Post Holiday Stress Disorder

Well, I've survived it. I'm not exactly sure what "it" was, but I'm still here to tell about "it", so I think that's a good thing. I somehow managed to get an ear infection three weeks before Christmas. Two weeks later, when that was almost finished, I got something much, much worse. The unidentified "it" pretty much knocked me on my butt for the duration of the holidays. Fevers spiking to almost 103, the worst sore throat of my life, vomiting, and other horrid maladies overtook me. Luckily, a bit of that Mayfield water seemed to do the trick after Mom and Dad flew up to rescue me last Thursday.

I survived the Christmas rush in a medicated blur, finally started recovering, and am now back home, full circle. Even though I was feeling pretty rough, I had a wonderful Christmas filled with family, gifts, spoiling, and Cooper. I'll refrain from saying anything about Cooper since I was informed that he's not MY child, and therefore not fair game to blog about. I will say, though, that the "gifts from the heart" seemed to be a huge success. I'll have to start now coming up with ideas for next year if I'm going to try to top this year.

Now, on with the present... Now that I have a "real" job, Andy and Carrie Beth have decided it's time for me to do a bit of growing up. I think they've taken me on as a project, and decided to do an intervention. I've fought it tooth and nail for several years now (much to CB's chagrin), but I've finally succumbed to their pressure. Andy kidnapped me today, and forced me to start the steps to financial enlightenment. Dave Ramsey would be proud! Andy held my hand and made it as painless as possible, but I'll admit that I might be breaking out in a rash from the stress of it all. I'm starting to understand why CB gets worry-warts from thinking about such things. Andy helped me set everything up so that I can manage all of my money-matters at home in my pajamas on the internet. If I follow through with the grand plan, they might even let me take a mini-vacation in the fall, paid for with my OWN funds! Miracles have occurred before, and are still alive today, so hold your breaths.

While we were out, Andy took me to get a new cell phone. As a person who generally doesn't care much about technology, I've gone far too long without getting a new one. The parent-folk have been complaining about the quality of the old one, so I took the plunge. It's been so long since I upgraded, they practically just gave me a new phone. It's very exciting, and I've been fiddling with it for much of the afternoon.

I think that was enough stress for today. I've spent the rest of the day on Doug's couch recuperating. I think that's all I can take for one day.