Week in Review ~ 2/12

Key words for the week: house, school, sickness. And to further simplify: crazy!

Our kitchen is coming along s.l.o.w.l.y. As in, I've lost count of how many weeks I've been without overhead lights. This week it was painted a lighter shade of green that we had gotten for our office and never used, and the paint looks great. However, when they painted the ceiling, it became apparent that the texture in the spot they repaired did not match the rest of the ceiling. It pretty much screams, "Something fishy went on here, potential buyers." So instead of painting trim on Monday and being done, we've got to have the whole ceiling retextured. I'm hoping that by Wednesday they'll be done and the whole house can be cleaned. The house just feels like it's in shambles with kitchen stuff everywhere. We have so much to simply straighten before we can put the house on the market, but there just doesn't seem to be enough time in the day. Plus, Avery and straight are not synonyms.

Both schools, where I'm the teacher and where I'm the student, are hectic. My class isn't too hard, it's just a 45 hour class crammed into 6 weeks. I really have hopes of getting my master's and getting out of the classroom, but this has been eye-opening. And in school, we are inching closer to spring testing, and each day it seems as if I'm speaking the wrong language. There is so much going on, I don't feel like I'm giving 100% to anything in these areas. And when I do have a free minute, I don't want to give it to school or class. Class is almost half over, though!

And finally, oh the sickness that has plagued our house. Ned and I both have had terrible sinus problems this week. He has had more congestion, and I had more headaches. Since I'm on blood pressure medicine, I can't take anything cold/sinus related that has a D (decongestant) in the name. Without that, there's really no point. On top of that, the stomach virus is running rampant around here, and Avery had her first experience Wednesday morning. Luckily, we had not gotten to the car. Ned kept her home, but other than a decreased appetite and being a little tired, she was fine. The germ reached my body Thursday night and was not as kind. I'm still waiting to be able to eat more than a few bites at a time without feeling bad.

We did make it out of the house Saturday night and met Lolli for dinner close to her house. We had a Boston butt to deliver to her and had dinner since Poppa was working. I think I managed about 5 bites of my sub, but it was good to get out of the house. Other than that, we had a pretty lazy day at home. My mom and I decided to postpone our shopping trip until I was feeling better, and that was a good decision. We're hoping to go this Saturday.

This too shall pass! These are definately just minor bumps in the road compared to what some are going through. Soon we'll be able to look back on these weeks and laugh.