March 9, 2011

The minute I got home from work today, I put on my pj's. I am so happy to not have to go anywhere tonight, I cannot even being to express it. No swim practice, no basket ball or baseball, no girl scouts, no school functions, I just get to be at home.

March 8, 2011

I feel better today than I have since last Tuesday. I woke up feeling like I actually got some rest last night. The mucus in my nose and throat are starting to break up. My cough is not as bad. Hopefully, this means I am getting better. I hate getting sick.

Tonight was swim practice. I had planned on working out, but I started talking to another mom at swim practice and ended up talking to her the whole time. It was a nice conversation. I am glad I got to talk to her just one on one.

I hope I sleep well tonight, too. It would be nice to wake up feeling rested again.

March 7, 2011

I feel worse tonight than I've felt since I started getting sick. I am MISERABLE. I really think that I should not use Dayquil or Nyquil when I'm getting or have a sinus infection. I think it makes it worse. I tried to use my sinus rinse bottle tonight and my one nostril is so clogged that the saline solution ran to the back of my throat and out my mouth instead of just through my nasal passages.

I really hope I can make it through work tomorrow. I may beg out of the staff meeting and go to the urgent care facility before taking Michaela to swim practice tomorrow night. I really do not want to take any more sick days at this point and having a day off is the only way I really can get in to my doctor.

I think I may have a fever again, but there's no way to tell for sure because NONE of our thermometers work at home. I cannot wait til the kids go to bed so I can get in the shower. I think that is the only way I'm going to get my nose unclogged. I am going to take Mucinex tonight instead of Nyquil.

March 6, 2011

Today was a VERY LONG DAY. Michaela only had one event to swim in and it was her relay. It was event 85. We had to be at the pool by 8:00 a.m. but she did not swim until after 4:00 p.m. I'm glad we stayed and waited so she would get this one last chance to swim and be a part of her relay team, but boy was the wait painful.

It wasn't all bad. We did go over to the university book store during the day. Caleb and Michael both got new Mizzou hats. I wanted to get Caleb something because Michaela has gotten a Mizzou water bottle, a districts swim meet sweat shirt and a t-shirt that says "If swimming were easy, it'd be football." Michaela doesn't realize this yet, but I'm going to find a shirt for Caleb that says the opposite.

After the meet was finally over we ended up going back to our hotel to eat at the restaurant attached to it. It was pretty good, but way too much food for one plate. We got on the road around 6:00 to come home. We made it home by 7:30. The drive was not bad at all. It really feels good to be home. I have already gotten everything unpacked and put away. I did not want to have to do that tomorrow. I am still not feeling well and Michaela has girl scouts tomorrow night.

March 5, 2011

Today was the first day of districts. We were at the pool by 7:45 a.m. Michaela had warm ups at 8:00 a.m. Districts are held at Mizzou in Columbia. The recreation complex that the pool is in is very nice. It is a mixture of old and new architecture. There are two lap pools and a diving well. They used both pools for the events. Girls swam in one pool and boys swam in the other.

Michaela swam four events. Her first event was the 50 M Freestyle. She bettered her time by 3.5 seconds. Her second event was the 100 M Freestyle. She bettered her time in that by 30 seconds!!!! Her third event was 50 M Backstroke. She bettered her time in that by 5.5 seconds. Her fourth event was 200 M Freestyle. I am not sure about the times for it.

She really had a great time. It was fun experiencing this with her and all four of us being there together. I bought a CD with professional pictures taken of her during her events. I will get it tomorrow when we go back for finals. Michaela will only be swimming her relay tomorrow because she did not make the top 16 in her individual events, but that's ok, she did great anyway.

Tonight we met up with three other families at Shakespeare's pizza. It has a very good reputation as THE pizza place in Columbia. I have to say it was really good pizza. I was impressed. We really enjoyed the time with the other families. Michaela got to spend time with her three favorite people on the swim team. I'm glad we went out with them.

March 4, 2011

I went back to work today. I still do not feel good, but I needed to be at work. It was a long day. I had six students absent. There are so many kids out sick, it is scary.

Tonight when I got home, the kids and I had to get things packed up. This is the weekend we are in Columbia for Michaela's district swim meet. If she doesn't make state, then we are finished with swim meets for the school year.

When Michael got home he brought suit cases with him. We had the car packed up and headed out of town around 6:30 or so. At least is was something like that. It was storming pretty bad when we left, but by the time we got to Wentzville is was pretty much over, although parts of the trip there were very strong winds.

By the time we got to the hotel, got checked in and found an Applebee's we were eating supper around 9:00 p.m. I wish I felt better because I think tomorrow morning is going to come way too fast and may be painful.

March 3, 2011

I stayed home from work again today. I really did not have time for this this week. I had a fever again in the middle of the night and I still feel really bad. I did manage to get the rest of the laundry done, though. I will be glad when we have a weekend where we don't have to do anything, but I'm not sure that's ever going to happen again.

I did take Caleb to basketball practice and Michaela to swim practice. I did not work out, though. I just still feel like to crap.

March 2, 2011

I had a fever off and on all night long. I stayed home from work today. I feel so icky. I really wish I had not gotten sick. I really do not have time to be sick. At least I could just lay around tonight, too because no one had to be anywhere. I hope I feel better by the weekend or being at that swim meet is not going to be very comfortable.

March 1, 2011

I really feel like crap tonight. It started about an hour after lunch today. I am achy and cold and cannot breathe and coughing. I hate feeling bad. Michael took Michaela to swim practice tonight, so at least I can just lay around. I hope I feel better in the morning.