First post of 2011

So I've been wanting to post for the last week but I've been sick! Ugh... its been so frustrating. On New Years Day at the reunion my throat started to hurt. The next day my neck was so sore from a swollen gland on the right side. The next day... it got worse... then worse... then worse. I couldn't shake it. Luckily I didn't have a fever. Which when I get sick like this is like 102/103. So thank goodness for that. My throat has been hurting, my chest hurt when I inhaled and I just felt terrible. I think our humidifier really helped to keep my chest from getting painfully congested. I've been coughing up stuff like crazy but it hasn't been too tight. It all stayed pretty loose. Then when I finally started feeling a little better.... my right ear starts hurting like nobody's business. It was so bad! This was this past Friday afternoon then it was worse Sat. morning. I thought about urgent care but everything I found online made it sound like in time my ear will heal on its own. Just take something to relieve the pain. So I did and only took stuff twice and haven't had pain since. My right ear is still plugged and I can't always hear very well out of it but I'm just glad the pain is gone. Now my nose is stuff up but the coughing isn't as frequent. I can't win. I think I may have picked up something from my nieces and nephew. They were the only ones I was around besides Scott's family at the reunion and I'm pretty sure I can't develop something that severe in 12 hrs. Maybe I'm wrong... who knows.

So that's why I haven't been posting. Of course Scott had a super busy week with work and I've been dying with Charlotte. She actually did better when I was at my worst. She let me lay on my bed most of the day. She took great naps, she ate well, she was pretty patient (as patient as a 20 month old is) and would sometimes just lay on the bed with me. So sweet. So for the couple hours Scott would be home while she was awake I would just lay in bed and rest as much as I could. So I'm really glad I survived last week. Nothing was cleaned and I only did dishes when the sink was overflowing or Charlotte was out of dishes. (This is where a working dishwasher would be so handy!) But Friday I did a bit better and cleaned up the kitchen then Sat. got the bathrooms done, sheets changed, floors cleaned and grocery shopping done. It felt so good to have a clean house. I was so frustrated not being able to keep the house the way I like to but I just couldn't get the strength and energy I needed to do it.

It was also SUPER frustrating not being able to exercise. I already have an issue that anytime I run I end up coughing a lot after. It happened to me all through high school playing basketball. Sometimes it lasts for like an hour or more but I always cough. Sometimes it gets bad and tickles like crazy. So if I go running while my chest still has some congestion, I'll just make it like 20 times worse. So after I was starting to get my endurance up I'm gonna have to start over. So annoying! I just want to be healthy so I can lose some weight before I get pregnant again. I lost some while being sick thanks to no appetite but that won't last long. So I'm hoping by the end of this week I can get back into gear.

So far this year is not being very good to me. Hopefully that changes soon. I'm getting really excited to do our taxes and get our return so we can get rid of some of this debt! I want it gone! So done with having debt. Of course after that is a long list of things that would really make my life easier. New dishwasher is up there. Love to have one that works. We need a new bed. We have my brothers old bed and it wasn't in the best shape when we got it. It's almost 15 years old and if you know my bro... he's not a little guy. He left his dent on this bed. I also really need a new vacuum. I have my parent's old one but I've about killed that. I miss my old Hoover... it was amazing. So good at what it did. Then, depending on when/if I get pregnant, Charlotte will need a bed. Luckily Walmart has some pretty good deals so for like $50 I can get something pretty decent. We'll have 9 months from whenever I do get pregnant so we're good there. I'll also need a new stroller.... thinking a double jogging so the kiddos and I can jog to the park or wherever. Get me some exercise. Then I think.... man.... I'd love to get a new car to have something that can carry more kids. But then I think..... not having a car payment right now is about the greatest thing ever.... I think I can wait.

So many things. I've had so much going through my mind while I've been sick. I don't have much to do but sit here and watch netflix or just think. So yeah......way to start of my new year... a little complaining about being sick and little planning on some things I'm hoping to get this year too. We'll see. Anyway.... hopefully I'll get some pics up. I thought I took some at the reunion... can't remember. We'll see what I've got... hopefully this week!