Happy Holidays!

I belong to a very "tradional" family. We do the SAME thing every year. AND it is the BEST! We always start Christmas Eve out with taking candles to the cemetery at dark. After that, it is in to our Santa PJ's and dinner at Grandma's. We also play cards. Christmas Day means up early to open our gifts at my mom's house, then go to the niece's and nephew's house for excitement! Then, at around 11, we head to an outstanding breakfast back at Grandma's (better than Thanksgiving dinner) and more presents. If there is time for a nap, we take a nap, then head to aunt Susan's for southern-style food. Gumbo, hot wings, and stuffed mushroom... AND... another game of cards. The day after is always our snowmobilling trip with Rylan's family. So, to sum it all up, I think I picked the perfect profession. After all of this excitement, I have a week to catch up on my sleep (and have more fun!)

Finally!

So, the past month has been NOT fun. I started having body aches on my birthday. My birthday was November 19th. Today is December 23rd. The problem with this? I HAVE BEEN SICK FOR A MONTH! I am not complaining, because the past week I have only had a cough/sore throat, which I will take ANYDAY over meningitis. I can actually function on a head-cold, so I am OK with that right now. My blog has suffered majorly because I just haven't felt "good" for the past month. After being in and out of the doctor, they finally concluded that I had a case of meningitis. My poor family. I am such a baby when I am sick. If anybody would have seen me during those 3 weeks they probably thought I was going to DIE! It was terrible. Anyway, I went back to work and I was feeling OK. However, my activity at school was limited. I wasn't as "energetic" as I usually am. The students seemed to understand and they were just glad to have me back. During Thanksgiving Break I kept telling myself I was better. However, that was only the beginning of my sickness. I did manage to snag a day and grab lunch with Jena over Thanksgiving Break. (We did not plan to wear the same hoodie) I felt sick that night after lunch, but at least I am happy to say I felt OK enough one of those days to go to lunch. Going in to Christmas Break I am quite excited to actually EAT (my appetite came back strong) SLEEP (Ok, so not sleep really well because of the sore throat/cough) and do pretty much whatever I want. My poor blog has suffered tremendously the last month....Along with everything else in my life. Merry Christmas everyone!