Sick.... Again.

Taila is sick again. She has a cold and got really nasty double eye infections. I took her to the Doctor yesterday, and he said that it was so bad, he gave her both oral antibiotics and eye drops. However, last night when I was putting her Pj's on, I noticed that she has a rash on her chest. I'm kind of worried about an allergic reaction, so we're going back to the Dr. today.

Halloween Party

I was just standing there one day, looking at my calendar, with every single day full to the brim, and I thought to myself, "Wouldn't it be FUN to have a big Halloween party for all of the kids?" Seriously, I do not have time for this. Seriously, I think that I must be losing my mind. Seriously, we are doing it.

I promised myself that I would not go overboard, and to that end, I hand-made all of the invitations using scrapbooking paper that I already had on hand. I talked to Petra, Sarah, and Kira, and asked them each if they would like to invite a few friends. We talked about it, and came up with a list of six friends each (I mean, not everyone you invite will come, right? RIGHT?) I really wanted the Kira and Sarah to be able to invite their friends, too. I realize that all of their friends live in Rexburg, but that's not that far away, really. Well, I got the invitations all ready, sent them home with instructions to hand them out Monday at school, and their mother talked them out of it. She told them that their ward was having a Halloween party and they could see all of their friends there. I am really upset by this. I have a long history of putting everything I can think of into parties and having them completely bomb. In fact, at this moment, I can think of only one successful party that I have thrown. Ever.

Anyway, I am plowing stubbornly onward. Even if it does turn out to be only Petra's friends, we are DOING it!

Finally Getting Better

Well, we have been sick for the past couple of weeks, but it looks like things are finally calming down (in that area, anyway.) All four of us had the flu, and then I got strep throat, which no one else got, fortunately. Actually, I am really glad that I got it, because you can at least treat strep, unlike most of the other things going around. The unfortunate part was that, between the girls and I, I missed a lot of school. I'm pretty stressed out about catching up, but I think that I'm doing it *fingers crossed*.

I dropped my hardest class--I just decided that it wasn't worth being stressed out all of the time. Besides, I really wanted to take Spanish, even though it's not required for my major, because I thought that it would be really helpful in my career, especially in this area. Now that I dropped that class, it adds an entire extra year into my program, therefore allowing time for Spanish. Besides, it also times it out so that when I do actually start my program, and will basically be working a full time job, Talia will be starting Kindergarten, so at least she won't have to be in daycare all day every day.

I am tired. I got used to sleeping in while we were sick, and now I have to get up early again. *pout* Oh, well. You do what you gotta do.