The Great Pumpkin

Boy if we aren't all over this Halloween thing I don't know who is! This holiday won't know who hit it! Actually, Halloween really is not my favorite holiday... but my best foot is forward in efforts to like it. Almost a week early and our house already looks festive! The pumpkin carving experience was a success if I do say so myself and of course complete with apple cider and The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. That's how it's done. Now for some costumes...

So this is the flu...

Well it's official, I have the flu. I didn't realize that I had never had it before, or maybe this swine strain is worse than normal or something? But this feels pretty gross (read: the most miserable thing I've ever had)! And so typical that it was me to get hit the hardest. Tim was actually the one who started feeling sick Tuesday morning, he spent the day on the couch and by Tuesday night he was all better. I started feeling sick Tuesday afternoon, by Wednesday morning I was running a fever of 105 and have hardly been out of bed since!

I haven't been to the doctor... that's one of the pluses to having professors in the medical field. There isn't medicine for most viral infections anyway, but if I test positive for swine flu the university will make me stay home for a week, and I've already missed a day of classes so... I'm just going to have to tough this one out. I'm probably the kind of person that everyone ends up blaming when epidemics break out... oops.

My fever is down to 100 today and I finally ate, so I think it's on it's way out. But this cough may take some time to get over. I've already pulled a muscle or something somewhere in my back ribs I think, it hurts like crazy to do everything! Thank goodness for a wonderful husband who takes such good care of me. So much fun.... Welcome Fall, so happy to see you!