a dog

No, we didn't get a dog (although we've been talking about it lately - we want to get one sometime this summer, but we'll have to see how finances work out).

I have been sick as a dog - hence the no blog posts. But I repenteth , and shortly to follow (hopefuly today) will be some posts updating you on what we've been doing around here.

An update on my health - I have mastitis, it hit suddenly on Sunday during 3rd hour of church (I was sitting in Primary trying to keep our 10-12 year olds in line). I thought it was just a bug or something, and rested a little after church to see if rest would get rid of it. I had checked my temp when we got home from church - no fever. After my nap, a 102 F fever. And chills. And crazy sick feeling. That's when I realized that it was probably mastitis - I had it with Vince, too - in the same breast :-6 It's funny that I didn't even notice the sore spot in my breast until Monday evening, after I took a shower. And it got worse. I was taking Tylenol to keep the fever down, but it only got down to 100 degrees, and occaisionally just below that. Anyway, my OB prescribed me an antibiotic, and I picked it up yesterday evening and started taking it right away. I feel much better today (well, no fever, at least - even without Tylenol). I feel like I've gone 15 rounds, but I somehow managed to have enough energy this morning to do the dishes, make breakfast, and do a few loads of laundry - that is, before the power went out. Yeah, the power was out for about 3 hours. Luckily, most of those 3 hours (it may have been 4, now that I think about it) was during nap time. Joseline napped in her bed, Vince napped in his bed, and I napped on the couch because currently the 75% of our laundry (the clean stuff) is taking over my bed. The power turning back on startled me out of sleep because the washing machine, dish washer, and all three fans turned back on all at once. Our house went from creepily quiet to busily loud all in a second.

So, we're back in functioning mode - power's back on, and Mamãe is feeling mostly good again.

Now to the blog.