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Staycation

Last Friday was the beginning of ten days off from work for me. I am normally off Fridays, and we are closed this week Wednesday-Friday, so I thought if I asked to take off two days, Monday and Tuesday of this week, I could have a ten-day vacation. I had planned on going on a roadtrip. One of those, let’s flip a coin and see where we end up kind of road trips. I was so excited because I was actually going to get to go somewhere.

Then I got sick.

And then I ran out of money.

I have been sick for awhile now, and nothing I seem to do knocks it out of me. I went to the doctor a couple of weeks ago, who said I had a sinus infection and gave me some antibiotics. I got better, but it wasn’t a week before I had it again. I’ve taken the rest of the antibiotics, a bottle of Mucinex-D, a Z-pack, a gallon of chicken noodle soup, a fistful of Vitamin C…nothing, nothing, nothing. I feel like I’m coughing myself into oblivion (hack hack), and it sucks. I wonder at this point if I will ever get better, or will I sound like a hacking frog for the rest of my life.

So, I’ve spent the biggest part of my vacation staying at home, with the puppies. They are great entertainment when you no longer have cable. I’ve done some house cleaning and Christmas decorating, and I’ve done some schoolwork, but for the most part, I have done nothing. I have gone nowhere. And when I return to work on Monday, will I even feel like I’ve had all this time off? Because tomorrow’s Thanksgiving, and it doesn’t even seem like it should be Thursday already. Hack, hack, hack.

On the bright side, I think I am losing weight. I haven’t had much of an appetite, and the only thing I ever want to eat is soup. So, if I do wind up pigging out tomorrow on homemade turkey and dressing and fifty different casseroles and Coca-Cola cake, maybe it will be okay.

The puppies will be six weeks old tomorrow, and they are getting to be quite the handful! One thing they love to do is hide behind the door in their puppy room, so when you open it, you start looking around for them, and then they’ll pop out and make a run for it. They also have taken to the pee pads really well, so that’s been a major plus. We haven’t had any problems getting them to eat (watery) dry food, either. I was looking around for a 2010 Maltese Puppy Calendar to order for Christmas, but MaltSmart was already sold out, and my puppies are cuter than the other ones in my opinion, so I decided to make my own. Feel free to check it out if you’d like! Hope everyone has a safe and happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Now, if you will excuse me, I have some more hacking to do.