Yesterday
Yesterday it was cold and dreary, the perfect day for staying in and keeping cozy, for knitting, playing, watching a little tv, sitting by the fire, and napping. Today it's cold and dreary, the perfect day for dropping the car off for an oil change and being driven nuts by the inability to go anywhere or do anything, not that there's anything to do or anywhere to go. Still, a girl likes pretending she has options.
It's supposed to snow tonight. That's totally fine with me, as long as it all melts away quickly with the help of a sunshiny, 55 degree day.
On Friday morning I'm going to see an ear/nose/throat specialist about having my tonsils taken out. Ever since the really bad cold I got the spring I was pregnant with Holly, every time I get sick, just when I think I'm on the mend my tonsils get huge, my throat hurts, and I get a sinus infection. Every. Time. No matter how insignificant the cold is. The sore throat lasts for about five days, the sinus infection lasts weeks. It's worse in the fall and spring, I think because that's when my seasonal allergies are in full swing on top of everything else that's going on. I usually power through any winter bouts so I can take antibiotics with the fall and spring colds, otherwise I'd be on antibiotics with alarming frequency. Every time Henry comes home with the sniffles I cower in the corner with fright. Anyway, last February when I got sick, my tonsils got so big that I had trouble swallowing. I'm worried that at some point, they'll get so big I'll have trouble breathing. Lest you think I'm joking, the last two times I've gone in for antibiotics, they take a mandatory swab to test for strep, and every time I open my mouth, both the nurse and then the doctor reel back in terror. When they've composed themselves, they inform me they've never seen tonsils so huge before. I'd tell you about how I can make them touch each other when I get sick like that, but I don't want to gross you out. So on Friday I'll go get checked out. I'm a little nervous about the prospect of having them removed because it's a worse recovery process for adults, but I figure it's better than having to be on antibiotics so often. Also, this time around we're not planning any home improvement projects in the near future, so that ought to help. Wish me luck.