that’ll do, pig… that’ll do.

So, what’ve you all been doing for the past week?  Really?  That sounds fun.  Me?  Oh, not much.  Just having SWINE FLU.

When I last posted, I’d spent 2 days home with Maria having a sinus infection and pink-eye that had developed after a cold.  I had a cold too; coughing, stuffy nose, etc.  Thursday morning I felt ok at work, did my usual stuff, and picked the kids up at 3-ish.  I came home and laid down on the couch, suddenly feeling much worse.  By 6 I felt like I’d been hit by a truck.  Apparently one of the characteristics of H1N1 is the speed of onset, and I can attest to that.

I laid low until Friday at 3 when I went to the dr.  He confirmed my suspicions and prescribed Tamiflu.  He suggested staying away from the kids and Timon as much as possible – fortunately, we have some friends whose parents have a winter home here where I was able to stay for 6 days.  It was so hard to be away from home and family, but we are blessed that I didn’t have to be around spreading my germs.  If we had a second bathroom in the house, we probably could have just confined me to the bedroom here.

Saturday and Sunday were the worst days.  I seriously considered having Timon take me to the ER because I was so overwhelmingly sick.  I’ve never been that ill in my life.  Timon brought me some food and I managed to eat those two days.  By Monday the aches and chills were subsiding, on Tuesday and Wednesday I continued to improve.  Thursday afternoon I came home.  Right now the main issues I’m having are sinus pain, slight cough, and fatigue, which the dr says can last 7-14 days.  I was on the fence about getting the vaccine for H1N1, but after having it I highly recommend getting it as soon as you’re able.  I’ve heard stories from others about not having it too bad, but like I said, I’ve never felt this terrible.  I hope none of you get it! 

Tonight, Timon has taken the kids to our friends’ neighborhood to go trick-or-treating… I’m just not up to walking around in this still-awful heat.  I hate to miss it, but here’s a photo of the karate kids:

let me explain.

Posting will probably be sparse for a while - our computer at home was out in the cold with a wet head and has gotten a virus (one-a them trojan horsey thingers), rendering it useless because we don't want to get online whilst it is sick. Good thing all our photos, iTunes library, and my blog book aren't saved on it... oh crap, I forgot. They ARE saved on it. Wish us luck in recovery.

So, here's what's been happening:

• I listed my oboe on eBay on Monday, and to my delight I was contacted by my former oboe teacher from here and he wanted to buy it to bring back to a poor student in the Ukraine, from whence he came. I shipped it this morning! I am now oboe-less for the first time in 15 years. The money will go towards a shiny new DSLR camera, unless... (keep reading)
  
  
• I was getting things ready to give our tax preparer tomorrow (he's a church member) and in looking at my W-2, realized that I had ZERO federal taxes taken out of my pay ALL YEAR LONG. Listen to Auntie Maresi, and make sure this doesn't happen to you. I hope this is because I make so little money that the payroll software thinks I won't owe any taxes. I also hope that if the payroll software is wrong, having a second dependent child will offset the error. And we can say farewell to our plans to buy a Sleep Number Bed!
  
  
• Maria is trying her best to roll over. Not front to back like normal babies but back to front. She still doesn't want to eat cereal or lay on her stomach. But she is sleeping really well at night and is altogether adorable, so I give her a pass on the cereal. FOR NOW.
  
  
• Henry went to the Planetarium last night with Timon and acted like he owned the place. He also calls Antiques Roadshow "Show and Tell". In the next month or so, I will have to register him for KIND. ER. GARTEN. WHAT the WHAT?!?
  
  
• Frennie (my sister's baby!) is coming soon, and I'm getting SO excited. Will Frennie be a boy or a girl? Let's guess here, since my sister doesn't have a blog to put up her own poll. Look to your right, and vote!