's, and now we are at my mom's. It's the only place I'll have the net on our vacation. We head back to KS on the 29th. I have a camera, not sure if I brought the cord so I can't promise any pictures anytime soon!

Wednesday, May 28, 2008

Seriously?

I have been feeling pretty sluggish and have had a sore throat since before John left on May 3rd. I went to the doc a couple of weeks ago and was just given some drugs to help with the drainage causing the sore throat. It was still sore and I felt horrible over the weekend so I gave in and made an appointment this morning. They did a strep culture - negative. They sent me to the lab for blood work. It came back positive for Mono. So now I am not allowed to kiss anyone. Well, at least John is not home for that, right? But of course it is my luck that he is gone now while I am sick and of course it lasts forever! But really, I don't feel completely aweful. Just not completely myself.