The Home Stretch!!

I feel like there are so many things coming to culmination within the next year. I'm in the home stretch in so many things!

My wedding is only 6 months away! I can't believe it. In just six more months I will once again be a wife. What a huge life change this is.

I should graduate from midwifery school and finally have my Florida license in just 10 more months! I can't believe it. It's been such a long road, frustrating and lovely and frustrating and perfectly done just the way it was supposed to be.

My birthday just came around again, though I was still combating the flu, it still ended up being an alright birthday anyway. I have such an amazing family and my mom, brother, children and Jereme all celebrated with me and made sure it was a good birthday.

Clinic has been busy as always!! Gotta love my life!

Will update again soon!

*cough* *cough*

Soooo.....a few weeks ago Jereme came home from work and said "man, I worked with this guy today who seemed like he was dying of the flu!!" Great I thought to myself. This was a Thursday.

By Monday my littlest child was sick with fevers. He was sick Monday through Friday. On Friday I finally took him to the doctor and our wonderful doctor said "Yup, he has a positive Flu test!" sigh. By Friday, though, he was feeling better.

Saturday my oldest child started running fevers and not feeling well. I put him on Tamiflu (an antiviral designed for the flu) right away. He didn't go to school Monday, but my littlest (who was all better) and my middle both did.

Monday night my middle child came home from school with fevers. No school for her on Tuesday.

Tuesday I had two children (middle and oldest) running around the house like chickens with their heads cut off, no more fevers but not in school either. Wednesday I sent them back to school. By now (Tuesday) I was sick. Oh, and I hadn't been to the clinic since the Monday before when my littlest fell sick.

Wednesday, finally! All children back in school. I'm still sick, but eh, at least they're all in school and well!!

Wednesday night my oldest comes home with a fever again, and looks awful. No school for him on Thursday. Other two are well still, I'm still sick.

Thursday night, my oldest starts puking (FUN!! sigh.) and I'm still miserable

Friday youngest and middle are still in school and well, my throat, feels sore first thing in the morning and I have a bit of cough but otherwise good. My oldest looks much better. No more puking, and he's finally eating and the fever is gone. Yay maybe we are finally over this thing!! Now if we could all four shake this cough..... (and btw Jereme never even got sick!)

The. Worst. Flu. EVER!!!!!

Oh. My. God!! Saturday night I started getting chills, and a fever, then sweating and chills. By Sunday morning I was running a 104 fever I hurt all over, my head felt like it was going to explode and like it weighed a ton, and I was nauseous. By half way through the day I was puking as well. I only got off the couch to pee or puke (or both, tried to make it both to be economical). The rest of the time I slept. and slept. and slept. Ditto for Monday. By Tuesday I was feeling a little better (no fever), and I was home alone (my uncle left for Florida, and my mother never returned from Florida after going in March). My "new" friend Cindy drove me and Bobby up to his school so I could drop him off, and then dragged me off to her house so she could wait on me all day. She did a splendid job of it too! She took me to pick Bobby up from school that afternoon and took us back home, and by then I was running a fever again. Tuesday night I was miserable again, but never had a fever as high again (stayed around 101-102).

Today I woke up feeling "all right". Not Splendid by any means! but definitely better. No fever, no body aches, no vomiting or anything. Now I am thinking most of my symptoms (headache, swimming feeling when I get up, nausea, weak) are related to not eating in four days. Yup, that's right. FOUR DAYS of a clear liquid diet. Those of you who know me in person know I cannot afford to go four days without food!! yuck!! Now to get my strength back up, clean this disgusting mess from being sick (the house seemed to fall apart while I was sick) deal with a double whammy birthday party this weekend, and drive down to Florida next week! YAY! (or oh man I have to do all of THAT? where will I find the energy?!?!?!?!)