I'm Back

It's nice to have some warmer temps – again! The snow is melting and running off and we're heading for another round of warmer weather with plenty of mud. We got out for a little bit this afternoon. It was the first time since Thursday of last week that I'd been out of the house.

I haven't been under the weather for a couple of years, but I've been playing hostess to a rather miserable cold since Friday. I've always been the “keep going” type, always having too many things going on to actually stop and rest just because I didn't feel up to par. Not now. We're both home, and hubby likes being able to take care of me. And I've turned into a real wimp.

Bless hubby's heart, he made two trips out in the cold weather for me – one trip to get me an icy Diet Coke from McDonald's (and he got a couple of 2-liter bottles from the store while he was out and made sure we had filled ice trays in the freezer) and another to get some NyQuil nighttime capsules. This was after I discovered that my cold medications had expired two years ago. Like I said, I do this every other year. While I was going through the cold medicine, I got really radical and tossed one box I ran onto that had expired in 2000. (Before you laugh too much, you might want to check your own medication stash – time flies!)

The grandkids had another snow day yesterday. The 5-year-old was especially happy since she got to stay home with Mommy. I think her mommy was happy too – she was trying to finish up work for her school's Lit Academy! I listen to her talk about all the things she has to do for school, and I don't know how she finds time to actually teach.

I'm glad we're having some more warmer weather this week. I'm ready for it, and I'm ready to feel like getting outside a bit! The single-digit temps of the last couple of days just weren't any fun, and spring's not that far away!