Still Here

We haven't fallen off the face of the Earth, in case you're wondering. For several reasons, I didn't get our weekly post done over the weekend, so I'll just get caught up through now. (I wrote this yesterday, wanted to add pictures, but fell asleep on the couch about 6:30)

**Avery did well with the time change. (Very old news but I'm sure I'll want to look back when the next one does not take it in stride.) She slept until 8, took another long nap, then went to bed on time. I'm sure being sick plus getting up at 6:30 during the week has helped her sleeping and schedule.

**Avery seemed to feel better as the week went on, and I started to feel worse. I lost my voice Wednesday and started with a cough Thursday. I continued to go to school but obviously couldn't do a lot of teaching. Avery kept a pretty nasty cough all week. We use the Vicks you plug in for her, and I was using Vicks too, so our house was smelling pretty strong.

**I still was not feeling well Saturday and didn't have much voice, but I was determined to see Clint Black. Lolli came to get Avery in the morning, and I laid around instead of being productive. Ned and I went to dinner before the show and stopped for two varieties of cough drops. Clint Black and the opening act, Eric Paslay, were both so good. These concerts are held at the elementary school auditorium, and both men joked about eating their dinner in tiny little chairs. We were in the fifth row with many season ticket holders, some of which are a tad old. I had to wonder what the two performers thought when they came out on stage and didn't exactly have a party crowd. We went to our friends' house for dessert after the concert and stayed out too late. I was up at 3:30 coughing my head off and finally got on the couch.

**Sunday morning I went to get Avery and Ned stayed to pack for his trip to PA. He went with several other members of the fire department to do a pre-build meeting on a firetruck they will be getting. He left as Avery and I got home. Avery coughed a lot during her nap and didn't get a good rest. We went to the store and wished for Daddy to be home at the crazy dinner hour. When Avery went to bed I had report cards to do. I was up again in the middle of the night coughing.

**Avery and I managed to get ourselves out of the house on time Monday morning. I let the school nurse listen to my chest and she thought I could have bronchitis. I left school early and went to the doctor, who confirmed what the nurse said. I went back to get Avery then we dropped off my prescriptions. Ned wasn't going to be home until late, so we went back out after dinner to get my medicine. I hate to feel this way, but I was thankful for bedtime because I was so tired. I was glad to have Ned back home and went to bed after my first experience with prescription cough medicine. I did sleep a little better but was still up once coughing.

**I'm home today even though I'm missing parent-teacher conferences. I pushed too hard last week and am paying for it now. Ned got up and took Avery to the sitter's so I'm trying to get some rest. She is still coughing so I'll be calling the doctor for her today.