Feb. 1st was MORP for our kids. Brienna asked Chuy by putting ducks in his locker. One the bottom of each duck was 1 letter of her name. A bunch of the kids went to Rexburg (I think there was 12 of them) to play laser tag & eat at Pizza Pie Cafe. Brienna didn't take any pictures, so I'm glad Lindsay took one that include Brienna in the background!
I have been "sick" for the past couple of weeks. I first thought I was getting bronchitis (it was in my chest, had a dry cough, & sucked on a lot of cough drops to keep my throat "wet". And I was tired/lacked energy quite easily) so I decided to get my essential oils out & start treating myself with them. I used Tea Tree oil & Peppermint oils & it seemed to help. I felt better for a few days.
When I'm sick, I love my orange juice! So when I started feeling yucky again on Sunday, I had Zane bring in 2 more cans of frozen o.j. from the freezer. Found out it was the last 2 cans :( But like I said, I drink a lot of o.j. when I am sick (the vitamin C really helps me).
Then on Sunday afternoon while I was watching the Super Bowl (which was quite lame, btw), I could feel a head cold (sinus cold) coming on. I even slept for a while during the last quarter! By Monday, I had the full-blown sinus cold & didn't do much that day (except drink orange juice, make creamy chicken noodle soup & bread).
Sunday our church members fasted for moisture. We have so little snow it's scary for all our ranchers & farmers in the area. We had hardly any snow on the ground & not a lot in the mountains. (I rode the bus to Mackay last Thursday & they hardly have any snow on that side of the mountains too).
So Monday we started to get the snow! And it snowed all afternoon/evening. WE got about 1/2 foot or so. But then the winds picked up.
So the interstate shut down Monday night & school was closed on Tuesday. It was cold--the wind was from straight from the north. Tuesday I was full-out sick. It didn't help that all the kids were home, but I did get a lot of rest & laid in my bed most of the day. I finished up the orange juice (sad) & ate the chicken noodle soup from Monday.
Wednesday the kids had school, but it was super cold--wind chill was about -35 all day. So cold that the kids had to be bused to the other school for lunch (our lunchroom is in the elementary building). I did a little bit of house work (dishes, laundry, general picking up...) but still don't have a lot of energy. Thursday we had school cancelled since it was even colder. The winds did die down by afternoon, but it only got to about 4 above. (this was the temperature around 8:30 Thursday morning--16 below but felt like 45 below). All I can say is that is COLD!!
I thought that I was over being so stuffed up/nose draining today, but this morning I was all plugged up again. I slept in until after 8 & then made some pizza dough so we could make pizza for dinner. I didn't do much more than that except take a shower (which felt great)! I really wanted some orange juice, so when Rusty walked to get the mail this morning (crazy guy--the wind chill was still in the -20's), he stopped by the store & bought me some more! I have been drinking it all day.
I think I am almost over this, because I have finally felt like doing a few more things--like blogging, & I crocheted a bit. I haven't felt like crocheting for the past 2 weeks so I haven't made hardly anything! I hope I am on the mend!
