Who gets sick in August?

My friend emailed me this week and asked me that question because she said she got sick. Well I had an answer for her - JACKSON then myself.

It started out last week - On Tuesday, Jack was crabby and warm but he went to daycare anyway. Wednesday he spiked a fever of 103 so Trevor stayed home with him. Thursday the same thing so Trevor took him in to the dr. He had fluid in his ears (ear infection) a sore throat and all that fun stuff. They put him on an antibiotic and sent him home. He was sick with that stupid fever until Sunday morning.

That's when I woke up sick. I woke up, took a shower and literally went back to bed until 5pm. I felt warm, achy and had a sore throat and my eye was all swollen and matted. I went in to the dr yesterday and it turns out I have pink eye and strep throat. Fun stuff.

I haven't worked much for the last two days and I feel terrible about it because we are leaving for Michigan this weekend so I will be missing all next week of work. I do have to say that the place I work for is wonderful and they are all so kind and more concerned about you when you are sick than mad at you for missing work - that is something I am not used to.

Trevor went to the cities for a few days and he was starting to get a sore throat so hopefully he won't get as sick as Jackson and I. Let's all cross our fingers that Olivia doesn't get it.

We're Coming To Michigan

We are coming back home for vacation. We are leaving here on August 30th and staying in the UP until the 8th of September. During that time we are throwing my mom and dad a 40th wedding anniversary bbq. That is on Aug 31st, on Sunday at their house for dinnertime.

On the 6th of September some friends of ours are getting married in Iron Mountain so we are going to that without the kids. It'll be the first time we've gotten to go anywhere together without them.

I am hoping the weather stays nice because we'd like to go to Sugarloaf and the beach - Jack's never been to the beach so it should be fun. Olivia wants to go to the children's museum and I want to get up to Houghton to visit my great aunt and uncle.

An Update on Us

Well first of all, today is Jackson's 17 month birthday. I just can't believe how fast time is flying by, it seriously seems like I was just having him or he was a newborn a few days ago. He is sick again right now, Trevor brought him to the dr today. He's had a temp. of 103 for three days now and hasn't been eating or drinking a whole lot. Other than the temp, he is still somewhat happy and still has a little energy but after three days we have to see what's going on with him. He now says "baba", "mama", "dada" and tries really hard to say "car" which is really cute. He does a lot of pointing and grunting to things and when he wants a bottle goes to the fridge and tries to pull the door open. He is such a comfort baby like Olivia was, he loves his blankie, his paci and his bottle.

My arm still isn't feeling the greatest but day by day it seems to get better. I think I probably just bruised it pretty badly because the pain is still there and sometimes goes into my neck and gives me headaches. I tried to get into the clinic this week but couldn't get an appt.

Olivia is doing great, she is going to start "big girl" preschool in the fall at Roseau school and is so excited about it. She loves the thought of going to school. She will go to a private preschool on Tuesday's and a public preschool on Thursdays. Plus she will start up dance again on Mondays. She is a typical girly girl who loves anything having to do with dress up, her barbies and dolls.

Trevor got back from a trip out to Colorado to test ATV's. He had a great time but is getting tired of traveling. We are currently looking for a house to rent in Roseau for the time being until we can figure out how/when to leave this area.

Add me to the clutzy list

So lately I have been having dizzy spells. I swear I thought I was pregnant because I always have dizzy spells at the begining of a pregnancy. I went to the dr on Wednesday and was so anxious that they couldn't find a blood pressure reading. Well it turns out that I have vertigo because of my sinus issues lately.

Friday morning I got up at 6am with the kids and Trevor. I got Jackson out of bed, changed him and as I was lifting him up I spun to the right and got a horrible dizzy spell. I fell down and was trying to protect him in the fall, I fell hard on my right shoulder on a pile of his toys. It hurt so bad!!

I went into convience care (the ER) on Saturday and they said "Well, we hope it's not a torn rotator cuff" Sigh. That would be horrible, it would require surgery and me to be laid up for six months. My mom had the surgery last year and it was horrible. The MRI machine wasn't available on the weekends so they xrayed it, it's not broken, put me in a sling and shot me up with some good drugs. They said if it doesn't start to feel better by the middle of the week, I have to go in for an MRI and see if it is a torn rotator cuff.

To make things even better, Trevor is in Colorado all week and now I am one handed. This will be fun.