  R came home from school early this week with strep throat, slept in bed with me and breathed on me, cried on me, probably wiped a little snot on me. The result? I'm not feeling well today, darn it. Headache, a little body achy, a sore throat just beginning. Can't go into the Dr. too soon, or nothing will show up. But I usually get a sinus infection with this stuff.
Oh, well. Next week is Spring Break, so I'll be able to nap a bit here and there. We'll go to the library, the museum and maybe the zoo. Have to see how much I can handle. After all, what's Spring Break without a little fun. Oh, maybe a nice mountain trip, too!
We love those! And, of course, R will have her best friend, S, over for at least 2 play dates! I'm sure we'll have someone else over, too, if we have time. Tonight, we go to a little 'wrap' party for the D.I. group. I'm making a cake (which I will not breathe on!
) and set everything up. They'll have pizza, cake and ice cream, juice or soda (R doesn't like soda and I'm thankful for that) and they'll play together without having to focus on the skit. I picked up some little '#1' buttons for them. We had already given then some real medallion awards. They all think it came from D.I., and that's fine, because at this age, thinking you didn't win something is a bit of a bummer. And they worked so hard on it.
Anyway, I'm not a great cake maker - in fact, I only starting baking successful cakes about 4 years ago. Before that, they always sunk in the center - lol. Don't know what I did wrong! I'm just going to put 'D.I. 2004' on the cake with some gold stars I picked up. The school colors are gold and black, so I got gold (yellow) for writing, white icing and then a chocolate cake.
I'm feeling much better about the incident with N's mom, but I've had a bit of a wake up call about her. Just two days ago, she told a little white lie about a Brownie outing, too. I guess I just don't understand that. Especially when there doesn't seem to be any point in it. My mother is like that. Just little white lies all over the place.
It's impossible to figure out why. I guess it's just habit. And, obviously, a pet peeve of mine. Got my icky female yearly stuff done, finally. But it was good to see my gyn Dr. because we are friends. She's funny and we laugh the whole time, so it makes the whole experience better, if that's possible.
She always asks how R is doing and tells me to give her a kiss and a hug from her. Afterall, she was the first to hold my daughter when she came into the world. I still remember that moment, when I first saw her, as if it were yesterday. And I will never forget the moment they pulled her out and J saw her before me. He burst into tears, overjoyed that this little being was a part of him. Of us.
What an amazing joy children are. What an extraordinary gift from God. I am so grateful for my daughter. A couple of days ago, I found out our best friends (couples friends) are moving next summer (not this summer) to Texas. K has a sister that lives there. I'm really bummed about this because we get together with them all the time, usually 2-3 times a month.
So it brought up discussion between J and I about moving to Idaho again. My best friend since I was a kid, L, is thinking about a move out of state, too. It's so expensive to live here, the houses being outrageous for the income you can make. So I looked at some houses on the internet. Oh my gosh!!! They are so beautiful and for soooooo much less than what they would be here!
And we love Idaho. Plus, the school J attends has a location in Boise. So, now we are thinking of setting a goal to move there by next summer. His best friend moved to WI some time ago and we do have family here, but not close by that we see regularly. I think my biggest regret would be leaving R's best friend S (whose parents have also talked about moving back to CA) and this school district which is in the top 3 in the Nation. Also, my brother, K, whom R is really, really close to.
But, again, we only see him 2-4 times a year and he loves that area, so maybe he'd come visit. Anyway, we could offer so much more to her in activities, a yard to play in (we live in a townhouse now, with about 160 square feet of dirt for a yard out back), a swingset, trampoline, the money to take nice vacations, etc. It would be a much better situation for us in that respect. I'd never have my dream home here. So, we are thinking, planning, checking things out. I've been drinking some Celestial Seasonings Throat Soothers tea.
It's amazing how well it works. If only it lasted all day. And helped with the other aches. It's amazing tea, though. Sometimes a nice cup of tea in a pretty little teacup or a favorite mug really is soothing. Try it sometime, if you haven't already.
Well, I'm worn down. I'm going to catch a short nap, then get busy baking that cake for tonight. Peace. 
