Sick... AGAIN

Stress has always been a trigger for lowering my immune system (as it is for most people). For me though, the combination of stress + poor sleep means I'm doomed. I've been sick 3 times so far this season, which is just absurd. My last post, in fact, I was sick. And here I am again... sick. Ugh!

Thankfully, Nathan has managed to steer clear of it for the most part. Until this time. We're both sick. I am fairly certain it's just a bad cold or at most a sinus infection. But there's been a lot of strep throat going around (several people from my office and/or their kids have had it), so I'm just really hoping and praying we aren't headed down that road.

Nevertheless, it has been a miserable weekend. Nathan started acting like he was getting sick Thursday. I woke up Friday with a sore throat and itchy eyes. Nathan was congested all day and by Friday evening I was sneezing up a storm. Saturday Paul was on shift (of course) so it was just me and Nathan at home all day, miserable and cranky and sick. I had thought we were going to have a fun Nathan-and-Mama Saturday, but needless to say, that didn't really pan out like I'd hoped. We did make cookie monster (blue) cookies. And since the temperature outdoors actually rose into the 30s for the first time in days, I did give in to his pleading and bundled us up for an hour's playtime outside. I've never put much stock in that cold air makes you sick, besides which, we were ALREADY sick and he so badly wanted to run around in the snow...

I'm just SO ready for the winter to end. Unfortunately, it's going to be a while still. I honestly don't mind snow, but the bitterly cold temperatures and icy, windy stuff is starting to get to me. Which is why, in just 10 days, I'm escaping!

My BFF is moving out of state in April and we've been talking about a girls' trip to New Orleans for a while now. About a month ago, she spotted a crazy-good sale on Southwest for round-trip tickets. We leave March 4 for three nights! I can't wait. I'm very grateful to my husband for agreeing that I could go, and to my in-laws for helping out with the little man when Paul goes to work.

I'm also a little nervous. Three nights is the longest I will have been away from Nathan. I know he'll be fine. And it will be a good stepping stone for when we go to Hawaii for a week in August for an adults-only getaway with Paul's BFF and his wife. Yikes!

Lots of fun things to look forward to in the coming weeks and months... Now, if I could just get the stress and sleep situation under control so I stop succumbing to every germ that crosses my path. I should probably write a whole separate post on that, but my head is pounding so I'll leave it at that for now. Time for some hot tea and more cough drops...