I was out today with Elle and her Ma visiting some good friends. While at home, my hubby, the greatest in the world, took the initiative and called the buyer’s real estate agent and told her exactly what we’re looking for. He discovered that only 52% of houses for sale in Anchorage are actually on the MLS. Now we just wait for the perfect house to pop up…
3 weeks later I am still fighting ear infections and walking pneumonia. Well, the aftermath of at least. I know from previous experience that I’ll be caughing probably another 2-3 weeks but the fact that my ears are still plugged is now affecting communication in our marriage! For example, these conversations happened just this evening:
Bdk: (walking out the door at Wal-mart) My oceans are froze.
Me: What?
Bdk: My oysters are froze.
Me: What??
Bdk: MY NOSEHAIRS ARE FROZE!
Me: Ohhhhh.
And later, while we’re making pizza:
Bdk: Can I sneeze in the meat?
Me: NO!! Do you hear yourself when you say these things???
Bdk: What do you mean? Why not?
Me: Sneeze in the meat?!? How can you possibly think I would entertain that suggestion?
Bdk: Noooo, SEASON the meat.
Me: Oh, yeah, but I wouldn’t put it past you to sneeze in the meat.
At least we had a good laugh tonight!
I’m almost over all my sicknesses. The first round of antibiotics didn’t work, so I had to go back. I was also experiencing symptoms of walking pneumonia. The doctor put me on Biaxin which I’ve taken previously for walking pneumonia and is hoping it clears up my ear infections as well. It’s definitely helped with the walking pneumonia except for the cough that lasts forever afterwards, but I’m not sure about the ears. I’m on day 6 and my ears are still plugged. Not throbbing anymore, but still plugged. The congestion in my nose has almost completely cleared so I need to call the doctor tomorrow about that. I’ve had to cancel lessons for these past two weeks, and I’ll see tomorrow if I can teach with plugged ears.
Okay, I they’re not really my kids, they’re my brothers’ (and their wives’) kids. But I’ve started a tradition of making them matching PJs every year for Christmas. This was the second year of making them, but this year I made my younger brothers’ kids PJs to match their cousins. My favorite present was making matching princess PJs for my 7-year-old and 7-month-old neices.
I went to the doctor today because now BOTH ears are infected and the previous antibiotics didn’t do a thing. I got new antibiotics, tylenol with codeine for the nearly unbearable pain, and Flonase which really doesn’t seem to be doing much. The doctor said that for my ears to clear up I have to get rid of the congestion. Easier said than done. She’s also treating me for Walking Pneumonia as I’m coughing really hard and am short of breath. She couldn’t hear anything in my lungs, but I’ve had it several times before and this is how it acted.
On the plus side, my ears were hurting so bad last night I packed up the Christmas decorations as a distraction. And today we got prequalified for a home so I can spend some time househunting.
This year sucks. I got off the plane in Anchorage last Friday and went to a movie with my hubby, Elle, and Dan. After the movie we went out to dinner and I got sick while still at the restaurant. I was sick and throwing up pretty much the whole weekend until Monday when I finally felt better. After a voice lesson my throat hurt so bad it felt like a ball of fire in the back of my throat. I woke up Tuesday morning with a head cold, terrible sore throat, and hardly any voice. I taught Tuesday morning, but then realized my voice was pretty much gone so I cancelled my lessons for the rest of the week. Last night I could feel an ear infection coming on (I’ve had them so often the past 20 years I can tell when they’re coming) and couldn’t sleep much at all because of the ear pain. Hubby took me to Urgent Care this morning to confirm what I already knew and subsequently get some antibiotics and ear drops. So here I am with a ball of fire in my throat and an ear that hurts like the dickens (whatever the dickens is that’s what it hurts like). So far I’m not too impressed with 2006.