Not much new has been going on around here--just living as usual.  Work this week is super quiet since all the college kids have gone home for Fall Break.  I have gotten so much stuff done in the last two days I decided I just need a whole week of everyone leaving me alone and I can do a full year's worth of planning and preparations for trainings, selections, etc.  I have been Super AC this week!

Kalyn woke up around 3 am this morning and promptly became violently ill.  Heath took care of her and told me to go back to bed.  I couldn't sleep though--the terror of being ill myself woke me up.  When Heath got Keali up this morning he discovered she had been ill during the night too (she just sleeps through it apparently).  I have been ill (the really yucky kind of sick) so much this year that the thought of being sick any more freaks me out.  First was the gall-bladder attacks in January and March (luckily I had the gall-bladder removed in March so I shouldn't have any more problems there unless it decides to miraculously grow back).  My body is still adjusting to not having the GB, so in a way I have been a bit sick since March, but I digress.  Then came the HORRIBLE flu that Matt brought back from Spring Break in Florida.  Thank Matt.  Two weeks of uncontrollable (and unpredictable) bouts of as sick as a human being can get with the flu.  I don't think I will ever forget about that experience.  Then there has been the general cold and allergy mess to deal with.

When I was a kid, I don't remember ever loosing my voice.  Two years ago, I got bronchialitis, and ever since I loose my voice whenever I get the slightest bit ill. Well, not always completely loose it, but I definitely always get that sexy raspiness. 

Thanksgiving is 2 days away!  I went to the store this evening to pick up everything I need to make my three dishes to take to Thanksgiving dinner.  It was a MAD HOUSE!!  It's a good thing I went today because everything will be gone by tomorrow.  I love this time of year!!  I wish I had the wherewithall to decorate my house like a magazine.  I love how that looks.  Alas, my dying plant (yup...I killed another one) will have to serve as our Christmas Tree.  Next year we HAVE to have a Christmas tree of our own.  I don't think we can get away with not having one any more!