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Yesterday was the first day that things have tasted right since first getting sick last week. Josh was so happy to hear that I was feeling better that he took me out to supper. I’ve been craving Chili’s french fries so we headed there. It tasted like the best meal I had ever had. It’s funny how being sick makes you appreciate things like that.

Other things I’m appreciating today:
- being able to breath out of my nose again
- not coughing so much
- feeling like I have the energy to do something other than lay on the couch all evening
- tomorrow is Friday

It snowed…again. As much as I hate it and I’m ready for spring, I can’t help but see how gorgeous this snow is. We got about two inches of that really heavy sticky snow. The trees look amazing! If I didn’t feel like garbage still and the wind wasn’t blowing, I would be out there with my camera. It’s all I can do to not be outside right now.

So much for a healthy February… I woke up Thursday with the flu. Boy, did that suck. I just spent four days in my apartment barely moving from the couch back to bed. My parents had it too but Josh, the lucky guy, managed to escape with only a slight touch of the flu. I do believe I’m on the mend but it takes awhile to get back into the swing of things after four days of nothing. Posting may be light this week. Hope you all are staying healthy and away from the flu!

I miss taking pictures outside. I miss green grass. I miss my spring jackets.

I don’t like the 7 degrees we’re at right now. I don’t like the snow. I don’t like scraping my car.

Ah yes, spring fever has hit hard…

Working in town has it’s benefits, but it also means that no matter how bad the weather I’ve still got to get into work. Work was called off today and that NEVER happens. I feel like a kid that found out there was no school. The Midwest has had a little bit of snow. Gotta go enjoy my Snow Day!

Josh and I went to see Juno on Saturday. We had to drive a little further than usual since it wasn’t playing in our area. (Although I just checked and it opened this week here.) I loved it! We saw a preview for it months ago and I wanted to see it immediately. I was worried I had built it up too much but I was not disappointed. Although it was hilarious, it was also touching and I got a bit choked up at the end.

I loved the music in it too…so much that we drove to three different stores looking for the soundtrack after the movie. Turns out that even though you can download it off iTunes, you can’t buy it on cd until tomorrow.

We’ve been quoting Juno since we saw it on Saturday. There were so many good lines that it was hard to catch them all. I might have to go see it again!

We have snow! My thinking is that if it has to be cold, it might as well snow. It started last night and is supposed to continue through tomorrow. It definitely puts me more in the Christmas mood.

I’ll be back on Monday. Until then, I plan on:

- eating mashed potatoes and some pumpkin pie
- watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade
- sleeping in (even if it’s just a little bit)
- snuggling with my hubby and dog
- listening to Christmas music
- eating out with friends
- decorating for Christmas (huzzah!!)
- taking lots of pictures…all for fun, none for business
- doing a little Christmas shopping
- starting some crocheting
- and actually relaxing!

I hope everyone has a very happy Thanksgiving!

On Friday Josh and I went to Meijer to pick up a few things even though we were both feeling sick. We had to laugh when we realized we were buying Kleenex, Airborne, Breathe Right strips, cough drops, Theraflu Vapor patches, and chicken noodle soup.

I had never tried the vapor patches before but I liked VapoRub so I figured it worked the same. By the time we got home I was so exhausted. I couldn’t breathe through my nose at all so I decided to try out the patch. I put one on before bed and it seemed to help a bit that night. Saturday night after my shot of Nyquil I pulled another patch out and put it on my chest.

When I woke up Sunday morning the spot where I had put the patch was throbbing a bit. I peeled the patch off and went on with my day. I realized Monday that I had a huge red rash where that patch was. Last night while trying not to itch Josh pulled out the box to read if there were any instructions.

I hear him in the other room say “Do not apply directly to the skin”. I think I replied “whatever, that doesn’t make any sense”. Uh yeah, it says it on the box and the actual package for each patch! Hmm…didn’t so much catch that. In my defense I was not thinking clearly due to my cold but also why would you not stick one of those things on your skin? So the picture on the front of the box has a person wearing a t-shirt and the patch on top of that. But it’s probably a common mistake, right?

My cold is much better except now I’m itching like crazy…I just can’t win!

Happy Autumn & Halloween!