February 9, 2022 - Wednesday


I wonder how I'm going to see myself when I look back on this blog and read all of my complaining bs. Maybe I'll be even more whiny by then and I'll think, 'Wow! I was such an optimist back then!' 🤷 

Anyway, I'm feeling a lot better today. My throat barely hurts at all and my eye is feeling tons better. I'm so relieved! Speaking of throats though, I am worried about Clemi's. So...when my parents were here a couple of weeks ago, I got Clemi to the doctor for the second time in two weeks about her swollen tonsils and the red spots on them. She finally tested positive for strep and took an antibiotic for 10 days (she hated it, btw!). The antibiotic ended three days ago, but her tonsils are still swollen and there are still red spots on them. I DO NOT want to take her out of school and pay a THIRD $30 copay to try and figure out what is going on with her throat, but I feel like a negligent parent not doing anything at all. Her throat clearly is not entirely healed, although she is not complaining of any pain at all. I also have no idea how contagious she is, if at all. The doc said that 24 hours after she starts her antibiotic, she's no longer contagious. Buuuuuuuuutttttt what if the antibiotic didn't work? I guess I should just call and get moving on this again. I've been slacking in pretty much every single area of my life lately.

Speaking of slacking, here are the things I should be doing, but I'm not: 

  1. Figuring out gifts for Alisha's shower (which was many, many weeks ago) and her wedding, as well as planning for our wedding weekend away. I was actually going to do this this afternoon,, but am blogging instead. 🙄 Why am I this way??
  2. Getting Clemi's doctor crap figured out
  3. Editing the rest of Ivan's pictures and sending them to Jenna.
  4. Putting together Jenny's pictures that I took in some kind of creative and thoughtful way. *shrug* Or at least thinking about it!!! For God's sake, what is wrong with me???
  5. Planning interesting and fun photo shoots. I think the more stress I add to this, the more *fun fun fun* it will be!
  6. Everything else. Including trying to not gain weight before the wedding so that my dress actually fits me. Eating a brownie, chips, and a banana muffin for lunch was probably not a great idea. 
Here's a picture of Clemi at the doc a couple weeks ago. 



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