However... Although my body fought off Joe's strep and flu, I still ended up with a nasty, sneezy, snotty cold that made my voice even weaker and two glands in my neck swell up like golf balls, and today is no better, because something is now also wrong with my eyes, which feel like they're about to burst from my head like champagne poppers.
Dang, does anyone know a non having to go to the doctor way of making swollen glands go away? This sick stuff is starting to make me mad.
Aidan got home from Arkansas around 2:30 am on Friday night, and had to be at work for 9:00 on Saturday, and she was sick as a dog. They sent her home, she went to urgent care, and her flu and strep swabs both came back positive. Aidan is a very tough girl...except when she's sick. I spent a good portion of the weekend taking care of her.
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| How quickly she forgets. |
Joe is feeling a little better, slowly making his way back to wellness. He's lost ten pounds with this flu. Thank God he's smart and did a ton of extra credit, because he missed all his final exams and still ended up with straight A's.
When my kids are sick, they like to be near Momma. Which means they hang out with me in my room and take over my TV, making me watch reality cooking shows, which are pretty dumb. They were with me all weekend in my room, when all I wanted to do was sleep and blow the eight pounds of snot from my nose in privacy.
So my room, and probably the whole house by now, is incredibly germy. I'm hoping and praying that two kids will clean up their mess in my room and wash my sheets. I've been spraying antibacterial cleaner and Lysol all over the place, but it's probably only a matter of time before my mom gets it, and that will be really terrible.
And the Zuri the Tolerable Cat threw up like three or four times at different places in my house.
Anyway, I just could not keep up with texts and email this weekend, so I'm sorry to those people I might have left hanging. I'll try to catch up this week. I really wanted to write yesterday's post, and I was determined to get it done, but it still took nearly all day to actually get it posted.
I have lots of good ideas for new Hot Spot posts, but the next one may not make it out until Thursday or Friday, after all my doctor's appointments are over.
Oh man, I'm complaining so much I just want to strangle myself. Lol.
Sorry you all have to listen to this. But I try to post reality, and sometimes, life isn't all unicorns and rainbows and giant chocolate chip cookies. Sometimes the cookie crumbles, and you gotta pick up the pieces. But you always get to lick the chocolate off your fingers in the end. :)
In fact, most of the time, life is sorta hard, but during the hard times, you pull yourself together and make the best of it. Realizing that even the most trying times are temporary is a key to contentment and ultimate happiness. I know me and the kids won't be sick forever, so I look forward with a light feeling in my heart knowing that by next weekend, I'll probably be at the beach.
Really, one of my philosophies is as long as I keep taking two or three steps forward, a step backward once in a while won't send me into a tailspin. I just tell myself, "Okay, that was backward. Tomorrow, you're going two steps forward." And I usually do.
Action is also a key to progress in life. My wonky thyroid inhibited my activities for a long time, but my body is also rejoicing that it's gone, and I feel like I can conquer anything I set my mind to. And despite this horrible cold, I'm moving forward with my plans.
I'm going to post more eBay stuff for sale this week. I even did a little painting this weekend, but found that the only paints we have right now (acrylic) don't look really good on canvas, so I've got to save my nickels for some oil paint.
I had an idea for robots that nerd girls might like. My first painting I want to be a totally pink robot standing amidst a junkyard full of blue and red man robot springs and parts. Then I would print in robot font and paste it in the margin: "No one messes with the Pinkbot." And there would be yellow suns of power bursting from her head. Lol, I can't wait to paint that one in oil.
Anyway, time to pull myself together for work. It'll be a good week. If I tell myself that enough, it will be. :)
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