Taking Stock in Kleenex

I know I haven't posted in a few weeks but life has gotten somewhat crazy. Two weeks ago Lizzy got an ear infection and if you've never been around an infant with an ear infection then pray you never are. I felt so bad for her. Of course she gets sick at 4:00 PM on a Friday when her Doctor closes at 5:00. Luckily they are open on Saturday's but they don't "schedule" appointments - it's all sick visits and they are booked starting at 8:00 am. Both John and I got up early to be out the door at 8 and so after a week of antibiotics and a missed day of work she still wasn't better. Of course this was Thanksgiving week so the daycare is closed 2 days, she misses one day cause she's sick and we still have to pay the entire amount. On Thanksgiving she started to run a fever that didn't go away on Friday so this past Saturday we were back at the doctor's office only to find out that not only had her ear infection not cleared up it had moved to the other ear and since the antibiotics didn't work she would need a different one. Giving medicine to a 5 month old is harder than pilling a cat! She also has a cough at this point and whatever is causing the cough hits me too. I haven't had a head cold in 3 years but now I have a head cold with cough and congestion, I've gone through 40 cough drops and 3 boxes of Anti-Viral Kleenex and now I have a toothache. On top of that I had to work Thanksgiving morning and we decided to host Thanksgiving for my family and John's mom at out apartment this year.

Thanksgiving went smoothly overall and both me and Lizzy are on the mend but I am so ready for a vacation which I can't take until after the new year. I haven't even begun to do any Christmas shopping and I haven't been able to get Lizzy's Christmas dress for her pictures. I think I may get to it this week if I'm lucky.

I hope everyone else is well and had a good Thanksgiving and hopefully I'll get all of my stuff done soon.