Time Off & 12 Thoughts

Whenever I have time off from Work...I anticipate it for Months in advance, which is fairly lame. But, I imagine and dream up all of these goals that I will accomplish. All the working out I'll do, all of the incredible meals I'll make from scratch.

And then...I get sick.
And all I want to do is lay in bed, sucking on Vitamin C drops & do absolutely nothing.

Tomorrow, I head back into work.
And instead of feeling ready to get back into the flow of real life, I feel the pangs of nervousness and the scratchiness of my throat...and feel like I'm going into Battle.

So to soothe my anxious mind, I'm going to write a blog about whatever (which are sometimes the best) and look out the window every few minutes, to take in the little bit of white fluffiness that arrived this Morning.

1) I'm looking forward to my Yearly Michigan trip coming this December. I haven't seen my Dad in a Year.
2) I'm nervous about leaving my Cats for the above mentioned Week.
3) I have a slight bug, other than the cold bug. Called, Baby Bug.
4) After reading the Book, "Bud & Lou"- I'm not sure I'll ever look at the "Abbott & Costello" Movies the same way, again.
5) I'm craving tacos, like nobody's business.
6) I feel like...I definitely NEED a trip to Aruba.
7) It's interesting how universally, animals seem to get freaked out by the sound of a gun shot.
8) I could make a living out of staying in bed for hours at a time.
9) Curse chemical hair straightening.
10) I love Method Handsoap.
11) What does "its the little things"- *really* mean? (little pricetag, little in size, little in mind?)
12) Being a Nanny IS a job.

Bringing in 2013 with...Cough Drops.

I've been completely ignoring the blog world for a few weeks now.

I apologize, I realize it's fairly lame to follow a blog that isn't being updated almost daily.

 

I've really needed to take care of myself. Over the past three weeks, sickness has been my life.

I had a bad cold.

Then I had the 24 hour flu bug.

And currently, I'm finishing up a sinus/brochitis virus.

 

I'm pretty sure there was a point over the past few days that I literally, paused everything, reviewed my life- my Spiritual state- and then felt that death was okay to arrive.

That sounds horribly morbid, but to clarify, I couldn't breath, coughing was constant, congestion was thick, throat was sharp- it was just aweful.

 

Thankfully, 4 days later, a million pounds of water weight, countless drugs & Teen Mom episodes later, I'm down to a cough & some congestion.

PHEW.

 

But, continue to bare with me. I'm getting back to "me"- slowly but surely.

 

In other, more pleasant news, we're supposed to close on our potential first home this Friday! I can't believe it.

With the Holidays, travelling, and sickness taking up the majority of life recently- I've hardly been able to soak up this last official week in our little apartment.

 

We haven't started packing.

I have no official plans for decorating.

 

I've found that things typically don't happen the way I imagine them.

Regardless, they work out anyway.

So...we'll see!

I'm sure there will be lots of house/decorating posts coming up. Woo-hoo!

 

 

And of course, receiving Sephora is always a day brightener :)