lazy day...

3 degrees.

That's what the temperature was this morning when I woke up.

I actually put socks on in the middle of the night because my feet were freezing, and I burrowed up next to my husband, which always feels somewhat like snuggling an old cast iron radiator (no offense hon, but you are warm and oven-like). So, so, so hard to get up and out of bed when it feels all warm and snuggly under the covers, and just so very cold cold cold out in the air.

So I stayed in bed.

Til 11:30.

Well, it IS a Saturday!

The last time I did that was like a year ago when I was really sick. I hate wasting the day sleeping in, but it just felt so darned COZY!

So anyway, the radiator got out of bed to feed the munchkins (love him!), and I just stayed warm and toasty til there was a knock on the door. It was my dad, coming for a visit. Of course I felt like a lazy bum, so I hopped out of bed and came down for some chit-chatting.

After Dad left, I decided to try my hand at these homemade cupcakes that look SO amazingly scrumptious. So I baked and baked and the house smelled yummy and got warm, and now I have a houseful of homemade cuppies with homemade butter cream frosting, and well... I think I will just stay in today...

I'm Sick.

Ugh. I am SICK!
It's not the Swine Flu. I'm (almost) positive.
It really feels like people are sizing me up, wondering if I am carrying the virus. I guess it is good to be concerned, but sometimes I think things get a little blown out of proportion - news coverage makes people freak out, and all of a sudden your kid has a sniffle and they get sent home from school (such was the case yesterday with my 11 year old).
Anyone can get it - I of course have done the research. Same symptoms as the regular flu, blahblahblah...

I actually considered keeping Alex home yesterday, and then I thought - "Kids have colds all of the time," no big deal, really. He made it though first period before I got the call to come get him. He had a "low-grade temp" (99.1 is mighty low grade if you ask me), he also had a sore throat. The school nurse thought he might have a spot on his tonsil. I would hate to have him infect someone else though, not trying to get anyone else sick. But schools are germ havens anyway. There is no way to really protect ourselves from germs and bugs - they are everywhere. It's part of life. If we aren't exposed to things, our bodies will never know how to fight them. So good mom that I am, I trucked him up to the pediatrician, just so I could hear her tell me what I had already diagnosed myself..."He has a cold."

THANKS, it cost me $15 and an hour ride to verify that info!
I sound like I am preaching. Sorry! It just makes me chuckle that everyone gets so crazy when they hear about the next PANDEMIC...

So yes, I have a COLD. It is irritating to be sneezing and stuffy, but I did get to take Nyquil last night and it helped me sleep like a log, which is my favorite thing to do. I actually got to rest on Sunday, because Alex was home. He hung with the kids all day (and snuck in a nap!!), and I literally stayed up in bed til night time. I NEVER do that! I think it actually made me feel better. Alex brought me home-made chicken soup from his grandmother's, which was fabulous. He also made me tea... he's so cute. Then the kids and I read books in my bed before they went to sleep. Brooke picked a book about the ABC's of dinosaurs. I had to slyly skip a few pages because that could have been an all-nighter.