Not much is going on ... if I weren't so sleepy I'd try to get some excitement in my life ...

John has a cold. 

Which meant that we had a quiet weekend and didn't really get anything done that we wanted to.  I spent the weekend in the spare bedroom since I didn't want to get sick, which made my body ache.  The bed is comfortable, but it's a twin, and Honey would rather join me and share the twin bed with me than John and the queen bed.  She's heavy enough that I can't move her without some major effort when she's asleep and doesn't want to be moved, so I end up sleeping in the weirdest positions because she's pushed me out of her way.

She's so spoiled.

Now we've started another week.  One bit of exciting news - I've been invited to be an Honorary Member of the Golden Key Honor Society.  Only students can be members, and since I'm not a student I don't qualify.  But I'm really excited about this - it's the first time this type of thing has happened to me!

John is enjoying his lab - he's so pleased at how much work he can get done in the lab.  As sick as he was, he still got up and went in and did some work in the lab on Saturday.  Seeing him so happy is wonderful.

Well, I'm hoping this is a slow week, but the only way that's going to happen is if I actually go get some work done.

Ready for the weekend

We were planning on doing so much this weekend.

Helping some friends move.

Driving to the next town over to shop at Aldi's.

Spend some time on the phone with John's school bill company and talk about finances.

That may all be changing, though.  John's feeling poorly today, and will more than likely be out for the count with a bad cold all weekend.  I'll spend the time trying not to get sick and nursing him back to health.

Still, it's been a super stressful week, and I'm so glad we're almost to the weekend!

Feeling better ... Honest! *Cough Cough*

Sorry for being MIA the past several days ... I'm blaming the flu.  I've been sick with the flu for exactly a week now - my house is a mess and I'm back at work even though I keep coughing and sniffling and sneezing.

But I'm better!  Honest!

And my new favorite medicine (whenever I'm actually able to *swallow* the horse pills) is Robitussin Nightime Cold and Flu.  It's like the exact same thing as Nyquil, but cheaper.  I'm all for cheaper.

The nicest thing about getting better is the possibility of moving back into the bedroom.  I've been avoiding the bedroom completely, since the last thing I want to do is get John sick - he's had finals for the past week!  My MIL said that doing that was very sweet of me, but I told her it was a completely selfish decision.  I can hardly bear to get off the couch ... the very last thing I wanted was to have to take care of a sick John too!

Still, some rather major things came up while I was sick.  John took his finals ... he doesn't think he did as well on his first two finals - even though he didn't get sick, I think he was fighting something off.  Plus, they scheduled the tests horribly.  He then studied all weekend for his final exam on Monday - which he thinks went really well. 

After the exam, he emailed the course director about some of his classmates cheating.  Two or three of his classmates have been cheating periodically throughout the semester, and during the final they were blatant enough that - when the teacher stepped out of the room - they started talking to each other and passing papers back and forth between them.  John found it all very distracting, which helped him to decide to turn them in.  It's also incredibly frustrating when John and his other classmates work so hard to have a handful decide they shouldn't have to work as much.

As for me ... I've got big news possibly coming up.  But I don't want to jinx it, so I think it can wait for a few weeks (and before anyone asks, no, I'm not pregnant.  I wish that were it!).

And finally, I want to link to one of my favorite blogs: Filing Jointly ... finally.  Lauren has the talent to keep her blog both real and hilarious!  I think her recent post The Day Santa Claus Came to Town did more to put me in the holiday spirit than anything else this season!

cute cat pictures cure everything, don't they?

About all I can say is that I'm here.

John's taking tests this week.  He had one yesterday afternoon from about 3:00 pm until 5:30 pm ... and then one this morning from 8:30 am until .... well, it's still going, so I don't know how long it will be.

I probably should have stayed home another day.

At least I don't have the flu!  I think.

And because I can't think of anything else ... and because this is kinda a downer post ...

here's something to make you smile!

Enjoy!

Droopy Saturday

Thank goodness we stopped at Rite Aid yesterday for more medicine!  John was insistent yesterday that we needed to go to the drugstore to get some "good medicine".  When he showed me what he'd bought, I gave him a look and said, "That's the exact same stuff we have at home that I've been giving you the past two days.  We've still got loads of it!" 

But now it looks like we're going to need it - I've come down with the same cold.  Ugh.  I got home from work and we spent the evening in bed with the laptop watching Eureka on Netflix.  John had never seen the show before, and I had only watched the first 3-4 episodes back when it came out originally years ago.  It's pretty good.  If you looking for a relatively light-hearted show with a whole bunch of psuedo-science, check it out. 

One of the reasons we like to shop at Rite Aid is because they sell dog toys for $1 apiece.  Considering Honey rips up all her toys moments after receiving them, we're not going to spend much on toys for her.  But $1 to watch her face light up at the sight of the new toy, and then play joyously with it for a few minutes?  Totally worth it.

Hopefully John feels well enough to get some schoolwork done today.  He's got quite a lot due on Monday, and because he's been sick hasn't worked on anything since Wednesday.  Me?  I'm going to spend most of the day in bed, alternating between doing laundry and resting and taking care of Honey.   

My car Really needs some cup-holders

John is home in bed, sick with a cold.  He doesn't get sick often, but when he does, he completely shuts down.  Since attendance in required in all his classes, he got up and went to class this morning.

We carpool - him to class and me to work.  For one thing it saves money on gas and parking!  Today he was planning on staying on campus all day, and then leaving when I got off work this evening.  Instead, he showed up at my office at 11 am asking if I could take an early lunch to drive him home.

I took him home, with a brief stopover at Rite Aid to get him some medicine.  He went to get comfortable while I made him some soup and set up the laptop by the bed in case he wanted to watch anything.  When I left he was just tucking into some soup ... hopefully he can rest and feel better soon!

Since my hour was quickly disappearing, I stopped at Chick-fil-A to get some lunch for myself, along with a Coke.  Which then tipped and poured its entire contents all over the front seat as soon as I turned out of the parking lot. 

At least I have the weekend to scrub the car clean!

To end on a happier note ... the house sold!  The closing went very well, and that is one thing off of our plates!  Yay!