Swine Flu

Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Our phones have been ringing of the wall (or desk) at work. Everyone is concerned about the pandemic. It's amazing how many people don't really listen to the guidelines set for by their physicians, local health department, CDC, WHO...

Now, I'll admit that I don't want the swine flu and I certainly don't want my children to contract the swine flu-but I'm not calling my doctor's office after every other news report!!

Sorry yall. I just needed to vent. I need to get back to my bizillion emails coming down from our infectious disease docs.

Hoping everyone steers clear of the swine flu-especailly those of us in healthcare who are most likely going to get it!!

David Pics

Here are some pics of David and his co-workers.



David and Gary (owner)


David and Mike (BFFMF)

Another Sickly Update

Well, despite the fact that Dayden has been on Augmentin for 7 days, she still started running a fever Friday. I have to believe this "whatever" is viral since she is on the antibiotics. She had fever Friday night, all day Saturday and woke up Sunday fever free. Let's see if she stays that way!!
Her daycare celebrated the "Week of the Child" last week. On Monday we donated toiletries for the Wylie community outreach center. Tuesday I can't seem to remember, Wednesday was breakfast on the go for parents, Thursday was the ice-cream social and Friday was pajama day. Of course, in my typical rush to get out of the house on time I totally failed to take pictures. Needless to say she was super cute in her new pj's and her favorite slippers from Granny's house!!
Bailey and Ashlyn were home for half of the weekend. Their grandmother was in town watching their cousins so we did a switcheroo in the middle of the weekend so they could spend some time with her. Unfortunately, their cousins were sick too. I really hope everyone gets to feeling better soon! I pray that I can continue to stay free of illness myself so Dayden and I can make to California healthy and germ free!!!!

Germs galore

Well, Dayden is sick-again!! Since starting daycare 6 weeks ago she has been sick with something almost every week. Most recently she was diagnosed with Fifth's Disease just Monday. Now...4 short days later she has strep. Who knows the last time I worked a full week at work!!!
She's perking up today and hopefully she'll be well on the road to recovery by tomorrow. I have a mandatory, all-day-long meeting downtown and it's HELL making that up.

Where has time gone??

Okay, so I admit that I haven't kept my promise of blogging on a regular basis. I have no exuses. Quite honestly-nothing has really changed in my life that can validate my behavior. David is no longer deployed, and hasn't been since August, but in November he moved to California for a civilian job and he is S-T-I-L-L there. So, basically eveything is the same, only I don't worry as much about him being mortared, shot at or the like. Nope! Now, I worry about him getting bombed, doing shots and the like...nah-just kidding.
But seriously, it's getting old. It's one thing to have your hubby deployed to a war zone and a completely "other" thing to have him in the states and not at home. When he is deployed there is an end date. There is his safety to be concerned with on a much higher level than your everyday concern, and there is a mindset that you go in to so that you can make it thru each day until the end date.
He isn't deployed on a military mission, but to me he is still deployed. Only this deployment isn't for 7 months or 14 months. It's open ended. There is no end date in sight. What's worse? The economy. So he'll have to keep his hiney right where he is until they move him home, or he decided to look for a job in Tx. Really-this isn't a good time to make any employment changes. The bills are getting paid...so I guess I'll just continue to suck it up. It's not forever...right??
On a happier note-his boss sent me a new laptop!! So, I guess I can hold out a little longer. AND I can try and blog more often...now that I don't have that computer excuse anymore!!
Ugh...at least Dayden and I are headed to Cali in May for about 5 days and we hope to take all the kids in July. Do you know how much it costs to fly all of our kids to Cali?? Jeez...I need to get my pilot license...