Happy VD

Well, Valentine's Day turned out to be very, um, interesting this year.

I took the girls to my mom's house yesterday. They're staying with her for the rest of the weekend so Bill and I can have some time alone. Nana and Poppa love having them stay for longer than a day or two, and without Mommy or Daddy, they can be spoiled as much as possible.

I had been feeling a little cold coming on the night before, but it started in full force on my drive back from Alabama. I got home and just hung out a while until it was time to pick Bill up from work. We had planned on cooking dinner at home, but it had been such a crazy week already that we just decided to go out for dinner last night. We had a great meal at our favorite Mexican restaurant, Nuevo Laredo. It's a little place hidden away, and has the best tamales around. The margaritas aren't bad either. But I digress...

We had a great meal and then headed home. My voice had been fading slowly all day and by last night it was almost gone. I was starting to feel really crappy. Sore throat, ears throbbing, upset stomach, annoying cough and a squeaky voice. Sounds nice, huh? We had just settled in for a nice evening of TV. By the end of Lost I was miserable. I mumbled something about bed and then went to the bedroom, covered up and fell asleep. I did all of this while Bill was in the bathroom. I didn't even say goodnight.

I woke up this morning feeling a tiny bit better, but my voice was still gone. It comes back in at odd times, and then I'm back to whispering and cracking. I canceled the massage scheduled for both Bill and I tonight because I didn't want to get the techs sick. Considering that I work with them, I didn't want to be the icky client who came in hacking all over the place. I tried to get Bill to go to his anyway, but there was a schedule mixup when I canceled mine and they ended up canceling his as well.

We've been without the girls now for about 36 hours and it hasn't been a good start to our weekend alone. Hopefully the next few days will be a little better. We have some plans to meet up with friends for dinner and other things and I'm hoping my little cold will clear up fast.

I mean, we talked about spending the weekend in bed, but I didn't mean because I was sick.

**** I always thought that losing your voice left you with a Kathleen Turner-type sexy voice. Instead, I sound more like Screech from Saved by the Bell.